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Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown 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.

$163k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 93
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$4.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitInternationalCivil RightsOther
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 arriving18$163k44%
FY202424$148k29%
FY202332$146k16%
FY202235$51k26%
FY202169$121k42%
FY202082$98k35%
FY201993$197k38%
FY201887$195k31%
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$648kEducation$154kReligion$146kPhilanthropy$118kPublic Benefit$68kHuman Services$46kFood & Nutrition$35kMembership Benefit$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
Festival on the Brazos$183,417713%
Waco Creative Art Center$117,580714%
St Pauls Episcopal Church$87,5507n/a
Council for National Policy$47,45051%
Everfree Ministries$40,0001n/a
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$38,90070%
Creative Waco$34,80033%
Puyallup Food Bank$31,00030%
St Pauls Episcopal Day School$30,0003n/a
International Debutante Ball Foundation Inc$21,5001n/a
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All grantees of Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Festival on the Brazos$183,417713%
Waco Creative Art Center$117,580714%
St Pauls Episcopal Church$87,5507n/a
Council for National Policy$47,45051%
Everfree Ministries$40,0001n/a
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$38,90070%
Creative Waco$34,80033%
Puyallup Food Bank$31,00030%
St Pauls Episcopal Day School$30,0003n/a
International Debutante Ball Foundation Inc$21,5001n/a
Vanguard College Preparatory School$17,75040%
Friends of the Governor's Mansion$14,30052%
Providence Christian School of Texas$13,00040%
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America$12,00031%
Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation Inc$11,35040%
Helping Hand House$11,00011%
Baylor University$10,47050%
Trinity Christian Academy$10,00010%
The Amarillo College Foundation$8,50030%
McLennan Community College Foundation Attn Christopher Qualls$8,43040%
Waco Symphony Association Inc$7,40850%
Daughters of the Republic of Texas$6,30020%
Waco Civic Theatre$5,84061%
Texas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts$5,7004n/a
Historic Waco Foundation Inc$5,43651%
The Institute of World Politics$5,35030%
First Liberty Institute$5,30030%
St Francis House$5,0001n/a
The Rescue Mission$5,00010%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$5,0001n/a
Friends of Sulgrave Manor$5,00012%
St Josephs Indian School$4,2004n/a
The McClane Brown Family Foundation$4,00031%
Compassion Ministries of Waco$3,71850%
McLennan County Pack of Hope Dba Pack of Hope$3,65071%
American Heart Association Inc$3,60050%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$3,50050%
Student Mobilization Inc$3,5002n/a
Good News Communications Inc$3,20040%
Family Research Council$3,15050%
Fuzzy Friends Rescue$3,10040%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$2,90050%
National Geographic Society$2,60040%
Waco Symphony Foundation$2,50011%
Unbound Now$2,50020%
Reign Ministries$2,50020%
Reicher Catholic High School Waco Texas$2,2002n/a
Council for Life$2,05030%
Junior League of Waco Inc$2,00011%
Museum of the Bible$2,00020%
The Heritage Foundation$1,90070%
St Pauls Episcopal School$1,7001n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$1,70010%
21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center$1,50010%
Dallas Womans Club Foundation$1,32560%
Caritas of Waco$1,30030%
Texas Cultural Trust Council$1,20010%
The Denison Society Inc$1,10021%
Brazos Forum$1,1002n/a
Family Health Center$1,0504n/a
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Scottish Rite Foundation of Texas$1,00010%
Media Research Center$90030%
Hockaday School$80020%
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Central Texas$70020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$60010%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$60020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$60040%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$60040%
Talitha Koum Institute$52550%
Yellow Rose Gala Foundation$50010%
Keep Waco Beautiful Inc$50050%
John Wood Ministries$50012%
Mission Waco Mission World Inc$50010%
Judicial Watch Inc$45030%
Alliance Defending Freedom$40040%
Woodberry Forest School$40030%
The George and Barbara Bush Foundation$30030%
Inspiracion Inc$30011%
Meals on Wheels$30030%
The American Legion$30020%
Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative$30010%
Brazos Education Foundation Inc$30030%
Young America's Foundation$30020%
United States Law Enforcement Foundation Inc$3002n/a
American Bible Society$25010%
Admiral Nimitz Foundation$22520%
Christian Action Network$20020%
Oglala Lakota College$20020%
National Legal and Policy Center$20020%
Waco Mammoth Foundation Inc$2002n/a
St Labre Indian School$2002n/a
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$20020%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$2002n/a
White House Historical Association$20020%
Teachers College Columbia University$20020%
Cato Institute$20010%
Mercatus Center Inc$20020%
Ashland University$10010%
Citizens United Foundation$10010%
Cameron Park Zoological & Botanical Society$10010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$10010%
Friends of the Waco Public Library$10010%
Conservative Partnership Institute$10010%
Christ Episcopal Church$1001n/a
Hht Foundation$10010%
National Center for Public Policy Research$10010%
Wycliffe Associates Inc$1001n/a
Arthritis Foundation Inc$10010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$10010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$10010%
The Eisenhower Foundation$10010%
The Prince of Wales Foundation$10010%
American Immigration Control Foundation Inc$10010%
Friends of the Texas Historical Commission Inc$10010%
Friends of Big Bend National Park$10010%
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement$1001n/a
St Davids Episcopal Church$1001n/a
