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The Joanne D Brown Foundation at a glance

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The Joanne D Brown 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.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Science & Tech$226kHealth$203kPhilanthropy$145kArts & Culture$137kAnimals$125kYouth Development$125kReligion$66kRecreation & Sports$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Youth Haven$25,000
Montgomery County Educational Foundation$10,000
Meeting Essential Needs With Dignity$5,000
Columbia High School Scholarship Fund$2,000
Overlook Foundation$1,000
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Meeting Essential Needs With Dignity: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$404k · 17 repeat orgs$788k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
43

Total granted

$404k
$778k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+5%

Still filing today

82%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YH
    YOUTH HAVEN INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $125k · revenue +19%
  • GP
    GRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $100k · revenue +40%
  • NC
    NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $75k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TS
    TELLURIDE SCIENCE
    one grant, 2024 · $225k · revenue 0%
  • DL
    DAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue -9%
  • JA
    Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -7%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Nami Palm Beach County Inc

Nami palm beach county provides advocacy, education, support, and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.

Health
2
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
3
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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4
The Cooper Health System a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation

See schedule ocooper health system is an integrated health care delivery system serving the southern new jersey region. cooper health system's mission is to serve, to heal, and to educate. cooper accomplishes its mission through innovative…

Health
5
Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Inc

"to help make naples the best place in america to work and live." the greater naples chamber of commerce (the chamber) is a non-profit organization providing services to our members and our community. we strive to fulill the needs of our…

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6
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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7
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
8
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
11
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Columbia High School Scholarship Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 63 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TELLURIDE SCIENCE: $225,000 · OtherTELLURIDE SCIENCEYOUTH HAVEN INC: $125,000 · OtherYOUTH HAVEN INCTELLURIDE FOUNDATION ANNUAL PLEDGE: $50,000 · OtherTELLURIDE FOUNDATION ANNUAL PLEDGE+38 more: $267,718 · Other+38 moreDAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $150,000 · HealthDAVID LAWRENCE …NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER: $11,000 · HealthNEWARK BETH ISR…NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 · Health+2 more: $3,000 · HealthJameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $50,000 · AnimalsJameson Ani…PATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $30,000 · AnimalsPATTY BAKER…NAPLES ZOO INC: $25,000 · AnimalsNAPLES ZOO …We Care Animal Rescue Inc: $15,000 · AnimalsWe Care Ani…For the Love of Cats Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsSNIP Collier Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureGRAMERCY P…The National Film Preserve Ltd: $17,450 · Arts & CultureThe Nation…NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsMEETING ESSENTIAL NEEDS WITH DIGNITYINC: $12,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGuadalupe Center Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $3,000 · Human Services
Other$667,718Health$171,500Animals$130,000Arts & Culture$117,450Philanthropy$75,000Recreation & Sports$45,000Human Services$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTELLURIDE SCIENCE: $225,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetDAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $125,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetGRAMERCY PARK BLOCK ASSOC INC: $100,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJameson Animal Rescue Ranch: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNAPLES ZOO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe National Film Preserve Ltd: $17,450 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWe Care Animal Rescue Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNAPA VALLEY FARMWORKER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMEETING ESSENTIAL NEEDS WITH DIGNITYINC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia High School Scholarship Fund: $6,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFor the Love of Cats Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSNIP Collier Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAGE ELDERCARE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLineage Project Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOOKS FOR COLLIER KIDS INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES YACHT CLUB BLUE GAVEL SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $1,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRent Party Pantry Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChrist in the City: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Collier Community Fou…Community Foundation …National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Bny Mellon Charitable…The Ayco Charitable F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…American Express Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…
Collier Community Foundation IncFL17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Joanne D Brown Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joanne D Brown Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Joanne D Brown Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Joanne D Brown Foundation 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.

    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 63 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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