Delaware · Private foundation
The Brownie 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- 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 Brownie Foundation 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; $25k 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 | 5 | $95k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $388k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $87k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $78k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $54k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $35k | 94% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $750 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teens Inc | $352,795 | 3 | 6% |
| Peak Abundance | $213,350 | 7 | 18% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Front Range Community College Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Artists for Community Transformation Intl | $15,350 | 6 | 0% |
| Canyon Cares of Coal Creek Canyon | $11,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Trans Continental Pipeline | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salud Family Health | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Against Substance Abuse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| De-Cruit Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teens Inc | $352,795 | 3 | 6% |
| Peak Abundance | $213,350 | 7 | 18% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Front Range Community College Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Artists for Community Transformation Intl | $15,350 | 6 | 0% |
| Canyon Cares of Coal Creek Canyon | $11,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Trans Continental Pipeline | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salud Family Health | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Against Substance Abuse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| De-Cruit Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Su Teatro Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Point of Pride | $1,900 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brigid Alliance Inc | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 350org | $1,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Boulder Pride | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Immigration Equality | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Malala Fund | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Brownie 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Community Foundation Boulder County · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Brownie Foundation
- How much does The Brownie Foundation give?
- The Brownie Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Brownie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (48%), Food & Nutrition (29%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Brownie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Teens Inc ($353k), Peak Abundance ($213k), University of Colorado Foundation ($45k).
- Does The Brownie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Brownie 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 Brownie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Mile High United Way Inc, Community Foundation Boulder County.
- Where is The Brownie Foundation based?
- The Brownie Foundation is based in DE.
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