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The Brown Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$84M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
222
Grants FY2025
477
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$11,000,000
Organizations funded a year
477 to 525
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Brown Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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
FY2025still arriving212$68M7%
FY2024477$107M15%
FY2023497$80M18%
FY2022496$85M27%
FY2021525$68Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$122MArts & Culture$83MHealth$59MPhilanthropy$50MRecreation & Sports$44MHuman Services$25MEnvironment$17MCommunity Improvement$16MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Houston Parks Board$32,335,000544%
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$30,000,000213%
Baylor College of Medicine$25,234,00041%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$15,258,000435%
St John's School$10,653,500411%
Harris Health Strategic Fund$10,000,000134%
Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$7,570,050440%
Precinct4forward$7,500,000177%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$7,310,87552%
Hermann Park Conservancy$6,011,000239%
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All grantees of The Brown Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Houston Parks Board$32,335,000544%
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$30,000,000213%
Baylor College of Medicine$25,234,00041%
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$15,258,000435%
St John's School$10,653,500411%
Harris Health Strategic Fund$10,000,000134%
Memorial Park Conservancy Inc$7,570,050440%
Precinct4forward$7,500,000177%
YES Prep Public Schools Inc$7,310,87552%
Hermann Park Conservancy$6,011,000239%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$5,651,50055%
Houston Symphony Society$5,550,00055%
The Kinkaid School Inc$5,422,00044%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$5,371,51551%
The Foundation for Jones Hall$5,075,000225%
Menil Foundation Inc$5,047,20054%
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc$4,620,50054%
Houston Ballet Foundation$4,617,50053%
Camp For All Foundation$4,505,000520%
Harmony Public Schools$4,500,00020%
Teach for America Inc$4,083,18050%
Southwestern University$4,014,50043%
The Houston Food Bank$4,004,50041%
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston$3,701,930523%
The Orange Show Foundation$3,492,000542%
Depelchin Children's Center$3,190,00052%
San Antonio Museum of Art$3,010,68256%
Alley Theatre$2,986,15054%
Episcopal High School$2,809,5004n/a
Covenant House Texas$2,760,900517%
Good Reason Houston Inc$2,550,000511%
Thrive With Autism Foundation$2,550,000269%
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$2,500,07056%
Equitable Facilities Fund Inc$2,500,00012%
Texas Children's Hospital$2,145,00040%
New Hope Housing Inc$2,075,00059%
KIPP Texas Inc$2,020,00041%
Houston Area Women's Center$1,907,00059%
Kids' Meals Inc$1,735,70059%
Coalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County$1,735,00047%
The Chinati Foundation$1,600,000518%
Center for African American Militar History$1,586,600432%
Houston Botanic Garden$1,550,86657%
Access Group Inc$1,547,30044%
Edison Arts Foundation Inc$1,500,000140%
Memorial Assistance Ministries$1,500,00017%
Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy$1,500,000128%
EMERGE Fellowship$1,385,250511%
Northwest Assistance Ministries$1,358,95559%
Theatre Under the Stars Inc$1,351,00059%
Collaborative for Children$1,350,00054%
Emancipation Park Conservancy$1,340,000436%
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation$1,289,50046%
Project Row Houses$1,288,500511%
BakerRipley$1,276,50050%
Spark$1,250,000524%
Children's Museum Inc$1,175,00054%
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,157,50050%
Miller Theatre Advisory Board Inc$1,115,000323%
Smithsonian Institution$1,112,50020%
Wonderland Educational Estate Dba Beatrice Mayes Institute$1,050,00027%
Woodberry Forest School$1,042,00040%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$1,005,50023%
Friends of the High Line Inc$1,005,00051%
Da Camera Society of Texas$1,003,000512%
University of St Thomas$1,000,00011%
The Westview School Inc$1,000,000511%
Houston Classical Inc$966,500516%
Wesley Community Center Inc of Houston Texas$965,00057%
The Brookwood Community Inc$950,00013%
Proctor Academy$934,00041%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$913,00041%
Discovery Green Conservancy$882,79156%
Chinquapin Preparatory School$873,00057%
Asia Society Texas Center$855,00054%
Texas State Aquarium Association$852,50042%
Joy Development School$800,00027%
Stages$775,00054%
Strake Jesuit College Prep$775,0002n/a
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center$765,75059%
McNay Art Museum$753,70051%
Annunciation Orthodox School$750,0001n/a
The Hughen Center Inc$750,00012%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$750,00031%
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum$750,0001n/a
Trees For Houston$740,00056%
Dora Maar Cultural Center Fka Nancy B Negley Artists Residency Program$712,5001n/a
Fotofest Inc$702,500423%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$675,00053%
Search Homeless Services$642,0005n/a
Coastal Prairie Conservancy$635,00053%
Site Santa Fe$632,50057%
United Way of Greater Houston$625,00050%
Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc$625,00052%
Communities in Schools of San Antonio$625,00051%
Lawndale Art & Performance Center$605,000518%
William Marsh Rice University$604,76240%
St Paul's School$601,00040%
Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation$600,00014%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$600,00025%
TIRR Foundation$600,00038%
Houston Hospice$576,00051%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$575,00011%
Houston Zoo Inc$566,70541%
Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museum of Ohio Inc$555,000143%
iEDUCATE$555,00055%
Etoile Academy Inc$552,000415%
Inprint Inc$550,00058%
San Antonio Children's Museum$528,25051%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$523,50042%
Rothko Chapel$514,00057%
Brackenridge Park Conservancy$507,000122%
The Saint Constantine School$500,00016%
Precinct2gether Inc$500,000128%
Texas Charter Schools Association$500,00016%
San Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc$499,50053%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$484,50040%
Bo's Place$484,00058%
Houston Arts Alliance$466,25041%
Prounitas Inc$450,00048%
Breakthrough Houston$440,000516%
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra$426,00056%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$420,00040%
Small Places$418,000224%
Wonderworks$415,000555%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$411,00040%
Writers in the Schools$400,25057%
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation$400,00015%
Houston Christian University$400,00010%
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc$400,00053%
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft$397,50055%
Foster Care Advocacy Center$396,25058%
Houston Center for Photography Inc$391,144514%
Avenue Community Development Corporation$385,00042%
Families Empowered$381,400512%
San Antonio Food Bank$378,43040%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$376,00051%
Star of Hope Mission$375,00021%
HAY Center Foundation$375,000211%
Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos Inc$371,00052%
Sound Off$368,000520%
Diverseworks Inc$363,000522%
The Menninger Clinic Foundation$361,00027%
Thrive With Autism$360,500498%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$360,0003n/a
Houston Wilderness Inc$352,500415%
The Imani School$350,0001n/a
The Posse Foundation Inc$350,00050%
Child Advocates Inc$350,00051%
Bat Conservation International$345,50051%
Performing Arts Houston$345,00051%
Sul Ross State University Friends of the Ctr for Big Bend Studies$340,000372%
Planned Parenthood South Texas$336,22051%
The Women's Home$333,00051%
The Montrose Center$327,55051%
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation$325,00037%
BikeHouston Inc$325,000157%
Alk Positive Inc$325,00048%
Urban Harvest Inc$323,50054%
Discoveru$319,600596%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$315,00040%
Reve Preparatory Inc$315,000311%
Artpace Inc (Audit)$312,000510%
Prison Entrepreneurship Program Inc$305,00052%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$304,50030%
Episcopal Collegiate School$304,00040%
Houston Area Community Services$300,00030%
Chambers County Childrens Museum$300,000120%
Westchase District Community Fund$300,000115%
Comp-U-Dopt Inc$289,00051%
Friends of Pumpkin Park$280,00020%
The Houston Audubon Society$280,00053%
Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association$275,000418%
The Urban Enrichment Institute$275,00059%
College Track$267,50030%
Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts$260,000410%
Houston Public Media Foundation$256,50050%
The Arbor School$255,00052%
The Council on Recovery$254,00051%
Opera in the Heights$252,000516%
The Santa Fe Opera$250,00010%
National Accelerator of Autism Charter Schools$250,000131%
Holocaust Museum Houston$250,00051%
The Irvin M Shlenker School of Congregation Beth Israel$250,0001n/a
Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools$250,00051%
Wildlife Habitat Federation$250,00057%
Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc$250,00012%
The Holdsworth Center$250,00040%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc$250,00012%
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$244,50042%
The Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation$240,00045%
Hope and Healing Center & Institute$235,75052%
San Jose Clinic$230,0005n/a
Onegoal$230,00050%
The Chapin School Ltd$225,00030%
Trinity Episcopal School$225,00030%
Glasstire$217,600511%
Aspire to Win Inc$213,000487%
Texas Defender Service$211,00028%
The College Foundation of the University of Virginia$210,50030%
The Parish Children's School$210,00051%
Childsafe$210,00042%
Friends of the Grenadines Initiative$210,000462%
The Brenda & John H Duncan Rise School of Houston$210,00042%
World Monuments Fund Inc$210,00021%
Harmony House Inc$205,00051%
Nature Discovery Center$205,000526%
Houston Revision$205,00053%
Houston Community Health Centers Inc$205,00041%
The Ensemble Theatre$202,50052%
Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy Inc$200,0001n/a
Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation$200,00038%
Elevate Collegiate Inc dba Elevate Collegiate Charter School$200,00043%
The W Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation$200,00021%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Houston Inc$200,0004n/a
Work Texas Training Center$200,00034%
Celebrate Dyslexia Schools$200,000123%
Seton Education Partners$200,00011%
FuelEd Schools Inc$200,000410%
Houston Fire Museum Inc$200,000125%
The Artist Boat Inc$200,00016%
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd$200,00024%
Bloom Academy Inc$200,00043%
St Johns College in Santa Fe$200,0004n/a
The Monarch School Monarch Institute for Neurological Diff$200,00051%
Advocates of A Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive$200,000210%
Catastrophic Theatre Inc$199,00059%
The Woods Project$195,00055%
Peckerwood Gardens Conservation Foundation Inc$191,00049%
Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County$185,00041%
Grace Church School$183,60020%
Main Street Theater Houston$181,00043%
The Center for Pursuit$180,00031%
HITS Theatre$180,00048%
The Beta Foundation$177,50011%
Lyford Cay School Foundation$177,500312%
Cypress Creek Fine Art Association$175,00056%
Houston Humane Society$172,00041%
Camp Aranzazu Inc$170,00052%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$170,00050%
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center Foundation$170,00058%
Musical Bridges Around the World Inc$170,00053%
Davidson College$165,00030%
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$160,00055%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$160,00040%
Art League of Houston$156,00054%
PARK Foundation Inc$155,00042%
Mercury Chamber Orchestra Inc$155,00053%
Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council$155,00040%
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Inc$152,00055%
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$152,00040%
Enjoyable Pain of Growth Academy$150,5002n/a
The Anderson Center for the Arts$150,30039%
American Festival for the Arts$150,00055%
Yale University$150,0003n/a
Chinese Community Center Inc$150,00051%
Palmer Drug Abuse Program Houston Inc$150,00056%
El Centro de Corazon$150,00050%
Eight Million Stories Inc$150,00035%
Vita Living Inc$150,00050%
International Crane Foundation Inc$150,00050%
The Center for Hearing and Speech$150,00051%
Workshop Houston$150,00059%
Casa Mateo$150,00018%
Jazz Houston$150,000317%
Amigos Por Vida - Friends for Life$150,00011%
Bexar County Performing Arts Center Fdn Tobin Center for the Performing Art$150,00011%
Houston Center for Musical Arts$150,0002n/a
Nehemiah Center Inc$145,00052%
Open Door Mission$145,00051%
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$145,00050%
Galveston Arts Center$145,00057%
Remind$145,00052%
Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston$145,00050%
Avda$140,00051%
The Ann Richards School Foundation$137,50032%
Houston Recovery Center Lgc$135,0005n/a
Plant It Forward$135,00045%
Careerspring Foundation$135,00027%
Contemporary Art for San Antonio$132,50055%
Prelude Music Foundation$132,250513%
Bayou Land Conservancy$131,00055%
National Outdoor Leadership School$131,00040%
Magnificat Houses Inc$130,00041%
Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids$130,00051%
Justice Forward$130,00058%
United Against Human Trafficking$130,00042%
An-Nisa Hope Center$130,00043%
Harbor Christian Academy$125,00042%
New Mexico Fund for Women and Girls$125,00033%
Houston Children's Chorus Inc$125,000414%
Spacetaker$125,00054%
Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services$125,00043%
Cape Eleuthera Foundation Inc$122,50041%
