· Private foundation
Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- TOTHE OCTET COLLABORATIVE INC2× · 2021–2022 · $7k · revenue +124%
- THTHEOLOGICAL HORIZONS2× · 2021–2022 · $7k · revenue +62%
- CHCHESTERTON HOUSE INC2× · 2021–2022 · $7k · revenue +112%
Funded once
- CPCOLLABORATION PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $16k · revenue +39%
- CSCHRISTIAN STUDY CENTER OF GAINESVILLE Igraduatedone grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +72%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The center for christianity and scholarship equips students and faculty to engage the university and the world with christian understanding.
The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…
The goal of the organization is to make high quality biblical and theological publications and education more accessible to christians, christian leaders, and churches, with a special focus on the fellowship known as church of christ.
ChinsSource is a trusted partner and platform for educating the global church on critical issues facing the church and ministries in China and for connecting Christians inside and outside China to advance the kingdom of God globally
Provide Christian Educational Resources
Christian campus fellowship exists to show college students the love, grace, and truth found in jesus.
To enrich the University of Michigan by providing a place of authentic community that connects Christian faith and academic life.
To contend for the credibility of christian resources in public life, for the public good.
Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.
Our mission is to focus our education and religious efforts to students, faculty, and guests of NC State University. Persons unaffiliated with the institution may still be permitted to use our facilities and attend our discussions. We hope…
To be a hub of Christian life and spiritual formation for Wake Forest University students, faculty, staff, and its broader community.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 10 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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: Lilly Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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