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ED BROWN SOCIETY INC

ED BROWN SOCIETY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $253,563 to it, the largest being KEENELAND FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$301k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$254k
Net assets
$6k
1/5 repeat funders
01What it does

What Ed Brown Society Inc does

Mission

The ed brown society is committed to honoring the rich legacy of african americans in the equine industry while creating pathways for all young people to gain industry exposure, training, and professional experience.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The ed brown society supports scholars and fellows from underpresented backgrounds who demonstrate academic excellence and committment to career pursuits in the equine industry with scholarships.

    $152,760 spent$228,430 earned by the program
    60% of program spending

  2. Ed brown race day events are events at iconic thoroughbred racing venues on championship race days. These events are a component of the ed brown society and partners to cultivate a broader fan base and promote the sport to a wider range of prospective thoroughbred owners.

    $102,124 spent$72,284 earned by the program
    40% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,884.

02The organization over time

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.

Board chair

Greg Harbut

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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*
'25*
'26*
total
funders
3
2
1

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ED BROWN SOCIETY 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.

How concentrated its funding is

ED BROWN SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ED BROWN SOCIETY INC.

39%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

75% of ED BROWN SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

NY
KY

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

ED BROWN SOCIETY INC receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $254k to it.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In Kentucky

Iec of Kentucky Foundation Inc75%Secretariat Center Inc75%Equine Land Conservation Resource75%American Saddle Horse Museum Association Inc74%American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association Inc74%Ekentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute Inc74%Blue Grass Farms Charities Inc74%Mid-South Eventing and Dressage74%

Nationally

Birmingham Regional Empowerment and Development77%Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund Inc77%Desour Valley Edc Inc77%Stoneybrook Foundation77%Suited for Success Inc76%Affordable Community Residence Assoc In76%The Brown Sanctuary Animal Foundation76%Estero Chamber of Commerce76%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

KY

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ED BROWN SOCIETY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ED BROWN SOCIETY INC?
ED BROWN SOCIETY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $253,563 to it, the largest being KEENELAND FOUNDATION INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ED BROWN SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $253,563 in grants to ED BROWN SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ED BROWN SOCIETY INC?
KEENELAND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ED BROWN SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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