The Brown Foundation Inc
Houston, TX · EIN 74-6036466. Reported 2,788 grants totalling $376.6M to 717 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$376.6Mgranted, 2021-2024
717organizations funded
76%of grantees funded again the next year
$2.2Bassets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Brown Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $25.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 717 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Parks Board | Houston, TX | $32.2M | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $25.2M | 13 | 3 | 2023 |
| Charter Fund Inc | Broomfield, CO | $25.0M | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $22.0M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Buffalo Bayou Partnership | Houston, TX | $15.2M | 17 | 3 | 2023 |
| St John's School | Houston, TX | $10.4M | 20 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Houston Community Foundation | Houston, TX | $10.0M | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harris Health Strategic Fund | Bellaire, TX | $10.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Memorial Park Conservancy Inc | Houston, TX | $7,555,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| PRECINCT4FORWARD | Houston, TX | $7,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes Prep Public Schools | Houston, TX | $7,295,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $6,011,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Houston Museum of Natural Science | Houston, TX | $5,501,500 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Kinkaid School | Houston, TX | $5,353,500 | 21 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Area Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $5,112,858 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $5,030,300 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Jones Hall | Houston, TX | $5,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $4,355,390 | 50 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp for All Foundation | Houston, TX | $4,350,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Symphony Society | Houston, TX | $4,245,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $4,025,200 | 32 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Food Bank | Houston, TX | $3,816,500 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | Houston, TX | $3,565,500 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,547,500 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | Houston, TX | $3,433,430 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| Orange Show Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,369,000 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Houston | Houston, TX | $2,978,180 | 24 | 4 | 2024 |
| Depelchin Children's Center | Houston, TX | $2,935,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Episcopal High School | Bellaire, TX | $2,754,500 | 15 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thrive With Autism Foundation | Magnolia, TX | $2,550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equitable Facilities Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harmony Public Schools | Houston, TX | $2,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Good Reason Houston | Houston, TX | $2,400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio, TX | $2,345,982 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alley Theatre | Houston, TX | $2,216,150 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coalition for the Homeless of Houstonharris County | Houston, TX | $1,735,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | Houston, TX | $1,730,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Hope Housing Inc | Houston, TX | $1,725,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids' Meals Inc | Houston, TX | $1,622,700 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for African American Military History Inc | Houston, TX | $1,586,600 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Edison Arts Foundation | Missouri City, TX | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Assistance Ministries | Houston, TX | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy | Houston, TX | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Chinati Foundation | Marfa, TX | $1,475,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emancipation Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | $1,340,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Houston Inc | Houston, TX | $1,322,070 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spark | Houston, TX | $1,200,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Row Houses | Houston, TX | $1,179,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Botanic Garden | Houston, TX | $1,177,719 | 40 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation | Little Rock, AR | $1,122,000 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Museum Inc | Houston, TX | $1,115,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $1,112,500 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Access Group Inc | Little Rock, AR | $1,102,800 | 15 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miller Theatre Advisory Board | Houston, TX | $1,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Woodberry Forest, VA | $1,030,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bakerripley | Houston, TX | $1,016,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Galveston Bay Foundation | Kemah, TX | $1,005,500 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of St Thomas | Houston, TX | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Brookwood Community Inc | Brookshire, TX | $950,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Westview School Inc | Houston, TX | $950,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theatre Under the Stars | Houston, TX | $901,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Collaborative for Children | Houston, TX | $900,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emerge Fellowship | Houston, TX | $872,750 | 16 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $852,500 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Da Camera Society of Texas | Houston, TX | $821,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | New York, NY | $805,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Annunciation Orthodox School | Houston, TX | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia O'keeffe Museum | Santa Fe, NM | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hughen Center Inc | Port Arthur, TX | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | Dallas, TX | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asia Society Texas Center | Houston, TX | $742,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $715,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nancy B Negley Artists Residency Program | Houston, TX | $712,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc | Houston, TX | $698,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Proctor Academy | Andover, NH | $697,500 | 31 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chinquapin Preparatory School | Highlands, TX | $649,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Classical Inc | Houston, TX | $621,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Houston, TX | $614,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc | Houston, TX | $600,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Rehabilitation & Research Foundation | Houston, TX | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stages | Houston, TX | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation | Uvalde, TX | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mcnay Art Museum | San Antonio, TX | $592,700 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawndale Art and Performance Center | Houston, TX | $555,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums of Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $555,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Beacon of Downtown Houston | Houston, TX | $540,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Discovery Green Conservancy | Houston, TX | $531,791 | 20 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Houston, TX | $523,500 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Search Homeless Services | Houston, TX | $511,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brackenridge Park Conservancy | San Antonio, TX | $507,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ieducate USA | Bellaire, TX | $505,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fotofest Inc | Houston, TX | $502,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army Greater Houston Area Command | Houston, TX | $502,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Site Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Charter Schools Association | Austin, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Saint Constantine School | Houston, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wonderland Educational Estate Association | Houston, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | $496,000 | 29 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wesley Community Center Inc | Houston, TX | $490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $485,700 | 18 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Botanical Garden Society Inc | San Antonio, TX | $473,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's School | Concord, NH | $451,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Inprint Inc | Houston, TX | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Hospice | Houston, TX | $439,500 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rothko Chapel | Houston, TX | $439,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA | $424,500 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| - Adjustment for Grants | Houston, TX | $423,464 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Children's Museum | San Antonio, TX | $423,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Arboretum & Nature Center | Houston, TX | $421,550 | 22 | 4 | 2024 |
| Small Places | Houston, TX | $418,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ut MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $415,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation | Houston, TX | $400,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Houston Baptist University | Houston, TX | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| River Oaks Chamber Orchestra | Houston, TX | $384,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coastal Prairie Conservancy | Houston, TX | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Prounitas Inc | Houston, TX | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc | New York, NY | $370,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Menninger Clinic Foundation | Houston, TX | $361,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $360,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston, TX | $360,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hay Center Foundation | Houston, TX | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sound Off Inc | San Antonio, TX | $350,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Arkansas University Tech | Camden, AR | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Imani School | Houston, TX | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foster Care Advocacy Center | Houston, TX | $341,000 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sul Ross State University Friends of the Center for Big Bend Studies | Alpine, TX | $340,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Center for Photography | Houston, TX | $332,844 | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thrive With Autism | Magnolia, TX | $332,500 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Wilderness Inc | Houston, TX | $327,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bikehouston | Houston, TX | $325,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation | Water Mill, NY | $325,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Area Womens Center | Houston, TX | $324,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Writers in the Schools | Houston, TX | $320,250 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alk Positive Inc | Atlanta, GA | $310,000 | 14 | 3 | 2023 |
| Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia | Alexandria, VA | $304,500 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Montrose Center | Houston, TX | $302,550 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avenue Community Development Corporation | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chambers County Children's Museum | Mont Belvieu, TX | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Houston Area Community Services Inc | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Houston Center for Contemporary Craft | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Small Steps Nurturing Center | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA De Esperanza De Los Ninos Inc | Houston, TX | $296,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | $295,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Discoveru | Houston, TX | $292,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artpace Inc | San Antonio, TX | $287,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Diverse Works Inc | Houston, TX | $285,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child Advocates Incorporated | Houston, TX | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | Houston, TX | $280,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood South Texas | San Antonio, TX | $279,220 | 24 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Women's Home | Houston, TX | $272,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Arts Alliance | Houston, TX | $266,250 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bos Place | Houston, TX | $264,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $262,500 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts | Houston, TX | $260,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trees for Houston | Houston, TX | $255,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Episcopal Collegiate School | Little Rock, AR | $254,000 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston Inc | Houston, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc | Houston, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Accelerator of Autism Charter Schools | San Antonio, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Holdsworth Center | Austin, TX | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Irvin M Shlenker School of Congregation Beth Israel | Houston, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Santa Fe Opera | Santa Fe, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bat Conservation International Inc | Austin, TX | $244,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | $242,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prison Entrepreneurship Program | Houston, TX | $240,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Harvest Inc | Houston, TX | $238,500 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Port Aransas Preservation and Historical Association | Port Aransas, TX | $235,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Food Bank Inc | San Antonio, TX | $228,430 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Audubon Society | Houston, TX | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Chapin School | New York, NY | $225,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Urban Enrichment Institute | Houston, TX | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Episcopal Schools Corporation | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Public Media Foundation | Houston, TX | $222,750 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Families Empowered | Houston, TX | $221,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $221,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Comp-U-Dopt Inc | Houston, TX | $213,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Defender Service | Austin, TX | $211,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Covenant House Texas | Houston, TX | $210,900 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| College Foundation of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $210,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Brenda and John H Duncan Rise School of Houston | Houston, TX | $210,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Monuments Fund Inc | New York, NY | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Arbor School | Houston, TX | $205,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Council on Recovery | Houston, TX | $204,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope and Healing Center & Institute | Houston, TX | $200,750 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Houston | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Celebrate Dyslexia Schools | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Houston | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elevate Collegiate Inc | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Genesys Works Houston | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glenwood Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Fire Museum Inc | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Houston Freedmen's Town Conservancy | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onegoal | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opera in the Heights | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seton Education Partners | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Step Charter School | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Artist Boat Inc | Galveston, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildlife Habitat Federation | Cat Spring, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Worktexas Training Center | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc | Houston, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Houston, TX | $190,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nature Discovery Center Inc | Bellaire, TX | $190,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Service Center at Houston and Harris County | Houston, TX | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation | Marfa, TX | $181,000 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Parish Childrens School | Houston, TX | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Center for Pursuit | Houston, TX | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Star of Hope Mission | Houston, TX | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Monarch School Inc | Houston, TX | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woods Project Inc | Houston, TX | $175,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harmony House Inc | Houston, TX | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glasstire | Houston, TX | $167,100 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $160,650 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Revision | Houston, TX | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwest Assistance Ministries | Houston, TX | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of the Holy Souls | Little Rock, AR | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Catastrophic Theatre Inc | Houston, TX | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council | Houston, TX | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Community Health Centers Inc | Houston, TX | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Humane Society | Houston, TX | $154,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | Houston, TX | $151,000 | 11 | 3 | 2023 |
| Enjoyable Pain of Growth Academy | Houston, TX | $150,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allen-Chase Foundation | Deerfield, MA | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amigos Por Vida Friends for Life Inc | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bloom Academy Inc | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA Mateo | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eight Million Stories Inc | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fueled Schools Inc | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Houston Center for Musical Arts | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jazz Houston | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St John's College in Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tahirih Justice Center | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aspire to Win Inc | Houston, TX | $145,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Main Street Theater Houston | Houston, TX | $142,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art League of Houston | Houston, TX | $141,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | Houston, TX | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Aranzazu Inc | Rockport, TX | $140,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cypress Creek Fine Art Association | Spring, TX | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hits Theatre | Houston, TX | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Musical Bridges Around the World Inc | San Antonio, TX | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Jos Clinic | Houston, TX | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wonderworks | Houston, TX | $137,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
461 of 717 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Houston Parks Board
An interconnected network of parks, trails, and greenspace for a more resilient and equitable Houston - Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Buffalo Bayou East 10-Year Plan (contingent) - Baylor College of Medicine
Imagining Tomorrow's Medicine Today - National Philanthropic Trust
Study Group and Matching Grant Programs - Harris Health Strategic Fund
Investing in a Healthier Harris County - St John's School
St. John's Campaign for a new Lower School
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 2,223 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 847 | $89.5M | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 883 | $84.9M | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 836 | $117.9M | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 222 | $84.3M | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Brown Foundation Inc has 10 of them, worth $24.3M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $11.0M |
| National Philanthropic Trust | Jenkintown, PA | $11.0M |
| Depelchin Children's Center | Houston, TX | $1,500,000 |
| Judd Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Houston Arboretum Society | Houston, TX | $200,000 |
| Rise School of San Antonio Inc | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 |
| Momentum Advisory Collective | Dallas, TX | $100,000 |
| Worktexas Training Center | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Kinetic Kids Inc | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 82% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Brown Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2217 Welch Street, Houston, TX, 77019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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