Nameless Sound$121,000514%
American Academy in Rome$120,00030%
Houston Boychoir Inc$120,000411%
CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare$120,00041%
Pursuit Foundation$120,00022%
Gulf Coast - A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts$120,000417%
Lucilles 1913 Community Kitchen$120,000312%
Cullinan Park Conservancy$120,00017%
The Awty International School$119,70040%
Foundation for Cultural Arts in San Antonio dba Las Casas Foundation$119,00034%
Responsiveed Texas$117,00020%
Board of Trustees of Whitman College$115,00030%
Christian Community Service Center Inc$110,30042%
Texas Public Radio$110,00050%
Dia Center for the Arts Inc$110,00030%
Arkansas Children's Foundation$110,00031%
The Junior League of Houston Inc$110,00021%
New England College$109,00040%
Ars Lyrica Houston$108,00055%
Open Dance Project Inc$108,00056%
Texas Tribune Inc$105,25030%
Magik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre$104,50051%
Interfaith Carepartners Inc$102,50028%
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas$101,00020%
Camp Aldersgate Inc$100,00042%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$100,00012%
Clarity Child Guidance Center$100,00010%
Legacy Community Health Services Inc$100,00010%
Agape Development Ministries$100,00013%
Yale University$100,0002n/a
Bayou Preservation Association Inc$100,00056%
National Math & Science Initiative Inc$100,00010%
The Texas International Institute of Health Professions$100,0001n/a
The Harris School Inc$100,00018%
Bridgeyear$100,00012%
Montessori Children's Center Inc$100,00022%
St Lukes United Methodist Church$100,0001n/a
Summerhouse Houston$100,00015%
Tucson Waldorf Education Association$100,00023%
Aurora Picture Show$99,50046%
Apollo Chamber Players$99,50056%
The Center for Safer Communities$95,00041%
Houston Cinema Arts Society$94,50047%
Houston Chamber Choir$93,00053%
The Friends of the Vatican$92,500113%
Pathway to Freedom Inc$90,00044%
San Antonio River Foundation$90,00036%
Musiqa$90,00049%
Room to Grow National Inc$85,00021%
Garden Club of Houston$85,00046%
Useful Wild Plants Inc$82,500439%
Archway Academy$82,50026%
Fyims Inc$80,00042%
Defenders of Wildlife$80,00040%
Houston's Capital Investing in Develop- Ment and Employment of Adults Inc$80,00022%
Wesleyan University$80,00040%
Dance of Asian America$79,750414%
Hope Stone Inc$78,400412%
The Church of St John the Divine$77,5004n/a
Ser-Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast Inc$77,50030%
Museum of Modern Art$75,00040%
The George Balanchine Foundation Inc$75,00036%
Latinos for Education Inc$75,00031%
Project GRAD Houston$75,00017%
The Mens Center Incorporated$75,00031%
Pro-Vision Educational Services Inc$75,00011%
Windrush Farm Therapeutic Equitation Inc$75,00032%
Lensic Performing Arts Center$75,00030%
Nuestra Palabra Latino Writers Having Their Say$75,0002n/a
Friends of the Children - Houston$75,00015%
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation$75,00030%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Foundation$73,00032%
The Pacifica Foundation$70,25040%
Houston Police Foundation$70,20041%
NAMI Central Texas$70,00027%
Atlantic Challenge Foundation Inc Dba the Apprenticeshop$70,00035%
Career & Recovery Resources Inc$70,00030%
Team Catapult$70,000430%
Museum of Printing History dba The Printing Museum$70,00031%
Red Arena Inc$68,00041%
Health Alliance for Austin Musicians$65,00040%
San Jacinto Museum and Battlefield Association$65,00043%
Friends of Exuma Co Chamberlin Owen & Co Inc$65,000311%
Yale University$62,5002n/a
Houston's Amazing Place Inc$60,25031%
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc$60,00030%
Houston Latin American Philharmonic$60,000311%
Artcouncil Inc Dba Artadia$60,00022%
Houston Cares Animal Rescue$60,00049%
St George's School$60,00030%
Crisis Intervention of Houston Incorporated$60,00039%
Barrio Dogs Inc$60,00047%
Partnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees$60,00018%
Baptist Health Foundation Inc$60,00031%
The Way Home Adoption Inc$60,000224%
Aperio$59,750416%
Young Life$57,00030%
Texas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc$56,50010%
Children's Assessment Center Foundation$55,00011%
Merlin Tuttles Bat Conservation Inc$55,00019%
Witte Museum$55,00010%
St Martins Episcopal Church$55,0004n/a
Texas Biomedical Research Institute$54,30040%
Citizens For Animal Protection Inc$53,00041%
Music in Context$52,000416%
St Lukes Episcopal School of San$52,0003n/a
Project Remix Ventures$50,0001n/a
Stageworks Theatre Formally Houston Family Arts Center$50,00017%
Scenic Houston Inc$50,000112%
Nestquest Houston Inc$50,00013%
Green Thumb Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
The Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe Inc$50,0001n/a
