Virginia · Private foundation
The Brown Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Brown Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 10 | $55k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $48k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $68k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $112k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $47k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $75k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $86k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $66k | 39% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Baptist Church of Gretna | $370,526 | 9 | n/a |
| Baptist General Association of Virginia | $83,513 | 7 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of Americablue Ridge Mountains Council | $37,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baptist World Alliance | $8,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Inc | $7,505 | 5 | n/a |
| Averett University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Baptist Children's Home and Family Services | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Baptist Church of Gretna | $370,526 | 9 | n/a |
| Baptist General Association of Virginia | $83,513 | 7 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of Americablue Ridge Mountains Council | $37,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Baptist World Alliance | $8,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Inc | $7,505 | 5 | n/a |
| Averett University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Baptist Children's Home and Family Services | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Baptist Heritage & Studies | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| India Vision Initiative Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Danville Symphony Orchestra | $3,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Everbless Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Craven Community College Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eagle Eyrie Baptist Conference Center | $1,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $1,400 | 9 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $1,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Derbyshire Baptist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Women In Ministry Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The John Leland Center for Theological Studies | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $900 | 8 | 0% |
| Good Faith Media Inc | $800 | 5 | 0% |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy | $700 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Ethics Today Foundation | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity Episcopal School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gretna Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| The House of the Temple Historic Preservation Foundaion Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Salem Baptist Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| American Forest Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Kedron Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Voice Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), 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.
Open a dossier: The Donor Advised Fund of the Vbf · Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Brown Foundation
- How much does The Brown Foundation give?
- The Brown Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $55,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Brown Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (83%), Youth Development (7%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are The Brown Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: First Baptist Church of Gretna ($371k), Baptist General Association of Virginia ($84k), Boy Scouts of Americablue Ridge Mountains Council ($37k).
- Does The Brown Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brown Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Brown Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Donor Advised Fund of the Vbf, Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation, The Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Brown Foundation based?
- The Brown Foundation is based in VA.
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