Christ Episcopal Church$1001n/a
Institute for Humane Studies$10010%
Amarillo Opera Inc$10010%
Prager University Foundation$10010%
Methodist Children's Home$10010%
Texas Lutheran University$1001n/a
The Center for American Liberty$10010%
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest$1001n/a
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade Dba Christian Worldview Ministry$10010%
Technoserve Inc$10010%
The Navigators$1001n/a
The George W Bush Foundation$10010%
Parish Episcopal School$10010%
Patrick Henry College$10010%
Pro English$10010%
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research$10010%
Gunston Hall Incorporated$1001n/a
Ascension Providence Foundation$10010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc$10010%
Parents Television Council Inc$10010%
Mercy Corps$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 112 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFestival on the Brazos: $183,417 over 7y, 13% of budgetWaco Creative Art Center: $117,580 over 7y, 14% of budgetCouncil for National Policy: $47,450 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe National Museum of Women in the Arts: $38,900 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Waco: $34,800 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPuyallup Food Bank: $31,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVanguard College Preparatory School: $17,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Governor's Mansion: $14,300 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetProvidence Christian School of Texas: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Society of the Colonial Dames of America: $12,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetKappa Alpha Theta Foundation Inc: $11,350 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHelping Hand House: $11,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBaylor University: $10,470 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Christian Academy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Amarillo College Foundation: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcLennan Community College Foundation Attn Christopher Qualls: $8,430 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWaco Symphony Association Inc: $7,408 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDaughters of the Republic of Texas: $6,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWaco Civic Theatre: $5,840 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetHistoric Waco Foundation Inc: $5,436 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Institute of World Politics: $5,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $5,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rescue Mission: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Sulgrave Manor: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe McClane Brown Family Foundation: $4,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCompassion Ministries of Waco: $3,718 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMcLennan County Pack of Hope Dba Pack of Hope: $3,650 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGood News Communications Inc: $3,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Research Council: $3,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFuzzy Friends Rescue: $3,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy: $2,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $2,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWaco Symphony Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUnbound Now: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReign Ministries: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil for Life: $2,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Waco Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budget21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Womans Club Foundation: $1,325 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCaritas of Waco: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Cultural Trust Council: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Denison Society Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetScottish Rite Foundation of Texas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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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 113.

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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.

The McClane Brown Family FoundationTX55.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The McClane Brown Family Foundation · Waco Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Clifton Foundation · The Fentress Foundation · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · Baylor University · Hobbs Foundation · Fm and Gloria Young Family Foundation · Bowen Family Foundation · Ascension Providence · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax

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.

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About Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc

How much does Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc give?
Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $162,740 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 93 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Education (12%), Religion (11%).
Who are Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Festival on the Brazos ($183k), Waco Creative Art Center ($118k), St Pauls Episcopal Church ($88k).
Does Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown 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 Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The McClane Brown Family Foundation, Waco Foundation, Cooper Foundation.
Where is Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc based?
Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 255 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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