Access Esperanza Clinics Inc$50,00011%
Special Pals Inc$50,00022%
Texas Southern University Foundatio$50,00010%
Up Excellence Academy$50,00014%
San Antonio Report$50,00021%
Springboard Collaborative$50,00010%
Santa Fe Concert Association dba Performance Santa Fe$50,00013%
South Texan's Property Rights Association Inc$50,000118%
Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc$50,000130%
Lyford Cay Foundation Inc$50,00041%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50,00020%
San Antonio Sports Foundation$50,00030%
Friends of the Texas Historical Commission Inc$50,00012%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$48,00040%
Tlc Family Resource Center$47,50042%
Wilmot Community Association Inc$47,500421%
Southwest Texas Junior College$47,0004n/a
Lungevity Foundation Inc$46,50010%
Trinity Oaks Enterprises$46,00042%
Art Production Fund Inc$45,50033%
Northfield Mount Hermon School$45,00040%
New York Shakespeare Festival$45,00040%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$45,00020%
The New London Hospital Association Inc$45,00040%
CARTI Foundation Inc$45,00022%
Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas$45,00031%
Art At A Time Like This Inc$42,500140%
Houston Achievement Place$42,50012%
Catholic High School Foundation Inc$42,00031%
Marymount Manhattan College$40,50040%
Chamber Music Houston Inc$40,00028%
Neighborhood Bridges$40,00012%
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center Corp$40,00041%
Southwest School of Art$40,00020%
Ishida Dance Company Inc$40,00016%
Duke University$40,00040%
Murray Bowen Archives Project$40,000425%
Northern Stage Company$40,00011%
Halo Flight Inc$40,00020%
Mexic-Arte Museum$40,00041%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc$40,00040%
The One Hundred Club of San Antonio$40,00042%
Blue Lapis Light Inc$40,00044%
The Lyford Cay Club Charitable Trust Inc$40,000422%
Judd Foundation$40,00040%
River Oaks Garden Club$40,00032%
Cfda Foundation Inc$40,00020%
St Martins Episcopal Preschool$39,0004n/a
The Burke Foundation Inc$37,50040%
Rector Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Grace Church in New York City$37,0001n/a
St Francis Episcopal Day School$35,5004n/a
The 100 Club Inc$35,50040%
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Inc$35,00021%
Saint Marys Hall Inc$35,00040%
Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc$35,00030%
Spay Neuter Inject Protect Sanantonio$35,00031%
Kinetic Kids Inc$35,00012%
Lake Sunapee Home Care and Hospice$35,00040%
Christ Episcopal Church$35,0003n/a
Friends of Paradis Des Indiens Inc$33,000411%
Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue Inc$32,50034%
Rollins College$32,50040%
Hill Country Alliance$32,00031%
Stratford Hall$30,00012%
MATCH Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston$30,00031%
Port Aransas Conservancy Fund$30,00037%
Rewild$30,00040%
Artangel America$30,0001100%
The Special Forces Charitable Trust$30,00021%
Bridges to Life$30,00021%
Arts Connect Houston$30,0001n/a
Box 13 ArtSpace$30,000411%
Stars Scholarship Fund$30,00032%
Clemson University Foundation$30,00040%
Thrive School Network$30,000365%
Animal Rescue League of Boston$30,00030%
True Blue Animal Rescue$30,0002n/a
Symphony Society of San Antonio$30,00011%
Historic Deerfield Inc$30,00030%
Texas Rice Industry Coalition for T Environment$29,0001n/a
Connecticut College$27,50020%
New London Barn Playhouse Inc$26,00010%
Friends of River Oaks Park$26,0001n/a
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute$26,00042%
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc$25,000118%
Colby-Sawyer College$25,00010%
Juilliard School$25,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$25,00010%
Silambam Houston$25,00017%
The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc$25,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of San Antonio$25,00030%
Tejano Center for Community Concerns Inc$25,00010%
Projecthandup$25,00010%
Summer House Institute$25,00013%
Nuevo Mexico Profundo$25,000114%
Forum of Civics Foundation$25,00017%
The Foundation for Monte del Sol Charter School$25,0001n/a
The College of Wooster$25,00040%
Performa Inc$25,00011%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$25,00010%
Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc$25,00010%
Bay Area Rehabilitation Center$25,00010%
Williams College$25,00010%
River Oaks Foundation$25,00023%
Echoing Green Inc$25,00010%
African Environmental Film Foundation$25,000118%
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum$24,00040%
Pro-Vision Inc$23,00031%
Walla Walla Symphony Society Inc$22,50041%
Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Inc$22,50010%
Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc$22,00040%
