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The Barbara and Helen Brown Family Fdn at a glance

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The Barbara and Helen Brown Family Fdn

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.

$182k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$527kReligion$262kHuman Services$260kCommunity Improvement$221kInternational$132kHousing & Shelter$80kHealth$60kYouth Development$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $178k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
One Classroom$45,000
Reach Reproductive Health$40,000
Bridge of Hope Ministries of the MidAmerica District of the Christian Miss$40,000
Christian Friends of New Americans$20,000
One Heart Family Ministries$17,500
Restoration House Inc$15,000
All Nations$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $318k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%REFUGE AND RESTORATION: $20k → 11%Vitendo 4 Africa: $20k → 11%Society of St Vincent De Paul: $20k → 16%KIRKWOOD AREA EVERY CHILD PROMISE: $20k → 11%Humanitri: $20k → 11%Restoration House Inc: $15k → 21%CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $40k → 16%One Heart Family Ministries: $18k → 11%Cross Roads Christian Counseling: $10k → 11%YOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CRISIS AID INTERNATIONAL: $30k → 11%Crisis Aid International: $10k → 11%A Seat at the Table: $20k → 21%A Seat at the Table: $10k → 21%Reach Reproductive Health: $40k → 21%Immigrant Home English Learning Program: $20k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$605k · 11 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +302% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
46

Total granted

$605k
$952k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+302%
+20%

Still filing today

91%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationReligionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $90k · revenue +20%
  • LT
    LOVE THE LOU
    4× · 2018–2024 · $80k · revenue +87%
  • OC
    ONE CLASSROOM
    2× · 2018–2025 · $72k · revenue +450%

Funded once

  • SM
    St Mary's South Side Catholic High Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +27%
  • PH
    Pregnancy Help Center
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
  • CA
    CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue -40%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri

Inspired by the gospel of the beatitudes as proclaimed by Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is committed to providing care and creating hope for the lives of the vulnerable through compassionate social…

Human Services
2
Dismas House of St Louis
Crime & Legal
3
Center for Faith and Work St Louis

The Center for Faith and Work St. Louis is a ministry focused on engaging the world through Biblical understanding of work and vocation. The character of God, shapes the character of our work. CFW seeks to engage all who desire to do…

Religion
4
St Louis Reconciliation Network
Community Improvement
5
Community Builders Network of Metro St Louis

The Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis (CBN) is a coalition of community building organizations, including both place-based nonprofits and supporting partners. Our mission is to gather community leaders of all backgrounds to…

Community Improvement
6
Community Response

"Develop and implement innovative solutions to social and public health issues that threaten the physical and/or mental health of underserved children, families and communities

Youth Development
7
Recovery St Louis
Health
8
Conflict Resolution Center St Louis City

Conflict Resolution Center St. Louis empowers people to resolve conflict through accessible mediation, coaching, and education.

Human Services
9
House Everyone Stl

Our Mission is to solve homelessness as we know it by establishing a pathway for our unhoused neighbors to a home with dignity.

Housing & Shelter
10
City Hope St Louis

In 2023, city hope st. louis housed an average on 100 people individuals nightly in the st. louis area.

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11
Freedom House Ministries

House of Hope Kansas City is unique, because we work with teens and their parents to find solutions and ultimately, restoration of healthy family relationships. We serve families in crisis with our program for residents to experience the…

Education
12
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Louis

To bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate, caring presence. our values are dignity, hospitality, service, excellence, compassion, and joy.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Activity Center; the most unlike its peers is Reach Reproductive Health. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

37 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. 37 of the 64 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARCHDIOCESAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST LOUIS: $65,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF THE ARCH…Pregnancy Help Center: $45,000 · OtherPregnancy Help CenterSt Mary's High School: $30,000 · OtherELEVATE ST LOUIS: $25,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH AND SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherSister Thea Bowman Catholic School: $25,000 · OtherCARDINAL RITTER COLLEGE PREPATORY: $25,000 · OtherCOMPASS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSEAGLE PREP SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherCrossRoads Counseling Centers: $25,000 · OtherBETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherR3 DEVELOPMENT: $22,000 · Other+21 more: $316,750 · Other+21 moreINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID …VITENDO4AFRICA: $42,000 · Human ServicesVITENDO4AFRICAReach Reproductive Health: $40,000 · Human ServicesReach Reproductive HealthCHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN ACTIVITY CENTERA SEAT AT THE TABLE: $30,000 · Human ServicesA SEAT AT THE TABLEHUMANITRI: $20,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT HOME ENGLISH LEARNING PROGRAM: $20,000 · Human ServicesSociety of St Vincent De Paul: $20,000 · Human ServicesKIRKWOOD AREA EVERY CHILD PROMISE: $20,000 · Human ServicesRefuge and Restoration: $20,000 · Human ServicesONE HEART FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesRESTORATION HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesONE CLASSROOM: $72,000 · EducationONE CLASSROOMSouth City Community School: $50,000 · EducationSouth City Comm…St Mary's South Side Catholic High School: $50,000 · EducationSt Mary's South…Rosati-Kain Academy: $40,000 · EducationRosati-Kain Aca…MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationMARIAN MIDDLE S…LOVE THE LOU: $80,000 · Community ImprovementLOVE THE LOUMISSION ST LOUIS: $55,000 · Community ImprovementMISSION ST LOU…TABERNACLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $50,000 · Community ImprovementTABERNACLE COM…COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY HOPE…+1 more: $4,000 · Community ImprovementBRIDGE OF HOPE MINISTRIES: $40,000 · ReligionChristian Friends of New Americans: $20,000 · ReligionDUTCHTOWN OUTREACH: $20,000 · ReligionJACOBS LADDER MINISTRIES: $16,000 · ReligionLUTHERAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP: $31,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE HAVEN OF GRACE: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterSt Joseph Housing Initiative: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCRIMINAL JUSTICE MINISTRY: $37,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$653,750Human Services$389,500Education$237,000Community Improvement$224,000Religion$96,000Housing & Shelter$61,000Crime & Legal$37,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLOVE THE LOU: $80,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetMISSION ST LOUIS: $55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSouth City Community School: $50,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSt Mary's South Side Catholic High School: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTABERNACLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetVITENDO4AFRICA: $42,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetRosati-Kain Academy: $40,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetCRIMINAL JUSTICE MINISTRY: $37,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLUTHERAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP: $31,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetA SEAT AT THE TABLE: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HAVEN OF GRACE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetChristian Friends of New Americans: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHUMANITRI: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetIMMIGRANT HOME ENGLISH LEARNING PROGRAM: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDUTCHTOWN OUTREACH: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSociety of St Vincent De Paul: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetST FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRefuge and Restoration: $20,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetONE HEART FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: $17,500 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL: $17,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJACOBS LADDER MINISTRIES: $16,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN IN CHARGE: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSt Joseph Housing Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCROSSROADS CHRISTIAN COUNSELING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL NATIONS: $4,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budget
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.

St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…United Way of Greater…World Wide Technology…Vatterott FoundationYouthbridge Community…The E Walter Hausstet…Norman J Stupp Founda…The Neeb Family Found…Moneta Group Charitab…Employees Community F…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO48× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Vatterott Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · The E Walter Hausstette Charitable Foundation C/O Mike Moloney Big Sky · Norman J Stupp Foundation · The Neeb Family Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Barbara and Helen Brown Family Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barbara and Helen Brown Family Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to The Barbara and Helen Brown Family Fdn through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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