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The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
95
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$333k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.8MArts & Culture$4.5MReligion$1.4MRecreation & Sports$1.3MInternational$1.0MHuman Services$635kEnvironment$490kPhilanthropy$419kOther$0
02FY2024 · 95 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k43 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $746k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $333k
$10,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE$333,453
KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN$200,336
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$164,880
LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA$150,236
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$138,659
SPEED ART MUSEUM$115,763
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$100,601
THACHER SCHOOL$100,209
KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN$100,000
PUNDARIKA FOUNDATION$100,000
SPECIAL OPERATIONS SERVICES$70,000
LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE$66,667
FILM COLLABORATIVE$63,478
MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE$50,000
KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN$50,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%DHARMA FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $35k → 11%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $30k → 8%HAITI CULTURAL EXCHANGE: $13k → 20%ALYANS ATIZAY AYISYN INC: $10k → 15%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $39k → 8%DHARMA FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION: $20k → 11%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $20k → 8%ALYANS ATIZAY AYISYN (HAITIAN CULTURAL ARTS ALLIANCE): $8k → 15%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $10k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION: $5k → 11%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $20k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $10k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $5k → 11%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $15k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $5k → 8%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $15k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $50k → 8%Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Inc: $5k → 8%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $15k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $25k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $5k → 8%Human Needs Project: $11k → 8%INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $5k → 8%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $10k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $50k → 8%HUMAN NEEDS PROJECT: $10k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $25k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $50k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $25k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $8k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $25k → 8%MIND AND LIFE INSTITUTE: $15k → 8%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 10%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $10k → 15%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 10%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $10k → 15%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 10%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $10k → 15%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 10%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $10k → 15%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 10%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $67k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $67k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $9k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $6k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
DC
HI
LA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 109 repeat orgs$770k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 57 still active in FY2024, 52 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
79

Total granted

$15M
$721k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+10%

Still filing today

83%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesReligionEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • PA
    PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +11%
  • TH
    TSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $834k · revenue +156%
  • SA
    SPEED ART MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $808k · revenue +416%

Funded once

  • KC
    Kentucky College of Art Design at Spalding University
    one grant, 2017 · $56k
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S CHURCH WESTERN RUN PARISH
    one grant, 2019 · $34k
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2020 · $32k · revenue +10%
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.

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Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
2
California Film Institute

The california film institute celebrates film and videos as art and education. its goal is to present and support emerging and established independent filmakers whose works address issues relevant to contemporary society. this is…

Arts & Culture
3
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
4
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
5
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
6
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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7
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
8
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
9
San Francisco Center for the Book

San Francisco Center For The Book is a center of inspiration for the Book Arts world, featuring the art and craft of letterpress printing, bookbinding, and artists' bookmaking. We are dedicated to the art of the book!

Education
10
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Louisville Free Public Library Foundatio; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Surmang Inc dba Surmang Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

164 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. 164 of the 203 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
158/164
Grantees still filing
102/164
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $1,568,134 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIATSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: $834,460 · OtherTSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATIONKATHERINE DELMAR BURKE SCHOOL: $341,357 · OtherKATHERINE DELMAR BURKE SCHOOLLOUISVILLE FILM SOCIETY INC: $186,666 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL: $181,236 · OtherSpecial Operations - Finding Kids: $195,000 · Other+72 more: $2,020,161 · Other+72 moreKENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN: $1,808,284 · EducationKENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DES…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $520,601 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALI…The Thacher School Inc: $401,234 · EducationThe Thacher School IncSPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $245,979 · EducationSPALDING UNIVERSITY INCTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $241,682 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONOMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC: $190,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $171,000 · Education+21 more: $553,336 · Education+21 moreSPEED ART MUSEUM: $808,114 · Arts & CultureSPEED ART MUSEUMTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $624,864 · Arts & CultureTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA I…MAIDEN VOYAGE PRODUCTIONS INC: $508,146 · Arts & CultureMAIDEN VOYAGE PRODUCTIONS …CENTER FOR INTERFAITH RELATIONS: $276,942 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR INTERFAITH RELA…FUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC: $166,667 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $161,544 · Arts & Culture+44 more: $1,288,023 · Arts & Culture+44 morePARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,289,895 · EnvironmentPARKS ALLIA…SUSTAINABLE FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $138,596 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE…The Pachamama Alliance: $111,000 · EnvironmentThe Pachama…Ten Strands: $90,000 · Environment+3 more: $99,927 · Environment+3 moreMIND & LIFE INSTITUTE: $276,689 · Human ServicesCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $201,666 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $166,834 · Human ServicesINWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $148,934 · Human ServicesHuman Needs Project Inc: $146,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $40,000 · Human Services+7 more: $78,583 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $307,083 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $66,636 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MARION INSTITUTE INC: $37,500 · PhilanthropyLEGACY GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $34,900 · PhilanthropyTHE MIDDLE WAY INITIATIVE INC: $76,300 · ReligionPEMA CHODRON FOUNDATION: $60,000 · ReligionFONS VITAE OF KENTUCKY INC: $42,232 · ReligionPASSIONIST EARTH & SPIRIT CENTER IN: $19,159 · ReligionSAHALOKA MONASTIC COMMUNITY: $16,000 · ReligionTHE CHOKGYUR LINGPA FOUNDATION: $11,000 · ReligionDONGYU GATSAL LING INITIATIVES INCORPORATED: $10,000 · ReligionWILDERNESS DHARMA MOVEMENT INC: $9,000 · Religion+2 more: $3,000 · Religion
Other$5,327,014Education$4,132,116Arts & Culture$4,009,300Environment$1,729,418Human Services$1,058,706Philanthropy$556,119Religion$246,691