Southern Methodist University$22,00020%
Diocese of West Texas$21,0002n/a
Educational Programs Inspiring Communities Inc$21,00031%
Houston Metropolitan Dance Center Inc$20,00023%
Anne K Taylor Fund$20,00043%
Friends of the Northern Rail Trail$20,00028%
American Friends of Versailles$20,00014%
Navidad En El Barrio$20,00044%
Bes Inc$20,00010%
Gemini Series Inc$20,00041%
Battle of Flowers Association$20,00041%
Florida Native Plant Society Inc$20,00023%
Career Gear Houston$20,00026%
The Broach Foundation For Brain Cancer Research$20,00023%
Sea Turtle Inc$20,00040%
Memorial Hermann Foundation$20,00010%
Elf Louise Inc$20,00042%
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies$20,00010%
The Western Stock Show Association$20,00020%
Remember the Alamo Foundation$20,00010%
San Antonio Public Library Foundation$20,00041%
New Hampshire Catholic Charities$20,00030%
Galveston Historical Foundation$20,00010%
Oldfields School Inc$20,00020%
City Kids Adventures$20,00014%
Busters Friends Inc$19,000418%
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc$18,00031%
Community Nook Inc$18,0003n/a
John Hay Estate at the Fells$18,00041%
Florida Wildlife Hospital & Sanctuary Inc$16,00021%
Luminaria$16,00041%
The Barth Syndrome Foundation$16,00011%
Sustainable Food Center$15,00030%
The Periwinkle Foundation$15,00030%
The Muses Inc$15,00042%
Hawaii Conservation Alliance Foundation$15,00011%
International African American Museum$15,00010%
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc$15,00010%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$15,00010%
Friends of Paws in Prison Inc$15,00028%
Florida Wildflower Foundation Inc$15,00031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities South Texas$14,50010%
Marine Resources Council of East Florida Inc$14,50031%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$13,50030%
NAMI Texas Inc$12,50012%
Friends of Montessori Foundation$12,50032%
The Marfa Studio of Arts Inc$12,500210%
Friends of James a and Evelyn Williams Memorial Library Inc$11,0002n/a
Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc$11,00021%
K9s for Warriors Inc$10,94210%
Bexar County Family Justice Center Foundation$10,00012%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston$10,00010%
The Barnes Foundation$10,00010%
School of American Ballet Inc$10,00020%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10,00020%
Premier Lone Star Wind Orchestra$10,00013%
Food Education Fund Inc$10,00011%
Friends of the Marfa Public Library$10,0001n/a
Safe Place International$10,00012%
Partners in Education for the Santa Fe Public Schools$10,00012%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$10,00020%
The Doe Fund Inc$10,00010%
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation$10,00010%
Performance Space 122 Inc$10,00011%
San Antonio Parks Foundation$10,0001n/a
Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc$10,00010%
Canopy Canopy Canopy Inc$10,00011%
Carver Development Board$10,00013%
Easterseals Arkansas$10,00020%
Concord Coalition to End Homelessness$10,00011%
The Foundation for the School for Young Children$10,00040%
Briscoe Animal Resource Center of Uvalde$10,00012%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$10,00010%
HSPVA Friends$10,00011%
Young Men's Christian Association Camp Coniston Inc$10,00010%
Publicolor Inc$10,00010%
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc$10,00010%
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas Inc$10,00020%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$10,00040%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$10,00010%
Trinity University$10,00040%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10,00010%
San Antonio Audubon Society Inc$10,0002n/a
New London Outing Club$10,00011%
Mind Science Foundation$10,00012%
ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc$10,00010%
The McNamara Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas$10,00010%
Returning Citizens Support Group$9,00018%
Telluride Adaptive Sports Program$9,00021%
San Antonio Police Officers' Benefit Association Inc$8,00021%
Darksky Texas$8,00019%
The Hope Program Inc$7,50010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$7,50010%
Friends of Hondo Canyon$7,5003n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$7,30030%
NAMI Washington DC$7,00028%
John Sealy Hospitalutmb$7,0001n/a
Casady School$7,0004n/a
Blanco County Emergency Services Auxiliary$6,3003n/a
Bee Abled$6,2501n/a
Alamo Heights School Foundation$5,50010%
Children's Museum of Manhattan$5,00010%
The Drawing Center Inc$5,00010%
Blue Mountain Humane Society$5,00010%
Blanco County 4-H & FFA Youth Council$5,00040%
Ballet Arkansas Inc$5,00010%
Soli Chamber Ensemble$5,00013%
Heritage Ed$5,00012%
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc$5,00011%
