Washington · Private foundation
Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $54k
- Granted FY2020
- 14
- Grants FY2020
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Boston Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $54k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 71% of the organizations Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 14 | $54k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Opera | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $5,175 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bat Conservation International | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Public Policy Network of the Northwest and Hawaii | $1,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Opera | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $5,175 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bat Conservation International | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Public Policy Network of the Northwest and Hawaii | $1,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bixby & Associates | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Public Library Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Compare Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation with peer funders
About Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation
- How much does Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation give?
- Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $54,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Arts & Culture (6%), Education (4%).
- Who are Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Seattle Opera ($29k), Oxfam-America Inc ($18k), Northwest Harvest Emm ($15k).
- Does Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation 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.
- Where is Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation based?
- Marshall & Jane Brown Family Foundation is based in WA.
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