Michigan · Private foundation
Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $985k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $530,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $368k 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 | 12 | $960k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $398k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $501k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $617k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Hills Foundation | $600,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Woodson Center | $567,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Museum of Branch County Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Meals on Wheels Western Michigan | $47,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Iccf Community Homes | $47,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Senior Neighbors Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Hills Foundation | $600,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Woodson Center | $567,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Museum of Branch County Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Meals on Wheels Western Michigan | $47,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Iccf Community Homes | $47,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Senior Neighbors Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mackinac Center | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tibbits Opera Foundation and Arts Council | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| DePauw University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lost Tree Chapel Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Ufp Industries Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Frey Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation with peer funders
About Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation
- How much does Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation give?
- Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $985,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Human Services (18%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Porter Hills Foundation ($600k), Woodson Center ($568k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($500k).
- Does Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation.
- Where is Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation based?
- Robert W and Lynn H Browne Foundation is based in MI.
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