Texas Christian University$5,00010%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$5,00010%
Austin Waldorf School Inc$5,00010%
Sun Radio Foundation$5,00011%
Texas Agricultural Land Trust$5,00010%
Austin Clubhouse Inc$5,00011%
Theta Charity Events Inc$5,00013%
New Hampshire Public Broadcasting$5,00010%
Sedona Visual Artists Coalition$5,0002n/a
John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science$5,00010%
Freedom Project Network$5,00010%
The Humane Society of New York$5,00010%
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$5,00010%
Texas A&M Foundation$5,00010%
Central Bell County Fire Rescue Incorporated$5,0001n/a
W Leo Daniels Towers$5,00011%
Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc$5,0001n/a
Zion Farms & Market Inc$5,0001n/a
My Connect Community$4,70010%
Hill Country Womens Health Collective$4,0001n/a
Sculpture at the River Market Inc$4,00021%
Blanco Good Samaritan Center Inc$4,00031%
South Texas Charity Weekend Inc$3,97210%
Family Legacy Missions International$3,45610%
Darby's Warrior Support$3,00020%
Common Cause Education Fund$3,00010%
St Andrew's Episcopal School$3,00011%
Spaulding for Children$3,00010%
Ideas for US Inc$2,50010%
Spurs Give$2,50010%
Anchored by Family$2,50010%
Lone Star Flight Museum$2,50010%
Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit)$2,45020%
Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center$2,25030%
Dec My Room Inc$2,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,00010%
Our House Inc$2,00020%
Angel Flight Inc Dba Angel Flight South Central$2,00010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$2,00020%
Rosenberg Library Association$2,00020%
Endometriosis Foundation of America Inc$2,00010%
SpringSpirit Inc$1,92010%
District 2s2 of the Association of Lions Clubs International$1,5001n/a
The Post Oak School$1,50010%
River Pointe Community Church$1,5001n/a
Job Point$1,25020%
Cossa Foundation$1,2001n/a
Heifer Project International$1,00010%
The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc$1,00010%
Common Threads$1,00010%
Rockport Art Association Inc$1,00010%
A Way Out Inc$1,00010%
University of Houston$1,0001n/a
Hunt Volunteer Fire Department$1,00011%
Natural State Council$1,00010%
University of Mississippi Foundation$1,00010%
Blackwood Educational Land Institute$1,00010%
Blanco County Friends of the Night Sky$1,000123%
Sultana Historical Preservation Society Inc$1,00010%
New York School of Interior Design$1,00010%
Good Shepherd Children & Family Services$1,00010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$1,00010%
Children's Miracle Network$1,00010%
Bryan Educational Institute$1,00010%
Houston Golf Association Inc$1,00011%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$1,00010%
Andrew S Roddick Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Books From Birth$76231%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$75020%
Pease Park Conservancy$50020%
Fort Bend County Women's Center Inc Sos/Shelter-Outreach-Solutions$50010%
Creative Dreams Outreach Center Inc$50010%
Hyde Park Baptist School Inc$5002n/a
IDEA Public Schools$50010%
Wreaths Across America$45020%
The College Houses$30810%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$29220%
Lunches of Love$25010%
First Door$2501n/a
Blessed Be Hope for Three Inc$25010%
March of Dimes Inc$25010%
CYCLE Changing Young Children's Lives through Education$22510%
Education Pioneers$15010%
Project Curate$10010%
American Leadership Forum Houston Gulf Coast Chapter$10010%
Living Beyond Breast Cancer$7510%
Teachers College Columbia University$6010%
Restoring Justice$5010%
Leadership Isd Inc$5010%
International House$5010%
Red Collar Rescue Inc$5010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$5010%
Nami Greater Houston$2510%
Rescued Pets Movement Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 115 recipients with no EIN on record ($24M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Brown Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 29 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHouston Parks Board: $32,335,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetCharter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund: $30,000,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $25,234,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $15,258,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetSt John's School: $10,653,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetHarris Health Strategic Fund: $10,000,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $7,570,050 over 4y, 40% of budgetPrecinct4forward: $7,500,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $7,310,875 