· Private foundation
The Adam and John Brown Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $163k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $455k
- $250k+5 grants · $2.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PAWS | $500,000 |
| UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS | $500,000 |
| THE ANTI CRUELTY SOCIETY | $500,000 |
| STETSON UNIVERSITY | $500,000 |
| IGNITE THE SPIRIT FUND CHICAGO | $485,000 |
| PEOPLE FOR GUATEMALA | $100,000 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS | $100,000 |
| SOUTH EASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC | $100,000 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | $55,070 |
| HENRY SCHUELER 41 &9 FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| CHOICE TO CHANGE INC | $50,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES NW6443 | $32,912 |
| BRILAND MODEM FUND | $25,000 |
| LITTLE RED BARN FARM SANCTUARY | $25,000 |
| GUARDIAN ANGEL BASSET HOUND RESCUE | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Dogs playing for life is redefining the meaning and importance of quality of life for all sheltered dogs by improving their experience through playgroups and individualized training, resulting in urgent and responsible livesaving.
Straydog rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes abandoned and neglected dogs in a no-kill environment until each is adopted into a caring, loving home. it also acts as a sanctuary for those dogs who are never adopted.
A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.
Animal Partisan, Inc. is organized for the purposes of conducting legal advocacy on behalf of animals subjected to cruelty and exploitation.
Love Dogs wants to end the killing of homeless dogs through adoption and free or low-cost spay and neuter. We use the creativity and problem solving skills of Silicon Valley to save the lives of as many dogs as possible.
To support the Operating Organization - Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc. DBA Dogs Inc
Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets'…
Our mission is to rescue and re-home abandoned, abused, sick, and injured animals from the street and animals on death row in our local high-kill shelters.
A foster based, non-profit 501c3 organization that rescues dogs from shelters, neglectful situations and owner surrenders.
Rescue, rehabiitate, and place homeless dogs by adotion into qualified, permanent homes. provide veterinary care, including spay/neuter surgery, to homeless dogs. educate the public about responsible dog ownership.
Stray Hearts is a socially conscious shelter and adoption facility reuniting lost pets with their families and providing humane care and shelter for surrendered, lost, and homeless companion animals in Taos County, New Mexico.Our pledge:…
To help abandoned dogs in kill shelters find permanent and responsible loving homes. We support and work with other reputable rescues who support our vision and standards.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 18 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.
- Who funds UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ↗
- Who funds STETSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds The Anti-Cruelty Society ↗
- Who funds PAWS INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE FOR GUATEMALA INC ↗
- Who funds Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ↗
- Who funds HENRY SCHUELER 41 & 9 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHOICE TO CHANGE INC TRIMBLE ↗
- Who funds DANNY DID FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOONRISE THERAPEUTICS ↗
- Who funds GARRIDO STRAY RESCUE FOUNDATION ↗
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: Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Adam and John Brown Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Adam and John Brown Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
- Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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