Texas · Private foundation
Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $353k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2024
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 39 | $343k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $304k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $329k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $284k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $288k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $215k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $154k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $141k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas Food Bank | $145,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Parkland Foundation | $127,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The George W Bush Foundation | $86,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels | $73,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Dallas Theater Center | $65,597 | 8 | 0% |
| The Dallas Opera | $40,242 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dallas Rotary Club Foundation | $35,100 | 5 | 5% |
| Helps International | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Military Child Education Coalition | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($980k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mason Brown Family 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.
Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Ben E Keith Foundation Trust Xxxxx0005 · The Moody Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · David M Crowley Foundation · Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation Inc · The Perot Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Celanese Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Howard Hallam Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc give?
- Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc reported 43 grants totaling $353,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Arts & Culture (16%), Education (12%).
- Who are Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: North Texas Food Bank ($145k), Parkland Foundation ($127k), The George W Bush Foundation ($86k).
- Does Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mason Brown Family 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 Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Ben E Keith Foundation Trust Xxxxx0005, The Moody Foundation.
- Where is Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc based?
- Mason Brown Family Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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