The Brown Foundation

Recent grants

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

• $11.0M

  National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

  Study Group and Matching Grant Programs

• $10.0M

  Harris Health Strategic Fund · Bellaire, TX · 2024

  Investing in a Healthier Harris County

• $7.5M

  Precinct4forward · Houston, TX · 2024

  Burnett Bayland Park Improvements

• $7.0M

  Yes Prep Public Schools · Houston, TX · 2024

  The Power of YES

• $6.0M

  Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024

  10-year plan (Phase I)

• $5.0M

  Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  Houston Charter Seed Fund

• $3.0M

  Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024

  Brown Hall of Entomology ($2,850,000) and Youth Education Support ($150,000)

• $1.6M

  Coalition for the Homeless of Houstonharris County · Houston, TX · 2024

  Achieving Equilibrium ($1,500,000) and Operating Support ($75,000)

• $1.6M

  Thrive With Autism Foundation · Magnolia, TX · 2024

  Campaign of Hope

• $1.5M

  Houston Parks Board · Houston, TX · 2024

  Pasadena Vince Bayou Greenway Implementation

• $1.5M

  Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Community Based Care

• $1.0M

  Good Reason Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  HISD Fund

• $1.0M

  Emancipation Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024

  Emancipation Park Capital Campaign

• $929,500

  Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  MFAH Operating Support ($900,000) and Ruth K Shartle Lecture Series ($29,500)

• $875,000

  Children'S Museum · Houston, TX · 2024

  Strengthening Our Core: 0-PreK Exhibit, Programs, and Partnerships; Operating Support

• $850,000

  Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $850,000

  Houston Ballet Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $850,000

  Houston Grand Opera Association · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $800,000

  The Westview School · Houston, TX · 2024

  Capital Campaign ($750,000) and Operating Support ($50,000)

• $800,000

  Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $750,000

  Georgia O'Keeffe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

  The New O'Keeffe

• $750,000

  Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Rebirth in Action: Phase 2

• $750,000

  Annunciation Orthodox School · Houston, TX · 2024

  Light the Way Capital Campaign

• $650,000

  Teach for America Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $500,000

  Alley Theatre · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $500,000

  Armand Bayou Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Middle Armand Bayou Protection Project (contingent)

• $500,000

  University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Wilhelmina's Grove

• $500,000

  San Antonio Museum of Art · San Antonio, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $500,000

  Houston Classical · Houston, TX · 2024

  The Next Chapter: A Campaign for Houston Classical's Future

• $450,000

  Depelchin Children'S Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  T3C Network Development

• $415,000

  Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Renewal and Expansion of The Brown Foundation Award for Excellence in Oncology Nursing

• $400,000

  Communities in Schools of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support ($300K) and Mental Health programs ($100K)

• $350,000

  The Imani School · Houston, TX · 2024

  The Imani School Capital Expansion

• $350,000

  New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2024

  New Hope Housing Ave C ($250,000) and 2024 Operations ($100,000)

• $250,000

  Contemporary Arts Museum Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $250,000

  Fotofest · Houston, TX · 2024

  FotoFest Biennial 2026: Four Decades (working title)

• $250,000

  Emerge Fellowship · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $250,000

  Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2024

  Opening the Door to Childrens Dreams

• $250,000

  The Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, TX · 2024

  Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians

• $250,000

  Sound Off · San Antonio, TX · 2024

  Catalyst Campaign

• $250,000

  Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024

  Trauma and Grief Center

• $250,000

  Bakerripley · Houston, TX · 2024

  BakerRipley Community Centers

• $225,000

  Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $200,000

  Houston Freedmen'S Town Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $200,000

  Institute for Rehabilitation & Research Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  Mission Connect

• $200,000

  Step Charter School · Houston, TX · 2024

  West Airport Campus School Expansion

• $150,000

  Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024

  To Support Free Admissions Programs and Museum Access

• $150,000

  Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $150,000

  Houston Botanic Garden · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $150,000

  Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  State of the Art Cystic Fibrosis Care and Clinical Research in Texas

• $150,000

  Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2024

  High Line Art Programming

• $150,000

  Ieducate USA · Bellaire, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $150,000

  Stages · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $150,000

  Collaborative for Children · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $125,000

  Communities in Schools of San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $125,000

  United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $125,000

  The Beacon of Downtown Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $125,000

  Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

  Every Day Free Admission

• $125,000

  Search Homeless Services · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $125,000

  Inprint · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $125,000

  Da Camera Society of Texas · Houston, TX · 2024

  Artistic Development Fund

• $125,000

  Coastal Prairie Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024

  Land Stewardship Program

• $125,000

  Chinquapin Preparatory School · Highlands, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Houston Wilderness · Houston, TX · 2024

  Continued Progress and Expansion of Riverine (TUBs)

• $100,000

  Aup · Houston, TX · 2024

  Capital Projects

• $100,000

  Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Houston Hospice · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Houston Arboretum & Nature Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  The Chinati Foundation · Marfa, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Bridgeyear · Houston, TX · 2024

  BridgeYear 3-Year Growth and Innovation Fund

• $100,000

  Houston Area Community Services · Houston, TX · 2024

  Ave 360 Health Equity Initiative

• $100,000

  San Antonio Children'S Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Asia Society Texas Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Ann Richards School Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024

  Operating Support in Memory of Nancy Pittman

• $100,000

  The Texas International Institute of Health Professions · Pasadena, TX · 2024

  Fairmont Clinic Expansion Project

• $100,000

  Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  Discovery Green Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  McNay Art Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $100,000

  The Junior League of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Centennial Anniversary Campaign

• $100,000

  Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024

  Support for TPWF's S Reed Morian Oyster Buyback Program, Phase I

• $80,000

  Houston Center for Musical Arts · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $80,000

  The Montrose Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Living Insightfully for Empowerment (LIFE) Counseling Program for Youth

• $80,000

  Writers in the Schools · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $80,000

  Diverse Works · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support ($60,000) + Planning for Collaborative Arts Campus ($20,000)

• $75,000

  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  Center for African American Military History · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  Careerspring Foundation · Bellaire, TX · 2024

  Technology Enhancement Initiative

• $75,000

  The Urban Enrichment Institute · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  Friends of the Children-Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  Foster Care Advocacy Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  Performing Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  The Posse Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

  Posse Houston: College Success and Leadership Development Program

• $75,000

  Project Row Houses · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  Houston Area Womens Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $75,000

  The Holdsworth Center · Austin, TX · 2024

  Superintendent Pipeline Efforts in Greater Houston and across Texas

• $70,000

  Casa De Esperanza De Los Ninos · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $70,000

  Child Advocates Incorporated · Houston, TX · 2024

  Court Services

• $70,000

  The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $70,000

  Emancipation Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support

• $70,000

  Lawndale Art and Performance Center · Houston, TX · 2024

  Operating Support ($50,000) + Planning for Collaborative Arts Campus ($20,000)