Funding search · EIN 610598511 · Louisville, KY

W L Lyons Brown Foundation

Name: W L Lyons Brown Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

445
grants reported: $47.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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6 grants matching “liquidating” · $33.8M

$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

Top recipients

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

Msb Cockayne Fund1 grant · $11.4M
Skylight Woods Foundation1 grant · $5.7M
Limestone Family Foundation1 grant · $5.5M
Owsley Brown Iii Philanthropic Foundation1 grant · $3.8M
Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation1 grant · $3.8M
Sociable Weaver Foundation1 grant · $3.7M
Louisville Collegiate School3 grants · $842,786
Kentucky College of Art and Design2 grants · $602,511
Episcopal High School4 grants · $560,000
Community Foundation of Louisville3 grants · $455,500

Giving over time

$5.0M

2022

$4.7M

2023

$4.1M

2024

$34.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 445 grants.

$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
$500,000
Kentucky College of Art and Design · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operational support
$452,700
Louisville Collegiate School · Louisville, KY · 2024
Capital support
$286,510
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023
Program and operational support
$284,683
Rita June Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$270,000
Episcopal High School · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Operational support
$255,000
Episcopal High School · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Operational support
$250,000
Illuminate the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$240,000
Nashville Civic Design Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
Program support
$235,500
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$215,000
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2023
Operational and project support
$210,000
Louisville Collegiate School · Louisville, KY · 2023
Capital support
$205,000
Vanderbilt Law School · Nashville, TN · 2023
Program support
$200,000
Cheekwood Estate and Gardens · Nashville, TN · 2024
Project support
$200,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$200,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Program support
$200,000
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$187,733
Jefferson Scholars Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Program support
$180,086
Louisville Collegiate School · Louisville, KY · 2022
Capital support
$173,129
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Operational support
$160,923
Center for Interfaith Relations · Louisville, KY · 2023
Operational and program support
$152,500
J B Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$150,000
Center for Interfaith Relations · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational and program support
$150,000
South Louisville Community Ministries · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$145,000
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operational 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
$130,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2022
Program support
$125,000
Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2025
Capital support
$125,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2023
Operational support
$125,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2022
Operational support
$120,000
Contemplative Sciences Center - University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2023
Operational and program support
$115,000
Salisbury School · Salisbury, CT · 2022
Operational and project support
$108,629
Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve · Goshen, KY · 2022
Operational support
$107,778
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$102,511
Kentucky College of Art and Design · Louisville, KY · 2024
Unrestricted support
$102,500
Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve · Goshen, KY · 2023
Operational support
$101,384
The Land Trsut for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Operational 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
Billfish Foundation · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Operational support
$100,000
Contemplative Sciences Center - University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2024
Operational and program support
$100,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program and operational support
$100,000
The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted support
$100,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Harpeth Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Operational support
$85,000
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2023
Operational support
$80,000
Eagle High School · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Operational support
$80,000
J David Gladstone Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operational support
$80,000
The Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational and project support
$80,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Project support
$75,000
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Operational support
$75,000
Eagle High School · Greenwich, CT · 2023
Operational support
$75,000
Gladstone Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Operational support
$75,000
Nashville Parks Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Project support
$75,000
Bluegrass Land Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2022
Operational support
$75,000
Gladstone Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operational support
$75,000
Nature Conservancy-Ky Chapter · Lexington, KY · 2022
Project support
$75,000
University School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational and project support
$73,303
J B Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Program support
$70,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$65,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
Operational support
$60,692
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture · Pocantico Hills, NY · 2023
Operational support
$60,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational support
$60,000
Land Trust for Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$60,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Project support
$55,000
Nature Conservancy-Ky Chapter · Lexington, KY · 2023
Project support
$52,222
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$52,222
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2025
Operational support
$50,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
St Francis in the Fields Church · Harrods Creek, KY · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
University of Mississippi Foundation · Oxford, MS · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2023
Operational support
$50,000
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Capital support
$50,000
Aclu Foundation of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Operational support
$50,000
San Francisco Girls School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operational support
$50,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Operational support
$50,000
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture · Pocantico Hills, NY · 2022
Operational support
$45,409
Actors Theater of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Operational support
$45,000
Billfish Foundation · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Operational support
$45,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Operational support
$45,000
The Bay Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operational support
$42,500
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2024
Operational support
$42,500
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2023
Operational support
$42,500
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2022
Operational support
$40,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Operational support
$40,000
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Operational support
$40,000
Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Operational support
$40,000
Grace Cathedral · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operational support
$40,000
Nature Conservancy-Tn Chapter · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Program support
$38,650
Cathedral School for Boys · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Endowment support
$37,500
Bluegrass Land Conservancy · Lexington, KY · 2023
Operational support
$36,667
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Endowment 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.