· Private foundation
The Brown Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $41k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GRETNA | $41,100 |
| COOPERATIVE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP OF VA | $5,000 |
| BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS COUNCIL - SCOUTING USA | $5,000 |
| MAHOVA | $2,500 |
| CAMPBELL MASONIC LODGE #316 | $1,000 |
| SCOTTISH RITE FOUNDATION | $200 |
| THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | $200 |
| ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION | $100 |
| KEDRON BAPTIST CHURCH | $100 |
| NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DSDANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +41%
- CCCRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION2× · 2018–2019 · $2k · revenue +54%
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- AUAVERETT UNIVERSITYone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +17%
- IVINDIA VISION INITIATIVE INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +40%
- EFEVERBLESS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.
Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.
The Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable,religious and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision or…
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
Post secondary and graduate educational institution The mission of Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is to equip vocational Christian workers and other servant leaders while inspiring them to take the Word to the world.
The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…
To support and strengthen the christian witness fulfilled by the foundation's partners in ministry and mission. these include american baptist home mission societies, american baptist international ministries and a majority of american…
Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the…
Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.
The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 60 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICABLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds AVERETT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR BAPTIST HERITAGE & STUDIES ↗
- Who funds INDIA VISION INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds DANVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Baptist Women In Ministry Inc ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Good Faith Media Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Brown Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brown Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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