· Private foundation
Lawrence True & Linda Brown Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $550k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TOWN HALL SEATTLE | $250,000 |
| YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SCHOOL OF MUSIC | $100,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| CASCADE PBS | $100,000 |
| SEATTLE OPERA | $50,000 |
| LAW FUNDENDOWMENT FOR EQUAL JUSTICE | $50,000 |
| DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SVC CTR | $50,000 |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO | $25,000 |
| TAPROOT THEATER | $15,000 |
| HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| UNION ARTS CENTER (ACT) | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB | $5,000 |
| WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $236k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +7%
- ACA CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC3× · 2020–2022 · $110k · revenue +17%
- NINATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO6× · 2020–2025 · $50k · revenue +145%
Funded once
- CPCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIAone grant, 2025 · $100k · revenue 0%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SCHOOL OF MUSICone grant, 2025 · $100k
- TTTAPROOT THEATERone grant, 2025 · $15k
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.
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.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
Arcs foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.
WSAS provides expert scientific and engineering assessments to inform public policy making and works to increase the impact of research in Washington State.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To support our members and promote the growth and quality of oregon's technology industry by providing opportunities for business and professional development through networking and informational programs.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Town Hall Association ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE OPERA ↗
- Who funds A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds Yale University ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FLAMENCO ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB ↗
- Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WING LUKE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Wyman Youth Trust · Artsfund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lawrence True & Linda Brown Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence True & Linda Brown Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Yale University: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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