· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STETSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC | $4,000 |
| FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| ADVENT HEALTH DELAND FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| FIRST CHURCH OF DELAND | $1,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CTR | $500 |
| KREWE OF AMALEE | $250 |
| MUSEUM OF ART - DELAND | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| GHANA WEST AFRICA MEDICAL CENTER | $200 |
| UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND | $125 |
| NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION | $100 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER | $100 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $100 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC | $100 |
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 7 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FSFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE8× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +56%
- CCCONGRESSIONAL CLUB MUSEUM AND FOUNDATION2× · 2022–2023 · $8k · revenue +48%
- SUSTETSON UNIVERSITY INC5× · 2019–2023 · $6k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- JFJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THEone grant, 2021 · $2k
- TKTHE KENNEDY CENTERone grant, 2023 · $1k
- OPOBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTERone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Founded in 1900, aau is composed of 71 distinguished institutions in the united states and canada that continually advance society through education, research, and discovery. our u.s. member universities earn the majority of competitively…
We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Aplu is a membership organization that fosters a community of university leaders collectively working to advance the mission of public research universities. the association's membership consists of more than 250 public research…
Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…
The university is a comprehensive university affiliated with the south carolina baptist convention offering bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees. located on approximately 398 acres in the upstate region of south carolina near the…
Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…
The mission of the american numismatic society is to promote and advance the study, research, and appreciation of numismatics.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 71 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 FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CONGRESSIONAL CLUB MUSEUM AND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STETSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE KREWE OF AMALEE INC ↗
- Who funds WEST VOLUSIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE FALL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS DELAND FL INC ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR INT'L REFORESTATION ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE OF DELAND INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL ↗
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: Earl W & Patricia B Colvard Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lorna Jean Brooks Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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