Michigan · Private foundation
Monroe-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.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $72,667
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Monroe-Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 11 | $1.8M | 45% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $413k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.6M | 41% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.4M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.6M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $4,909,088 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | $465,001 | 6 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition | $150,000 | 3 | 11% |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | $145,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | $127,500 | 5 | 4% |
| The Crossing Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo | $60,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Startup Zoo Inc | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| B U Foundation | $35,189 | 1 | n/a |
| Kalamazoo College | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $4,909,088 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | $465,001 | 6 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition | $150,000 | 3 | 11% |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | $145,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | $127,500 | 5 | 4% |
| The Crossing Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo | $60,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Startup Zoo Inc | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| B U Foundation | $35,189 | 1 | n/a |
| Kalamazoo College | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Leelanau School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Specialized Language Development Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Michigan First Corp | $10,950 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $10,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Noble Network of Charter Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ascension Borgess Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Davenport University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Monroe-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: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund · Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation
How this is measured
About Monroe-Brown Foundation
- How much does Monroe-Brown Foundation give?
- Monroe-Brown Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $3,312,856 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Monroe-Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (50%), Philanthropy (30%), Education (11%).
- Who are Monroe-Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($4.9M), Western Michigan University Foundation ($465k), Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition ($150k).
- Does Monroe-Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Monroe-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 Monroe-Brown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc, Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation.
- Where is Monroe-Brown Foundation based?
- Monroe-Brown Foundation is based in MI.
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