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Thomas G Brown Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Thomas G 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.

$21k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Education$14kHealth$7kHuman Services$5kArts & Culture$3kInternational$2kHousing & Shelter$2kFood & Nutrition$2kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$307
Median grant
13
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Midtown Assistance Center$3,164
Delta Chi Educational Fndtn$2,694
Operation Hope$1,064
Habitat for Humanity$1,020
WABE$1,004
Virginia Tech Foundation$1,000
Knights of Columbus$1,000
No Kid Hungry$773
World Vision$555
Christopher Reeve Foundation$518
Atlanta Mission$517
CHOA ChildrensHealthcare of Atlanta$515
Save the Children$511
Theatre Above the Law$500
St Jude$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Boystown: $250 → 12%Stand with Ukraine: $256 → 6%Boystown: $159 → 12%Care for Real: $103 → 14%Atlanta Mission: $517 → 13%Atlanta Mission: $258 → 13%Midtown Assistance Center: $3k → 13%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
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
UT
NE
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA
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 Thomas G Brown Family Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Thomas G Brown Family Charitable Foundationlessmore 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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9k · 12 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$9k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
0%

Still filing today

42%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AU
    ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $775 · revenue +4%
  • AH
    Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $512 · revenue +15%
  • SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $79 · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • AS
    Appalachian State University
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k
  • Cure Childhood Cancer Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +7%
  • CC
    CHOA Childres Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc

Located in raleigh, nc, the spca of wake county works in over half the state of north carolina through collaborative partnerships that save pets and help people. significant activities include: decreasing the number of animals entering…

Animals
6
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
7
Center for a Humane Economy Inc

There are many pathways for improving the lives of animals, but encouraging corporations to embed animal protection values into their production practices, supply chains, marketing efforts and research and development activities may be the…

Animals
8
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
9
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
10
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
11
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
12
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Children Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oak Park Festival Theatre. 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

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 43 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
11/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Appalachian State University: $10,000 · OtherAppalachian State UniversityDelta Chi Educational Fndtn: $2,694 · OtherDelta Chi Educational FndtnHabitat for Humanity: $1,520 · OtherHabitat for HumanityWABE: $1,508 · OtherWABEOPERATION HOPE INC: $1,064 · OtherNo Kid Hungry: $1,031 · OtherCHOA Childres Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: $1,010 · OtherKnights of Columbus: $1,000 · OtherTHEATRE ABOVE THE LAW: $1,000 · Other+16 more: $5,609 · Other+16 moreMIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $3,164 · Human ServicesMIDTOWN ASSIS…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $775 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION…Father Flanagan's Boys' Home: $409 · Human ServicesFather Flanag…Stand With Ukraine Inc dba To Ukraine With Love: $256 · Human ServicesStand With Uk…+1 more: $103 · Human ServicesCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $2,500 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $518 · HealthWORLD VISION INC: $555 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $511 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $250 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $105 · InternationalAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $512 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $508 · AnimalsFURKIDS INC: $257 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 · AnimalsVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $250 · Environment
Other$26,436Human Services$4,707Health$3,018International$1,671Animals$1,527Education$1,000Environment$250

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 budgetMIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $3,164 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOPE INC: $1,064 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $775 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $567 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $555 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOak Park Festival Theatre: $515 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $512 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $508 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $409 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARE FOR REAL: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $79 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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 Chicago Community…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Thomas G Brown Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas G Brown Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 43 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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