Funding search · EIN 610724060 · Louisville, KY

James Graham Brown Foundation

$43.6M
in grants paid: 182
grants: 113
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.5M
Rita June Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Bezos academies louisville
$1.0M
Kentucky Derby Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
"the greatest race" 2025 film update and lighting enhancement
$1.0M
Kentucky Council On Postsecondary Education · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Driving transformational change for student success
$880,625
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises · Berea, KY · 2024
Pathway to opportunities for resilient eky
$755,000
Louisville Free Public Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Renovate and modernize libraries
$750,000
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Alberta o. Jones park and ballard park projects
$750,000
Amped · Louisville, KY · 2024
10-for 10 campaign
$749,419
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2024
2024 brown fellows program
$575,000
The Housing Partnership · Louisville, KY · 2024
Gateway on broadway community service facility
$550,000
Kentucky Community and Technological College System Foundation · Versailles, KY · 2024
A home for hope at ectc
$536,286
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
2024 brown fellows program
$500,000
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Goodwill opportunity campus in west louisville
$500,000
Americana Community Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Healthcare excellence initiative
$500,000
J B Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
Speed art park
$500,000
Kentucky Educational Television Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
Expansion of new/larger studio and production space
$500,000
Ymca of Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
Renovations to chestnut street ymca
$350,000
Teach Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$342,750
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
Advancing scky with the addition of key staffing positions
$251,100
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2024
Building a rural development hub through locally controlled philanthropy
$250,000
Riverside Farnsley-Moreman Landing · Louisville, KY · 2024
Riverside visitor center expansion project
$250,000
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Art Center of the Bluegrass · Danville, KY · 2024
Creation of the glass museum
$250,000
Delta Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Headquarters building
$229,884
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2024
2024 brown fellows program
$205,000
Family & Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
Strengthen internal staff capacity
$200,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2024
Strengthening the impact of nonprofits
$116,318
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2024
Student success coaches and general operations
$100,000
Greater Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$100,000
American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$64,000
Louisville Downtown Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$60,000
The Food Literacy Project · Louisville, KY · 2024
Youth growing community program
$54,000
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Sowing Seeds With Faith · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2024
Bloom kentucky initiative
$50,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Hale scholarship fund
$25,000
Main Street Perryville · Perryville, KY · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2024
2024 membership dues
$20,000
Louisville Youth Philanthropy Council · Prospect, KY · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2024
2024 program support
$12,420
Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2024
2024 membership renewal
$10,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2024
2024 annual membership
$10,000
Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2024
2024 annual meeting session sponsorship
$9,600
Leadership Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$6,050
Grantmakers for Education · Portland, OR · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Backside Learning Center · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Presbyterian Church (USA) Foundation · Jeffersonville, IN · 2024
Program support
$4,500
Grantmakers for Education · Portland, OR · 2024
2024 membership dues
$1,457
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
Program support
$600
Kentucky Nonprofit Network · Lexington, KY · 2024
Program support
$450
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
2024 membership
$1.1M
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2023
2023 brown fellows program
$791,931
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Enhancing undergraduate student success through peer engagement in high-impact courses
$769,355
Kentucky Council On Postsecondary Education · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Kentucky student success collaborative
$727,500
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
2023 brown fellows program
$600,000
Family Scholar House · Louisville, KY · 2023
Pilot program with kentucky community and technical college system campuses
$600,000
National Center for Families Learning · Louisville, KY · 2023
Piloting a new approach to family learning systems in jefferson county, fayette county, and eastern kentucky
$500,000
Hosparus · Louisville, KY · 2023
Grief counseling center
$500,000
Riverside Farnsley-Moreman Landing · Louisville, KY · 2023
Riverside visitor center expansion project
$500,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Expand land acquisition and conservation work in eastern kentucky
$500,000
Wellspring · Louisville, KY · 2023
Affordable, supportive housing for homeless adults with serious mental illness
$500,000
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
Goodwill opportunity campus in west louisville
$375,000
Teach Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
Purchase of teach kentucky headquarters building
$342,750
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
Advancing scky with the addition of key staffing positions
$300,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2023
Mental health service expansion
$278,700
St Vincent De Paul Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Key needs for organizational support
$250,000
House of Ruth · Louisville, KY · 2023
Red key landing
$250,000
J B Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
The speed art park
$250,000
American Cave Conservation Association · Horse Cave, KY · 2023
Hidden river cave and american cave museum improvements
$250,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2023
Building a rural development hub through locally controlled philanthropy
$250,000
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Community development and repair
$250,000
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2023
Program support for advancing equitable food access
$250,000
Kentucky Public Radio · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$240,000
Sponsor 4 Success · Louisville, KY · 2023
Affordable rental housing
$230,000
Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
2023 program support
$206,666
Onewest Corp · Louisville, KY · 2023
Commercial and mixed use development efforts in west louisville
$205,000
Family & Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
Strengthen internal staff capacity
$200,000
Boys and Girls Clubs · Louisville, KY · 2023
Program support and expansion
$200,000
St John Center for Homeless Men · Louisville, KY · 2023
Sheehan landing
$153,710
Lincoln Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
College transition enrichment program
$150,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2023
Strengthening the impact of nonprofits
$128,050
Centre College · Danville, KY · 2023
2023 brown fellows program
$100,000
Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Kentucky county story project
$80,000
Louisville Metro Police Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Wellness center for first responders
$75,000
Downtown Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Development of 10-year downtown strategy
$75,000
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2023
Evolve502 scholars opportunity grants for classes of 2023
$50,000
No More Red Dots · Louisville, KY · 2023
Operation hope mentorship program
$50,000
Joshua Community Connectors · Louisville, KY · 2023
Russell project
$50,000
Kentucky Youth Advocates · Louisville, KY · 2023
Bloom kentucky initiative
$34,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2023
2023 membership dues
$30,000
Western Kentucky University · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
Symposium on advanced content
$25,000
North Carolina Central University Foundation · Durham, NC · 2023
2023 operating support
$25,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2023
2023 program support
$25,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
The center for policy, solutions and investment
$25,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
2023 operating support
$25,000
Bates Community Development Corp · Louisville, KY · 2023
2023 operating support
$20,000
Canopy Certified · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Passionist Earth & Spirit Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
Spiritscape nature discovery area
$15,000
Payne Hollow On the Ohio · Prospect, KY · 2023
Three-year strategic plan
$13,100
Philanthropy Southeast · Atlanta, GA · 2023
2023 membership renewal
$10,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2023
2023 annual dues

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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.