· Private foundation
W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k15 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k28 grants · $639k
- $50k–250k19 grants · $1.9M
- $250k+3 grants · $2.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $1,466,836 |
| STORM KING ART CENTER | $500,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA | $277,333 |
| EARTH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $208,000 |
| TETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| SCHWARZMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER | $200,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | $170,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $125,000 |
| GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY | $100,000 |
| CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES | $100,000 |
| FRICK COLLECTION | $98,400 |
| WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER | $75,000 |
| NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC | $75,000 |
| NEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC | $70,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
88 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $337k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART5× · 2020–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +119%
- SKSTORM KING ART CENTER5× · 2020–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +44%
- SBSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE3× · 2020–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +17%
Funded once
- LMLAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCone grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue +16%
- JHJACKSON HOLE CONSERVATION ALLIANCEone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +22%
- LPLAUNCH PAD FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -967%
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.
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.
See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
A non-profit established in 1998, the cultural landscape foundation (tclf) connects people to places. tclf educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards.…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…
To educate the community as to the significance of their architectural and historic heritage through the preservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of sites and buildings in western new york that are of historic or civic…
To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
How this is measured
107 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. 107 of the 157 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds The Frick Collection ↗
- Who funds STORM KING ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
- Who funds Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds 564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPEED ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Henry L Ferguson Museum ↗
- Who funds NEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
- Who funds EARTH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC ↗
- Who funds RIVER FIELDS INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds TELLURIDE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN DBA TELLURIDE ARTS ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
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: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Ina B Bond Ashbourne Charitable Fund Inc · Trippe Fund Inc · The Long Stems Foundation Inc · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · The Fairfield Foundation · The Willinphila Foundation · The McCance Foundation · The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation · Valley Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Wayside House Inc: 1% of income from government
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
- Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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