Michigan · Private foundation
Modern Ancient 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,181
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,181
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $579k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Modern Ancient Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 2 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $3k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | $5,181 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Torture Justice Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ruth Ellis Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| College for Creative Studies | $1,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Irwin House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Gofundmeorg | $100 | 1 | 0% |
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About Modern Ancient Brown Foundation
- How much does Modern Ancient Brown Foundation give?
- Modern Ancient Brown Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $5,431 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Modern Ancient Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Education (27%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are Modern Ancient Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: The Detroit Institute of Arts ($11k), Cranbrook Educational Community ($7k), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ($5k).
- Does Modern Ancient Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Modern Ancient 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.
- Where is Modern Ancient Brown Foundation based?
- Modern Ancient Brown Foundation is based in MI.
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