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN: $1,808,284 over 5y, 35% of budgetPARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC: $1,289,895 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetTSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: $834,460 over 6y, 19% of budgetSPEED ART MUSEUM: $808,114 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC: $624,864 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $520,601 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAIDEN VOYAGE PRODUCTIONS INC: $508,146 over 8y, 80% of budgetThe Thacher School Inc: $401,234 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetKATHERINE DELMAR BURKE SCHOOL: $341,357 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $307,083 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERFAITH RELATIONS: $276,942 over 6y, 27% of budgetMIND & LIFE INSTITUTE: $276,689 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetSPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $245,979 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $241,682 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $201,666 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Operations - Finding Kids: $195,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetOMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC: $190,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFUND FOR THE ARTS INC: $175,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $171,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $166,834 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC: $166,667 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $161,544 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetINWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $148,934 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetHuman Needs Project Inc: $146,000 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD ALLIANCE INC: $138,596 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetDREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE: $137,538 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetNew Century Chamber Orchestra: $127,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCanyon Cinema Foundation: $126,200 over 6y, 14% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $111,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLotus Treasure: $104,800 over 8y, 12% of budgetNaropa University: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTen Strands: $90,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM: $85,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A MINDFUL SOCIETY INC: $85,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetRIVER CITY DRUM CORP CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTE INC: $83,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetMARIN ACADEMY: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BERRY CENTER INC: $80,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHE MIDDLE WAY INITIATIVE INC: $76,300 over 5y, 29% of budgetCastro Theatre Conservancy: $73,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $70,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMUSIC HEALS INTERNATIONAL: $70,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $66,636 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $65,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPEMA CHODRON FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetWATERFRONT BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKENTUCKY AUTHOR FORUM INC: $50,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetKENTUCKY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TABLE INC: $47,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetKENTUCKIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH INC: $45,920 over 4y, 2.0% 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.

  • Who funds KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN ↗
  • Who funds PARKS ALLIANCE OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds TSOKNYI HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPEED ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds MAIDEN VOYAGE PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Thacher School Inc ↗
  • Who funds KATHERINE DELMAR BURKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR INTERFAITH RELATIONS ↗
  • Who funds MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SPALDING UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Special Operations - Finding Kids ↗
  • Who funds OMEGA INSTITUTE FOR HOLISTIC STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE FILM SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds INWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Human Needs Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE FOOD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds DREPUNG GOMANG INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds New Century Chamber Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds Canyon Cinema Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Pachamama Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Lotus Treasure ↗
  • Who funds Naropa University ↗
  • Who funds Ten Strands ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Sociable Weaver Found…The Gheens Foundation…The Brooke Brown Barz…Owsley Brown II Famil…Snowy Owl Foundation …W L Lyons Brown Found…The Community Foundat…Cralle Foundation IncThe Norton Foundation…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…The San Francisco Fou…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY81× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Owsley Brown II Family Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Norton Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · The San Francisco 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Green Planet Films Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Holistic Life Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found?

Find your warmest path to The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found 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 203 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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