Skip to content

Kentucky · Private foundation

John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$894k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
392
Grants FY2025
389
Organizations funded FY2024
81%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$27,036
Organizations funded a year
4 to 699
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$13M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 81% of the organizations John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $449k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving385$894k81%
FY2024389$655k81%
FY2023699$1.0M45%
FY2022687$745k100%
FY20214$12k0%
FY20204$4k50%
FY201958$841k34%
FY201850$899k32%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.5MRecreation & Sports$14kReligion$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kentucky Wesleyan College$390,11831%
Western Kentucky University$271,6563n/a
Brescia University Inc$151,88730%
Belmont University$60,73330%
Transylvania University$59,94130%
Bellarmine University Incorporated$45,84130%
Georgetown College$37,19530%
University of Evansville$31,05230%
Lindsey Wilson University Inc$29,21330%
Campbellsville University Inc$27,64730%
Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kentucky Wesleyan College$390,11831%
Western Kentucky University$271,6563n/a
Brescia University Inc$151,88730%
Belmont University$60,73330%
Transylvania University$59,94130%
Bellarmine University Incorporated$45,84130%
Georgetown College$37,19530%
University of Evansville$31,05230%
Lindsey Wilson University Inc$29,21330%
Campbellsville University Inc$27,64730%
Asbury College$26,35230%
Berea College$22,53330%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$21,3382n/a
Xavier University$20,50220%
Centre College$17,28330%
Midway University Inc Fka Midway College$12,00830%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$11,83810%
Samford University$9,95110%
University of Delaware$8,77310%
DePauw University$8,29610%
Florida Southern College$8,12610%
Lee University$7,89420%
Thomas More University Inc$5,92410%
Jefferson Community & Technical College$5,6502n/a
Diocese of Owensboro$5,6004n/a
Belmont Abbey College Inc$5,45210%
Judson University a Baptist Institution$5,43310%
Trevecca Nazarene University$5,12120%
Depaul University$3,75110%
Spalding University Inc$3,61010%
Trustees of Purdue University$2,9841n/a
William Jewell College$2,87010%
University of Pikeville$2,57810%
Oakland City University$2,30010%
Franciscan University of Steubenville$1,95620%
Mount St Joseph University$1,79710%
Ohio Dominican University$1,49610%
Macalester College$1,34610%
St Joseph's University New York$1,26210%
Lincoln Christian University$1,20610%
Union Commonwealth University$50010%
Milligan University$50010%
United States Power Squadrons Louisville Power Squadron Inc$5002n/a
Marian University Inc$50010%
Grove City College$50010%
New York University$50010%
Kentucky Christian University$50010%
Franklin College of Indiana$25010%
Vanderbilt University$25010%
The University of Tampa Incorporated$25010%
Washington University$25010%
St Louis University$12510%

Plus 1,674 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKentucky Wesleyan College: $390,118 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBrescia University Inc: $151,887 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBelmont University: $60,733 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTransylvania University: $59,941 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBellarmine University Incorporated: $45,841 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown College: $37,195 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Evansville: $31,052 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLindsey Wilson University Inc: $29,213 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCampbellsville University Inc: $27,647 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAsbury College: $26,352 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBerea College: $22,533 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetXavier University: $20,502 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentre College: $17,283 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMidway University Inc Fka Midway College: $12,008 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: $11,838 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $9,951 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $8,773 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDePauw University: $8,296 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Southern College: $8,126 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLee University: $7,894 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThomas More University Inc: $5,924 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Abbey College Inc: $5,452 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudson University a Baptist Institution: $5,433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevecca Nazarene University: $5,121 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDepaul University: $3,751 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpalding University Inc: $3,610 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Jewell College: $2,870 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pikeville: $2,578 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland City University: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFranciscan University of Steubenville: $1,956 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMount St Joseph University: $1,797 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Dominican University: $1,496 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMacalester College: $1,346 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph's University New York: $1,262 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Christian University: $1,206 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Commonwealth University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilligan University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrove City College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Christian University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin College of Indiana: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis University: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Council of Independent CollegesDC30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Council of Independent Colleges · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Woldenberg Foundation · Charles G Pearl Scholarship Fund 006961 · Flora Hornbeck Scholarship Tr · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Charles Eades Scholarship Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund with peer funders

About John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund

How much does John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund give?
John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund reported 392 grants totaling $894,318 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 699 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (87%), Recreation & Sports (0%), Religion (0%).
Who are John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kentucky Wesleyan College ($390k), Western Kentucky University ($272k), Brescia University Inc ($152k).
Does John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Council of Independent Colleges, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges.
Where is John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund based?
John B & Brownie Young Memorial Fund is based in KY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1732 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on John B & Brownie Young Memorial’s filings →

More from the funding graph