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The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic 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.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
56
Grants FY2024
52
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$333,453
Organizations funded a year
22 to 54
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$8.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $816k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving45$2.4M13%
FY202352$2.8M19%
FY202254$3.0M31%
FY202141$3.1M29%
FY202051$1.8M43%
FY201943$1.0M49%
FY201829$545k59%
FY201722$484kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.2MPhilanthropy$2.0MEducation$2.0MRecreation & Sports$1.9MCivil Rights$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.1MCommunity Improvement$963kHealth$754kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
NC
DC
MS
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 103 grantees
All grantees of The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Speed Art Museum$1,528,83483%
Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc$1,339,702410%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$1,131,84954%
Duke University$750,00020%
Rebound Inc$600,000317%
Adventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams Inc$510,00027%
Onewest Corporation$500,000214%
Louisville Housing Opportunity and Micro Enterprise Community$500,00029%
Metro United Way Inc$425,72251%
Simmons College of Kentucky Inc$420,88125%
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc$400,00042%
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc$275,00036%
Portland Museum Inc$260,00021%
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund Inc$245,00053%
Bridge Kids International$225,000342%
The Louisville Orchestra Inc$210,00061%
Fund for the Arts Inc$193,33451%
Francis Parker School of Louisville Inc St Francis High School Inc$187,50031%
The Better Angels Society Inc$166,66721%
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc$161,00055%
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Inc$160,00048%
Louisville Collegiate School$156,66731%
National Constitution Center$150,00060%
Black Community Development Corporation$145,000312%
The Center for Women and Families Inc$135,00051%
Louisville Free Public Library Foundatio$102,00022%
Kentucky Public Radio Inc$100,00021%
Women for Women International$100,00010%
The Discovery Land Company Foundation$100,00011%
Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc$79,59131%
The International Council of the Museum of Modern Art Inc$65,00051%
Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet$65,00041%
Out Loud Louisville$59,950617%
Evolve502 Inc$55,55613%
Salisbury School Inc$52,00030%
Kmac Museum$51,8022n/a
Kentucky Author Forum Inc$50,001312%
Appalshop Inc$50,00041%
The Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global$48,00040%
Fulbright Us-Uk Foundation$48,000223%
Lee Initiative Inc$45,00031%
Louisville Community Design Center Inc Dba Center for Neighborhoods$40,00025%
Kentucky College of Art Design$40,00021%
Abaco Strong Inc$35,00036%
Westover School Inc$35,00040%
The Filson Historical Society Inc$30,00050%
Beyond Celiac$30,00060%
Good News Shelter Corporation$30,00062%
Louisville Story Program$30,00034%
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$30,00060%
Reckoning Inc$30,00025%
Friends of the Environment Inc$30,00022%
River City Drum Corp Cultural Arts Institute Inc$30,00034%
Fairness Education Fund$28,00081%
Kentucky Coalition Inc$27,42121%
Louisville Academy of Music$26,50013%
Association of Community Ministries Inc$25,00010%
United Nations Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Camc Foundation Inc$25,00050%
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence$25,00041%
Celiac Disease Foundation$25,00050%
Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc$22,50070%
Leadership Louisville Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Douglass Boulevard Christian Church$20,0001n/a
The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America$18,75010%
Bates Community Development Corp$15,00023%
National Public Radio Inc$15,00010%
The Pachamama Alliance$15,00010%
Episcopal Church of the Advent$15,0003n/a
South Louisville Community Ministries Inc$10,00020%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$10,00010%
Amherst College Trustees$10,00010%
Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc$10,00020%
Americana Community Center Inc$10,00011%
Creative Capital Foundation$10,00020%
Teach Kentucky Inc$10,00014%
P E R C Inc$10,00021%
Smoketown Family Wellness Center Corp$10,00012%
Friends of Abaco$10,0002n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana Inc$10,00010%
Creative Agents of Change Foundation Inc$10,00014%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc$9,00020%
Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc$7,50011%
Association of Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club Inc$7,00072%
Waves for Water Inc$5,00011%
Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc$5,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
The Bail Project Inc$5,00010%
Billy Fiske Foundation$5,000124%
Appalachian Heritage Alliance Inc$5,0001n/a
The Green Turtle Cay Foundation$5,00012%
Sarabande Books Inc$5,00060%
Screenwriters Colony Inc Dba Almanack Screenwriters$5,00013%
World Childhood Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Young Authors Greenhouse Inc$5,00012%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$2,52220%
Downtown Development Corporation$2,50010%
Nantucket Community Sailing Inc$2,00010%
No Kill Louisville$1,00012%
Marconi Society Inc$1,00010%
Imentor Foundation$1,0001n/a
St Paul's School$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpeed Art Museum: $1,528,834 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetParks Alliance of Louisville Inc: $1,339,702 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetThe Louisville Urban League Inc: $1,131,849 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetDuke University: $750,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRebound Inc: $600,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetAdventurous Minds Produce Extraordinary Dreams Inc: $510,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetOnewest Corporation: $500,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetLouisville Housing Opportunity and Micro Enterprise Community: $500,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetMetro United Way Inc: $425,722 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSimmons College of Kentucky Inc: $420,881 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetKentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc: $275,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetPortland Museum Inc: $260,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetShowing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund Inc: $245,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetBridge Kids International: $225,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetThe Louisville Orchestra Inc: $210,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFund for the Arts Inc: $193,334 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFrancis Parker School of Louisville Inc St Francis High School Inc: $187,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Better Angels Society Inc: $166,667 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc: $161,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetKentuckians for the Commonwealth Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetLouisville Collegiate School: $156,667 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNational Constitution Center: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBlack Community Development Corporation: $145,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetThe Center for Women and Families Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLouisville Free Public Library Foundatio: $102,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKentucky Public Radio Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWomen for Women International: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Discovery Land Company Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetActors Theatre of Louisville Inc: $79,591 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe International Council of the Museum of Modern Art Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetKentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet: $65,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOut Loud Louisville: $59,950 over 6y, 17% of budgetEvolve502 Inc: $55,556 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSalisbury School Inc: $52,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKentucky Author Forum Inc: $50,001 over 3y, 12% of budgetAppalshop Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Philanthropy Workshop Inc Dba Forward Global: $48,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFulbright Us-Uk Foundation: $48,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetLee Initiative Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLouisville Community Design Center Inc Dba Center for Neighborhoods: $40,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetKentucky College of Art Design: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAbaco Strong Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetWestover School Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Filson Historical Society Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBeyond Celiac: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGood News Shelter Corporation: $30,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetLouisville Story Program: $30,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 97.

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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.

Sociable Weaver Foundation IncKY104.4× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found

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.

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About The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc

How much does The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc give?
The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc reported 56 grants totaling $2,654,206 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Philanthropy (12%), Education (12%).
Who are The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Speed Art Museum ($1.5M), Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc ($1.3M), The Louisville Urban League Inc ($1.1M).
Does The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc 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 The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc.
Where is The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc based?
The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 133 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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