Maryland · Private foundation
R Edwin and WS 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.
- $172k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 30 | $172k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $139k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $115k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $107k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $97k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $62k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $52k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $55k | 35% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Barnesville School Inc | $118,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department | $62,200 | 9 | 4% |
| Holy Cross Health Foundation Inc | $40,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Poolesville Area Senior Center Inc | $25,250 | 8 | 5% |
| Riverworks Art Center Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Randolph-Macon Academy | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Montgomery Hospice Inc | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Historic Medley District Inc | $13,335 | 5 | 5% |
| Helping Hands Poolesville | $10,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($431k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget R Edwin and WS 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Butz Foundation Inc · The Kay Family Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation
- How much does R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation give?
- R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $172,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (32%), Education (18%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Barnesville School Inc ($119k), Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department ($62k), Holy Cross Health Foundation Inc ($41k).
- Does R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does R Edwin and WS 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 R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Butz Foundation Inc, The Kay Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation based?
- R Edwin and WS Brown Foundation is based in MD.
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