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John M Brown Family Foundation at a glance

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John M Brown Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$182k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$458kFood & Nutrition$233kHealth$165kHousing & Shelter$143kCrime & Legal$109kPublic Benefit$63kEducation$62kYouth Development$61kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
$8,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASA FOR KIDS$33,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,500
COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC$21,000
SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC$20,000
CHRISTIAN HELP INC$20,000
VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA$10,000
MONONGALIA COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$10,000
MORGANTOWN AREA MEALS ON WHEELS$8,500
SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE$7,500
WVU FOUNDATION$6,000
PANTRY PLUS MORE INC$6,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$5,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF BLACK DIAMOND COUNCIL$5,000
MYLAN PARK FOUNDATION INC$2,500
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $210k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $5k → 19%SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $8k → 19%OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $4k → 19%OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $4k → 19%OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $4k → 19%OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $4k → 19%OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $4k → 19%OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $1k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $20k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $15k → 19%VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA: $10k → 19%VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA: $10k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $10k → 19%VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA: $10k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $10k → 19%VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA: $10k → 19%VISITING HOMEMAKER OF MONONGALIA COUNTY: $8k → 19%SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 19%SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 19%SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 19%SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 19%SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $5k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $5k → 19%SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $5k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $5k → 19%SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $5k → 19%SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $5k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $5k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $5k → 19%SCOTT'S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE: $5k → 19%CHRISTIAN HELP INC: $4k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MI
NY
OH
WV
VA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 31 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
17

Total granted

$1.2M
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+33%

Still filing today

61%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CK
    COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $84k · revenue +78%
  • CH
    CHRISTIAN HELP INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $79k · revenue +674%
  • BH
    BARTLETT HOUSE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $70k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • SS
    STEPPING STONES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $17k · revenue +33%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $16k
  • HC
    HOSPICE CARE CORPORATION D/B/A WEST VIRGINIA CARING
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mountain State Justice Inc

Mountain state justice provides free legal services to low income people in west virginia and assures that low income people have access to the court system.

Crime & Legal
2
Wayne County Community Services Organization

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv

Community Improvement
3
Central West Virginia Aging Services Inc

Provide homemaker and case management services to home-bound seniors and disabled members in west virginia. provide, also, training and job assistance to those 55 and older on a limited income.

Human Services
4
Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc

To serve the needs of individuals suffering from life-limiting illness as well as to serve the individuals caring for them. to place emphasis on comfort and quality of life while fulfilling the physical, psychological, social and spiritual…

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5
Mountaineer Community Health Center

To provide primary medical care service in a rural community.

Health
6
Monroe County Council on Aging Inc

To provide services to senior citizens of Monroe County, West Virinia

Human Services
7
McDowell County Commission on Aging Inc

To provide services to senior citizens of McDowell County, West Virginia.

Human Services
8
Pocahontas County Senior Citizens Inc

To provide services to the senior citizens of Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Human Services
9
Main Street Martinsburg Inc

To help revitalize downtown Martinsburg, WV

Community Improvement
10
Panhandle Home Health Inc

To provide home health care services - nursing, therapy and support services to patients in berkeley, morgan and jefferson counties, w.v.

Health
11
Mason County Action Group Inc

To provide nutrition, personal care and transportation to low income and elderly individuals in mason county, west virginia.

Community Improvement
12
Summers County Council on Aging Inc

Provide services to senior citizens of Summers County, West Virginia.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Morgantown Sober Living Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $84,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY KITCHEN INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $70,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBARTLETT HOUSE INC: $70,000 · OtherBARTLETT HOUSE INCSALVATION ARMY OF MORGANTOWN: $67,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF MORGANTOWNSt Ursula Food Pantry: $45,500 · OtherSt Ursula Food PantrySHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $45,000 · OtherSHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INCCASA FOR KIDS OF MONONGALIA & PRESTON CO: $34,000 · OtherVISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICES OF: $31,000 · OtherMORGANTOWN SOBER LIVING INC: $51,000 · OtherMORGANTOWN SOBER LIVING INCMORGANTOWN COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $50,000 · OtherMORGANTOWN COMMUNITY RESOURCESGIRL SCOUTS OF BLACK DIAMOND COUNCIL INC: $30,000 · Other+22 more: $159,428 · Other+22 moreCHRISTIAN HELP INC: $79,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN HELP INCVISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA COUNTY INC: $48,000 · Human ServicesVISITING HOMEMAKER…SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesSCOTTS RUN SETTLEM…SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $29,000 · Human ServicesSHACK NEIGHBORHOOD…OPERATION WELCOME HOME: $21,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION WELCOME …STEPPING STONES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMORGANTOWN AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $63,800 · Food & NutritionTHE PANTRY PLUS MORE INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMILAN PUSKAR HEALTH RIGHT INC: $97,000 · HealthWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $28,107 · EducationMYLAN PARK FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 · EducationLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF FRANKLIN AND SOMERSET COUNTIES: $8,000 · EducationLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MONONGALIA A: $6,000 · EducationMONONGALIA COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $55,000 · Crime & LegalCASA For Kids Inc: $54,000 · Civil Rights
Other$737,428Human Services$219,500Food & Nutrition$103,800Health$97,000Education$58,607Crime & Legal$55,000Civil Rights$54,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMILAN PUSKAR HEALTH RIGHT INC: $97,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $84,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetCHRISTIAN HELP INC: $79,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetBARTLETT HOUSE INC: $70,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetMORGANTOWN AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $63,800 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetMONONGALIA COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $55,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCASA For Kids Inc: $54,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetMORGANTOWN SOBER LIVING INC: $51,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetMORGANTOWN COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $50,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetVISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA COUNTY INC: $48,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PANTRY PLUS MORE INC: $40,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetSCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF BLACK DIAMOND COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $29,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $28,107 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION WELCOME HOME: $21,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $17,400 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMYLAN PARK FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE CARE CORPORATION D/B/A WEST VIRGINIA CARING: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF FRANKLIN AND SOMERSET COUNTIES: $8,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetLITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MONONGALIA A: $6,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetMOUNTAINEER AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds MILAN PUSKAR HEALTH RIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds BARTLETT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MORGANTOWN AREA MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds MONONGALIA COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA For Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds MORGANTOWN SOBER LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds MORGANTOWN COMMUNITY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds VISITING HOMEMAKER SERVICE OF MONONGALIA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PANTRY PLUS MORE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF BLACK DIAMOND COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds SHACK NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION WELCOME HOME ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES INC ↗
  • Who funds MYLAN PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE CARE CORPORATION D/B/A WEST VIRGINIA CARING ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF FRANKLIN AND SOMERSET COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF MONONGALIA A ↗

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.

George D Hott Foundat…United Way of Mononga…Milan Puskar Foundati…Lynch Foundation IncHazel Ruby McQuain Ch…Your Community Founda…Empty Bowls MonongaliaBowles Rice FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Weldon Family Foundat…Encova Foundation of …Eqt Foundation
George D Hott FoundationOH56.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George D Hott Foundation · United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc · Milan Puskar Foundation Inc · Lynch Foundation Inc · Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust · Your Community Foundation of North Central Wv Inc · Empty Bowls Monongalia · Bowles Rice Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Weldon Family Foundation · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · Eqt Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John M Brown Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John M Brown Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 48 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.

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