Minnesota · Private foundation
Martin and Brown Foundation
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.
- $657k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Martin and Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 12 | $657k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $730k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $505k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $501k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $437k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $618k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Art Center | $615,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $375,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westover School Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Washburn Center for Children | $215,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Advocates For Human Rights | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| MinnPost | $170,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Theater Mu Incorporated | $94,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avivo | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Art Center | $615,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $375,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westover School Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Washburn Center for Children | $215,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Advocates For Human Rights | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| MinnPost | $170,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Theater Mu Incorporated | $94,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avivo | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice | $68,000 | 4 | 3% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Microgrants | $51,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Private College Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trust Women Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youthlink | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Provide Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($849k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Martin and Brown Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jane R Newman Charitable Trust · Frey Foundation · Marbrook Foundation · Lenfestey Family Foundation Inc · The Walser Foundation
How this is measured
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About Martin and Brown Foundation
- How much does Martin and Brown Foundation give?
- Martin and Brown Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $657,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Martin and Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Health (25%), Civil Rights (19%).
- Who are Martin and Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Walker Art Center ($615k), The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($375k), Westover School Inc ($300k).
- Does Martin and Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Martin and Brown 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Martin and Brown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Martin and Brown Foundation based?
- Martin and Brown Foundation is based in MN.
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