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Watson-Brown Foundation

Name: Watson-Brown Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

488
grants reported: $15.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $6,100
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

awarded scholarship

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Clemson University3 grants · $2.0M
University of South Carolina-Columbia3 grants · $1.7M
University of Georgia3 grants · $1.7M
Augusta University3 grants · $789,501
Georgia Institute of Technology3 grants · $700,578
Wofford College3 grants · $624,000
University of South Carolina-Aiken3 grants · $582,000
Georgia Southern University3 grants · $561,500
Anderson University3 grants · $360,000
College of Charleston3 grants · $330,000

Giving over time

$5.1M

2022

$5.1M

2023

$5.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 488 grants.

$684,659
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$672,000
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$639,000
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$573,000
University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$570,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$570,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$564,000
University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$552,000
University of South Carolina-Columbia · Columbia, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$530,500
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$275,085
Augusta University · Augusta, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$265,578
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$258,000
Augusta University · Augusta, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$256,416
Augusta University · Augusta, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$228,000
University of South Carolina-Aiken · Aiken, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$225,000
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$219,000
Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$210,000
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$210,000
Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$207,000
Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$201,000
University of South Carolina-Aiken · Aiken, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$195,000
Wofford College · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$180,000
Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$174,500
Georgia Southern University · Statesboro, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$153,000
University of South Carolina-Aiken · Aiken, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$129,000
Anderson University · Anderson, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$120,000
Anderson University · Anderson, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$120,000
College of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$120,000
Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$114,000
Lander University · Lander, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$111,000
Georgia College & State University · Milledgeville, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$111,000
College of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$111,000
Anderson University · Anderson, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$99,000
Lander University · Lander, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$99,000
Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$99,000
College of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$96,000
Georgia College & State University · Milledgeville, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$94,478
Lander University · Lander, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$93,000
Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$92,967
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$90,000
University of South Carolina-Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$87,000
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$83,139
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$75,000
Georgia College & State University · Milledgeville, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$72,000
Converse College · Spartanburg, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$69,000
University of South Carolina-Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$69,000
University of South Carolina-Upstate · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$63,000
Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$63,000
Converse College · Spartanburg, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$63,000
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$60,000
Converse College · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$57,000
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$57,000
Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$55,500
Berry College · Mt Berry, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$54,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$54,000
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$51,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$51,000
Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$50,978
Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$50,000
Chapman Cultural Center · Spartanburg, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$48,000
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · Tifton, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$48,000
Presbyterian College · Clinton, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$48,000
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$48,000
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$45,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$42,000
Charleston Southern University · Charleston, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$42,000
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · Tifton, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$42,000
Charleston Southern University · Charleston, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$42,000
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$42,000
Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$42,000
Presbyterian College · Clinton, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$39,305
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$39,000
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$39,000
Winthrop University · Rock Hill, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$36,000
Savannah College of Art & Design · Savannah, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$36,000
University of North Georgia · Dahlonega, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$36,000
North Greenville University · Greenville, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$33,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$32,724
Charleston Southern University · Charleston, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$30,000
Presbyterian College · Clinton, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$28,489
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$27,000
North Greenville University · Greenville, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$27,000
Savannah College of Art & Design · Savannah, GA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$26,983
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,833
Savannah College of Art & Design · Savannah, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
North Greenville University · Greenville, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
Savannah State · Savannah, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$24,000
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · Tifton, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
Erskine College · Due West, SC · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
Erskine College · Due West, SC · 2023
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
Agnes Scott College · Decatur, GA · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
Limestone College · Gaffney, SC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$21,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$20,500
Samford University · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Awarded scholarship grants
$20,206
Toccoa Falls College · Toccoa Falls, GA · 2024
Awarded scholarship grants

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