Wisconsin · Nonprofit
STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC
STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,220,369 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($1,204,369). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation Inc does
Programs
The lumen center is an initiative of the sl brown foundation. It is acommunity of christian scholars committed to bringing the academic disciplines to bearon christian culture. In 2024 the lumen center scholars hosted 14 public events,participated in 27 podcast episodes, published 15 articles, gave 10 lectures or sermons,and presented at five conferences for academic audiences.
$131,120 spentUpper house at 365 east campus mall, madison, wi - provide and operate ministry space dedicated to sharing the gospel message of jesus christ to the university of wisconsin-madison campus and surrounding community including presentations and classes related to christianity open to the public, and hosting meetings of blackhawk church, campus ministries, and other non-profit organizations and churches. Total upper house guests/event attendees during 2024 was 53,647.
$116,700 spentLilly awaken dane - a project in support of the churches of dane county (wi) to provide opportunities for local ecumenical kinship, discernment and collaboration.
$38,922 spentDottie's ranch at 4136 rutland dunn townline road, oregon, wi - provide and operate a christian retreat and leadership center where educational sessions are held, christian groups hold meetings, and visiting christian speakers, leaders, church-workers or missionaries can be housed on a temporary basis while they are in the madison, wisconsin area. Dottie's ranch hosted 51 retreats, events, or individual guests during 2024.
$21,005 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $7.7M to $8.2M (+6%).
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.
Chief executive
John R Terrill
Executive director
Board chair
Laurel Brown
President/chair/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $142k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION 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
STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC?
- STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,220,369 to it, the largest being JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION ($1,204,369). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,220,369 in grants to STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC?
- JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,204,369 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEPHEN AND LAUREL BROWN FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 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