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The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable 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.

$125k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
58%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 15
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 58% of the organizations The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentCivil RightsInternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving13$125k38%
FY202412$115k58%
FY20238$31k50%
FY20225$53k40%
FY20217$57k29%
FY202011$63k55%
FY20198$31k0%
FY201815$34k40%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$235kInternational$53kCivil Rights$52kHealth$49kCrime & Legal$46kReligion$35kFood & Nutrition$27kEducation$23kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CT
CA
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Torch Conservation Center$73,000821%
Conservation International Foundation$56,50060%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$46,00070%
Our Children's Trust$35,35051%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates$34,50050%
Torch Lake Protection Alliance$20,62564%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$20,00020%
Project Innerspace Inc$18,0001n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$15,50030%
Save The Children Federation Inc$15,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$15,00010%
Kipp Foundation$15,00010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$15,00020%
United States Association for UNHCR$15,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$10,00020%
Feeding America$10,00010%
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy$10,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$9,00020%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$8,00010%
Impact 100 Inc$5,40050%
Xavier University$5,00010%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$4,5003n/a
Lindner Center of Hope Professional Associates$3,00010%
Intercommunity Justice & Peace Cent Er$3,00011%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$3,00010%
Lighthouse Youth Services$3,00010%
Mercy Medical Angels$3,00010%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$2,50010%
The Seven Hills School$2,50010%
350org$1,50010%
Three Lakes Association Inc$1,1003n/a
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council$1,00020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTorch Conservation Center: $73,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $56,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $46,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOur Children's Trust: $35,350 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCity Gospel Mission and Affiliates: $34,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTorch Lake Protection Alliance: $20,625 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKipp Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImpact 100 Inc: $5,400 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetXavier University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLindner Center of Hope Professional Associates: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIntercommunity Justice & Peace Cent Er: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCoalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Youth Services: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seven Hills School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTip of the Mitt Watershed Council: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 32.

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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.

Duke Energy FoundationNC15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Dole Family Foundation · The Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation Inc C/O Leslie Lee · Jewish Federation of Cincinnati · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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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About The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation

How much does The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation give?
The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (43%), International (10%), Civil Rights (10%).
Who are The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Torch Conservation Center ($73k), Conservation International Foundation ($57k), Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc ($46k).
Does The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable 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 Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Dole Family Foundation.
Where is The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation based?
The Bruce and Nancy Brown Family Charitable Foundation is based in OH.

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 44 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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