Funding search · EIN 274432411 · Louisville, KY

The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic

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

182
grants reported
$8.5M
total given
2021–2023
filing years
$13,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Parks Alliance of Louisville4 grants · $1.0M
  • Speed Art Museum13 grants · $959,328
  • Rebound3 grants · $600,000
  • Duke University2 grants · $500,000
  • Academy of Music Production Education and Development1 grant · $500,000
  • Louisville Urban League4 grants · $333,332
  • Sowing Seeds of Faith3 grants · $300,000
  • Portland Museum2 grants · $260,000
  • Lhome1 grant · $250,000
  • Bridge Kids International3 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$3.2M
2021
$2.7M
2022
$2.7M
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 182 grants.

  • $500,000

    Academy of Music Production Education and Development · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $333,453

    Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)

  • $333,333

    Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $333,333

    Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $250,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $250,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $250,000

    Rebound · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $250,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $250,000

    Lhome · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Portland Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Rebound · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $208,204

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)

  • $144,078

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $111,111

    Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $111,111

    Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $100,722

    Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support - stock contribution (see attached information)

  • $100,484

    Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support - stock contribution (see attached information)

  • $100,000

    Louisville Free Public Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $100,000

    Rebound · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Sowing Seeds of Faith · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $100,000

    Bridge Kids International · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $100,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $100,000

    Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood - Ppgnhaik · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support - kentucky

  • $100,000

    Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $100,000

    Sowing Seeds of Faith · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $100,000

    Bridge Kids International · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $100,000

    Kentucky Public Radio Inc Dba Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Sowing Seeds of Faith · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $90,000

    New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2021

    Program support

  • $83,334

    Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2021

    Program support

  • $75,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $75,000

    Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music · Philadelphia, MS · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $75,000

    Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating and program support

  • $75,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $60,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $57,723

    Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $53,387

    Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Aclu of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $50,000

    Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $50,000

    Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    General support - kentucky

  • $50,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $50,000

    Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $50,000

    Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $50,000

    Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2021

    Operating and program support

  • $50,000

    Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky · Indianapolis, IN · 2021

    Operating support

  • $50,000

    Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Program support - kentucky

  • $50,000

    Waterfront Park · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $46,000

    Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $40,000

    Kentuckians Coalition · London, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2021

    Operating and program support

  • $40,000

    Kentuckians for the Commonwealth · London, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $28,125

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $28,125

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $26,500

    Louisville Academy of Music · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $25,000

    Bridge Kids International · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $25,000

    Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $25,000

    National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Restricted support

  • $25,000

    Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $25,000

    Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music · Philadelphia, MS · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $25,000

    National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $25,000

    King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2021

    Program support

  • $25,000

    National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    Operating support

  • $25,000

    Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $20,000

    Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Black Community Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $16,667

    Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $16,667

    Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Restricted support

  • $16,667

    Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $16,667

    American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating and program support

  • $16,667

    Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Program support

  • $16,667

    Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $16,666

    American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Friends of the Environment · Delray Beach, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Abaco Strong · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Friends of the Environment · Delray Beach, FL · 2021

    Operating support

  • $12,500

    International Council of the Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $12,000

    The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $12,000

    The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $12,000

    The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2021

    Operating support

  • $10,000

    Abaco Strong · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support - kentucky

  • $10,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Louisville Story Program · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.