Florida · Private foundation
The Brown Family Foundation
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.
- $361k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Brown Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 7 | $361k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $343k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $339k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $518k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $244k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $215k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $206k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugs Across the County Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 33% |
| University of North Florida Foundation Inc | $86,381 | 7 | 0% |
| Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation | $44,120 | 3 | 1% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Her Song Jacksonville Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Florida House Washington DC Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugs Across the County Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 33% |
| University of North Florida Foundation Inc | $86,381 | 7 | 0% |
| Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation | $44,120 | 3 | 1% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $26,000 | 2 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Her Song Jacksonville Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Florida House Washington DC Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Desire Street Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Coaches Honor Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Louder Than Silence | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Jdl Providence Football Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Golfers Against Cancer Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tag Children's Museum of St Augustine Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Safety Shelter of St Johns County Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Expositors Seminary Inc | $600 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Brown Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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
About The Brown Family Foundation
- How much does The Brown Family Foundation give?
- The Brown Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $361,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Brown Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (70%), Education (9%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Brown Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Hugs Across the County Inc ($100k), University of North Florida Foundation Inc ($86k), Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc ($75k).
- Does The Brown Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brown Family Foundation 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 Brown Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc, Pga Tour Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Brown Family Foundation based?
- The Brown Family Foundation is based in FL.
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