Funding search · EIN 411997225 · Minneapolis, MN

Martin and Brown Foundation

Name: Martin and Brown Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

46
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $42,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Walker Art Center4 grants · $515,000
Westover School2 grants · $300,000
Center for Reproductive Rights4 grants · $275,000
Washburn Center for Children4 grants · $215,000
Advocate for Human Rights4 grants · $200,000
Minnpost2 grants · $170,000
Planned Parenthood North Central States3 grants · $125,000
Theater Mu4 grants · $82,000
Avivo3 grants · $80,000
Center for Victims of Torture1 grant · $80,000

Giving over time

$501,000

2021

$505,000

2022

$730,000

2023

$657,000

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$195,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$150,000
Minnpost · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$125,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$120,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$100,000
Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$80,000
Center for Victims of Torture · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$75,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$75,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$75,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$75,000
Planned Parenthood North Central States · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
General support
$75,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$70,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$60,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$60,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$50,000
Advocate for Human Rights · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$50,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Jdc) · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$50,000
Advocate for Human Rights · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$50,000
Advocate for Human Rights · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$50,000
Advocate for Human Rights · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$50,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$45,000
Planned Parenthood Ncs · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$45,000
League of Women Voters of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2021
General support
$40,000
League of Women Voters · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$36,000
Microgrants · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$30,000
Avivo · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$30,000
Bell Museum of Natural Historyuniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
General support
$25,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Avivo · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Planned Parenthood North Central States · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Avivo · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Planned Parenthood North Central States · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$20,000
Minnpost · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$20,000
Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
General support
$15,000
Weisman Art Museum (U of M Foundation) · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$15,000
Trust Wopen Foundation · Wichita, KS · 2021
General support
$15,000
Weisman Art Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$12,000
Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$10,000
Minnesota Private College Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$10,000
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness · Ely, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$10,000
Minnesota Private College Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$10,000
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$10,000
Minnesota Private College Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$10,000
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose to be determined by the grantee

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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.