Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $389k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 51
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 48
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 | 50 | $384k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $356k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 48 | $316k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $392k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $386k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $301k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $300k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $295k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Kesem National | $186,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Neenah Animal Shelter Inc | $109,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Donorschooseorg | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rawhide Inc | $98,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope House of Colorado | $95,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Berea College | $80,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Room to Grow National Inc | $72,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc | $65,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Kids Play International Inc | $65,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Glidden Area Development Corporation | $62,400 | 5 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($443k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc 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: J J Keller Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · United Way Fox Cities Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · Jefferson Community Foundation · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc reported 51 grants totaling $388,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Education (15%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Camp Kesem National ($187k), Neenah Animal Shelter Inc ($110k), Donorschooseorg ($100k).
- Does The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc 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 Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J J Keller Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc, United Way Fox Cities Inc.
- Where is The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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