New Jersey · Private foundation
The Brown Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,100,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations The Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $501k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $662k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $609k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $134k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $232k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $207k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $112k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cooper Foundation Inc | $1,808,028 | 10 | 8% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rowan University Foundation Inc | $301,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Inc | $175,068 | 1 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $152,902 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $99,982 | 1 | n/a |
| Cumberland County College | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth El | $8,422 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cooper Foundation Inc | $1,808,028 | 10 | 8% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $1,100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rowan University Foundation Inc | $301,575 | 3 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Inc | $175,068 | 1 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $152,902 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $99,982 | 1 | n/a |
| Cumberland County College | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth El | $8,422 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Partnership Schools Camden | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chevra Kadisha of Alliance | $6,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Larc School Inc D/B/A the Larc Norcross School | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Hebrew Womens Benevolent Society | $50 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($716k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brown Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Brown Foundation
- How much does The Brown Foundation give?
- The Brown Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,200,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (48%), Education (39%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are The Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Cooper Foundation Inc ($1.8M), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($1.1M), Rowan University Foundation Inc ($302k).
- Does The Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brown 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Brown Foundation based?
- The Brown Foundation is based in NJ.
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