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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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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.