Florida · Private foundation
Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $96k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $10k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $18k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $13k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $13k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $13k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $13k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $11k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $10k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Southern College | $7,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Congressional Club Museum and Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Stetson University Inc | $6,450 | 5 | 0% |
| The Krewe of Amalee Inc | $2,775 | 5 | 2% |
| West Volusia Historical Society Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $1,550 | 2 | 0% |
| The Fall Festival of the Arts Deland Fl Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance for Int'L Reforestation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Barnabas Episcopal School Inc | $1,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Junior Service League of Deland Inc | $640 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Southern College | $7,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Congressional Club Museum and Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Stetson University Inc | $6,450 | 5 | 0% |
| The Krewe of Amalee Inc | $2,775 | 5 | 2% |
| West Volusia Historical Society Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $1,550 | 2 | 0% |
| The Fall Festival of the Arts Deland Fl Inc | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance for Int'L Reforestation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Barnabas Episcopal School Inc | $1,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Junior Service League of Deland Inc | $640 | 3 | 1% |
| African American Museum of the Arts Inc | $400 | 4 | n/a |
| Young Life | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| National Child Safety Council | $275 | 1 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $155 | 2 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Locust Hill Graveyard Foundation | $125 | 5 | n/a |
| Florida Taxwatch Research Institute Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $56 | 2 | 0% |
| West Volusia Audubon Society Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Close Up Foundation | $25 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc
- How much does Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc give?
- Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $10,095 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (25%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Florida Southern College ($8k), Congressional Club Museum and Foundation ($8k), Stetson University Inc ($6k).
- Does Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Earl W & Patricia B Colvard Charitable Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc based?
- Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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