Illinois · Public charity
Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund
"To receive and appropriate to benevolent purposes, annually, principally for the benefit of our religious society, so that it may be for the Honour of Trueth, as well as otherwise spreading our Religious Principles where they are little known." from the 1823 Will of Obadiah M. Brown. Grants are made to Religious Society of Friends…
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $116k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,050
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 | $116k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $133k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $101k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $153k | 93% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesley Friends Meeting Inc | $89,500 | 4 | n/a |
| New England Yearly Meeting of Friends | $55,480 | 3 | n/a |
| Beacon Hill Friends House Inc | $36,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Quaker Voluntary Service Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Woolman Hill Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Dover Friends Meeting | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends Center for Children Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends Camp | $20,110 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends Peace Teams Inc | $19,985 | 2 | 2% |
| Mt Toby Monthly Meeting of Friends | $16,900 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesley Friends Meeting Inc | $89,500 | 4 | n/a |
| New England Yearly Meeting of Friends | $55,480 | 3 | n/a |
| Beacon Hill Friends House Inc | $36,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Quaker Voluntary Service Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Woolman Hill Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Dover Friends Meeting | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends Center for Children Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends Camp | $20,110 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends Peace Teams Inc | $19,985 | 2 | 2% |
| Mt Toby Monthly Meeting of Friends | $16,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends School of Portland | $10,425 | 1 | n/a |
| Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Moses Brown School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends Publishing Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Portland Family Promise | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Moses Brown School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salmon Bay Friends Meeting | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New England Yearly Meeting of Friends | $9,209 | 1 | n/a |
| Monteverde Friends U S Inc | $8,790 | 1 | 6% |
| Greater Philadelphia Film Office | $8,050 | 1 | 1% |
| Barclay Press Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund 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: Thomas H & Mary Williams Shoemaker Fd · Friends Fiduciary Corporation · Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund
- How much does Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund give?
- Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund reported 11 itemized grants totaling $115,902, out of $130,472 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Education (11%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Wellesley Friends Meeting Inc ($90k), New England Yearly Meeting of Friends ($55k), Beacon Hill Friends House Inc ($36k).
- Does Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thomas H & Mary Williams Shoemaker Fd, Friends Fiduciary Corporation, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund based?
- Obadiah Browns Benevolent Fund is based in IL.
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