Funding search · EIN 610598511 · Louisville, KY
W L Lyons Brown Foundation
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- $47.9M
- in grants paid
- 445
- grants
- 227
- recipients
- 2022–2025
- filing years
Recent grants
The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.
- $11.4M
Msb Cockayne Fund · Nashville, TN · 2025
Liquidating distribution
- $5.7M
Skylight Woods Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Liquidating distribution
- $5.5M
Limestone Family Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Liquidating distribution
- $3.8M
Owsley Brown Iii Philanthropic Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Liquidating distribution
- $3.8M
Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Liquidating distribution
- $3.7M
Sociable Weaver Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Liquidating distribution
- $125,000
Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2025
Capital support
- $100,000
Billfish Foundation · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Operational support
- $50,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2025
Operational support
- $12,500
Episcopal High School · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Operational support
- $12,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Unc Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2025
Operational support
- $10,000
Trees Louiville · Louisville, KY · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
Program support
- $6,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
His Church Anglican · Livonia, MI · 2025
Operational support
- $5,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2025
Operational support
- $5,000
Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operational support
- $5,000
Norton Healthcare Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2025
Program support
- $2,000
Second Stride · Prospect, KY · 2025
Operational support
- $452,700
Louisville Collegiate School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Capital support
- $284,683
Rita June Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $200,000
Cheekwood Estate and Gardens · Nashville, TN · 2024
Project support
- $200,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
- $150,000
Center for Interfaith Relations · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational and program support
- $143,650
Vanderbilt Law School · Nashville, TN · 2024
Program support
- $135,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Project support
- $132,300
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $102,511
Kentucky College of Art and Design · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $100,650
The Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Operational support
- $100,500
Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve · Goshen, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $100,000
The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $100,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program and operational support
- $100,000
Contemplative Sciences Center - University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2024
Operational and program support
- $80,000
The Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational and project support
- $80,000
J David Gladstone Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operational support
- $80,000
Eagle High School · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Operational support
- $75,000
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $52,222
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
University of Mississippi Foundation · Oxford, MS · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
St Francis in the Fields Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $50,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operational support
- $42,500
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $40,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Operational support
- $40,000
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Operational support
- $38,650
Cathedral School for Boys · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Endowment support
- $36,667
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Endowment support
- $35,000
Equestrian Events · Lexington, KY · 2024
Program support
- $35,000
Kentucky Country Day · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $27,650
Fairvote · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $27,500
Kentucky Waterways Alliance · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $27,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Project support
- $27,000
Pangea Legal Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $27,000
California Immigrant Policy Center (Cipic) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Operational support
- $27,000
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $25,000
Token Iii Club · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $25,000
Nazareth Homes Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $25,000
Breakthrough Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $25,000
St Andrews School · Middletown, DE · 2024
Operational support
- $25,000
Kentucky Horse Park Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $25,000
Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $25,000
National Deer Association · Bogart, GA · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Compassionate Schools Project - University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Operational support
- $25,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Appalshop · Whitesburg, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $25,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $22,500
Episcopal High School · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Operational support
- $20,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $20,000
Gulf Stream School · Gulf Stream, FL · 2024
Operational support
- $20,000
Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $20,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $20,000
Billfish Foundation · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Operational support
- $20,000
Rural Urban Exchange · Whitesburg, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $20,000
The Brinton Museum · Big Horn, WY · 2024
Operational support
- $18,000
Kent School · Kent, CT · 2024
Operational support
- $16,800
Drepung Gomang Institute · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational and program support
- $15,000
Soquiet · St Louis, MO · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $15,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2024
Program support
- $15,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2024
Operational support
- $15,000
Nature Conservancy-Caribbean Division · Lexington, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $13,500
Kentucky State Nature Preserve Commission · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $12,500
Bluegrass Land Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $11,000
American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $10,017
J B Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Bethesda Hospital Foundation · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
American Horse Trials Foundation · Southwick, MA · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
Westover School · Middlebury, CT · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
The Hope Buss · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
Marty Stuart Center · Philadelphia, MS · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $10,000
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust · Berea, KY · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $10,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
Harpeth Hall School · Nashville, TN · 2024
Endowment
- $10,000
Community Foundation of Western North Carolina · Ashville, NC · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Audubon-Connecticut · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Operational support
- $10,000
Can'D Aid · Longmont, CO · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Baptist Hospitals Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted support
- $5,000
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2024
Operational and project support
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