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $6,011,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $5,651,500 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $5,550,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $5,422,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $5,371,515 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetThe Foundation for Jones Hall: $5,075,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $5,047,200 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $4,620,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetHouston Ballet Foundation: $4,617,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $4,505,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetHarmony Public Schools: $4,500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $4,083,180 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSouthwestern University: $4,014,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $4,004,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetContemporary Arts Museum Houston: $3,701,930 over 5y, 23% of budgetThe Orange Show Foundation: $3,492,000 over 5y, 42% of budgetDepelchin Children's Center: $3,190,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetSan Antonio Museum of Art: $3,010,682 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetAlley Theatre: $2,986,150 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetCovenant House Texas: $2,760,900 over 5y, 17% of budgetGood Reason Houston Inc: $2,550,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetThrive With Autism Foundation: $2,550,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Houston Inc: $2,500,070 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetEquitable Facilities Fund Inc: $2,500,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $2,145,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew Hope Housing Inc: $2,075,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $2,020,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Area Women's Center: $1,907,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $1,735,700 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless of Houston Harris County: $1,735,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetThe Chinati Foundation: $1,600,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetCenter for African American Militar History: $1,586,600 over 4y, 32% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $1,550,866 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetAccess Group Inc: $1,547,300 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetEdison Arts Foundation Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetMemorial Assistance Ministries: $1,500,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetWillow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy: $1,500,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetEMERGE Fellowship: $1,385,250 over 5y, 11% of budgetNorthwest Assistance Ministries: $1,358,955 over 5y, 8.7% 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 200.

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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.

Houston Endowment IncTX182.2× affinity133 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Houston Endowment Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Powell Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Strake Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · MD Anderson Foundation · John P McGovern Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · Greater Houston Community Foundation

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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Find your warmest path to The Brown Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Brown Foundation Inc

How much does The Brown Foundation Inc give?
The Brown Foundation Inc reported 222 grants totaling $84,269,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 477 and 525 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Brown Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (13%).
Who are The Brown Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Houston Parks Board ($32M), Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund ($30M), Baylor College of Medicine ($25M).
Does The Brown Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Brown Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Brown Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston Endowment Inc, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, The Powell Foundation.
Where is The Brown Foundation Inc based?
The Brown Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 845 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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