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BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC

BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,500 to it, the largest being Upward Unlimited ($10,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$263k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$377k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Brown Family Ministries Inc does

Mission

Presentation of the gospel based on biblical standards thru leading of worship

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Worship leaders for conferences and seminars general promotion of the gospel through musical ministry worship leaders evangelistic events

    $207,625 spent
    78% of program spending
  2. Worship leaders and ministry to prisons and underserved communities

    $58,952 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Worship leaders for churches and special events

    $38 spent$650 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $266,615.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($195k) Expenses 100 ($281k) Net assets 100 ($207k)2018 Revenue 118 ($230k) Expenses 76 ($213k) Net assets 108 ($224k)2019 Revenue 103 ($201k) Expenses 86 ($241k) Net assets 80 ($165k)2020 Revenue 128 ($249k) Expenses 81 ($226k) Net assets 91 ($188k)2021 Revenue 132 ($258k) Expenses 70 ($197k) Net assets 119 ($247k)2022 Revenue 139 ($270k) Expenses 81 ($227k) Net assets 140 ($290k)2023 Revenue 175 ($340k) Expenses 84 ($235k) Net assets 191 ($396k)2024 Revenue 135 ($263k) Expenses 98 ($274k) Net assets 182 ($377k)
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Revenue (135)Expenses (98)Net assets (182)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $293k to $399k (+36%).

$208k
$225k
$170k
$191k
$251k
$293k
$399k
$392k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$86k
’17
$17k
’18
−$40k
’19
$23k
’20
$61k
’21
$43k
’22
$105k
’23
−$12k
’24
17
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed10888899
Joined·+0+0+0+0+1+1
No longer listed·200001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

SC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve17.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In South Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
78%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC?
BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,500 to it, the largest being Upward Unlimited ($10,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,500 in grants to BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC.
Who is the largest funder of BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC?
Upward Unlimited is the largest funder on record, with $10,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BROWN FAMILY MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing