Kentucky · Private foundation
James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $90,784
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $1.7M | 55% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.9M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $335k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.0M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $567k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown College | $3,000,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Midway University Inc Fka Midway College | $2,000,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Harrison Memorial Hospital Inc | $1,600,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lexington Public Library | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Central Music Academy Inc | $152,675 | 2 | 32% |
| The Bridge Adaptive Sports & Recreation | $98,066 | 1 | 18% |
| Helping Hounds Find Homesinc | $90,509 | 2 | 31% |
| Milestones Inc | $78,789 | 2 | 17% |
| Foundation for Affordable Housing Inc | $66,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Harrison County Food Pantry Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 70% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown College | $3,000,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Midway University Inc Fka Midway College | $2,000,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Harrison Memorial Hospital Inc | $1,600,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lexington Public Library | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Central Music Academy Inc | $152,675 | 2 | 32% |
| The Bridge Adaptive Sports & Recreation | $98,066 | 1 | 18% |
| Helping Hounds Find Homesinc | $90,509 | 2 | 31% |
| Milestones Inc | $78,789 | 2 | 17% |
| Foundation for Affordable Housing Inc | $66,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Harrison County Food Pantry Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 70% |
| Kentucky Trooper Outreach Inc | $40,500 | 1 | 42% |
| Harrison County Commission on Aging Inc | $31,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Enrich Corp | $30,958 | 1 | 4% |
| Trooper Island Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lexington Humane Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($801k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $1,809,122 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (63%), Health (18%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Georgetown College ($3.0M), Midway University Inc Fka Midway College ($2.0M), Harrison Memorial Hospital Inc ($1.6M).
- Does James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- James A and Martha R Brown Charitable Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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