Funding search · EIN 274432411 · Louisville, KY

The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic

Name: The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic grants, 2021–2023
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.

182
grants reported: $8.5M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $13,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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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Top recipients

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Parks Alliance of Louisville4 grants · $1.0M
Speed Art Museum13 grants · $959,328
Rebound3 grants · $600,000
Duke University2 grants · $500,000
Academy of Music Production Education and Development1 grant · $500,000
Louisville Urban League4 grants · $333,332
Sowing Seeds of Faith3 grants · $300,000
Portland Museum2 grants · $260,000
Lhome1 grant · $250,000
Bridge Kids International3 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$3.2M

2021

$2.7M

2022

$2.7M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 182 grants.

$500,000
Academy of Music Production Education and Development · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$333,453
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$333,333
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$333,333
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$250,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Restricted support
$250,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$250,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Restricted support
$250,000
Rebound · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$250,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$250,000
Lhome · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$250,000
Portland Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$250,000
Rebound · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$208,204
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$144,078
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$111,111
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$111,111
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$100,722
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$100,484
Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support - stock contribution (see attached information)
$100,000
Louisville Free Public Library Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$100,000
Rebound · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Sowing Seeds of Faith · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Bridge Kids International · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$100,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$100,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$100,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$100,000
Planned Parenthood - Ppgnhaik · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support - kentucky
$100,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Restricted support
$100,000
Sowing Seeds of Faith · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$100,000
Bridge Kids International · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$100,000
Kentucky Public Radio Inc Dba Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$100,000
Sowing Seeds of Faith · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$90,000
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Program support
$83,334
Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2021
Program support
$75,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$75,000
Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music · Philadelphia, MS · 2022
Restricted support
$75,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating and program support
$75,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$60,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$57,723
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$53,387
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$50,000
Aclu of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$50,000
Louisville Ballet · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$50,000
Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$50,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General support - kentucky
$50,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$50,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$50,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$50,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$50,000
Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$50,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2021
Operating and program support
$50,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement Table · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky · Indianapolis, IN · 2021
Operating support
$50,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Program support - kentucky
$50,000
Waterfront Park · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$46,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$40,000
Kentuckians Coalition · London, KY · 2022
General support
$40,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2021
Operating and program support
$40,000
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth · London, KY · 2021
Operating support
$28,125
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$28,125
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$26,500
Louisville Academy of Music · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
Bridge Kids International · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$25,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$25,000
Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$25,000
King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted support
$25,000
Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music · Philadelphia, MS · 2022
Restricted support
$25,000
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$25,000
King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2021
Program support
$25,000
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Operating support
$25,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$20,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2023
General support
$20,000
Black Community Development Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$16,667
Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$16,667
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
Restricted support
$16,667
Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$16,667
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating and program support
$16,667
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2021
Program support
$16,667
Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Operating support
$16,666
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Friends of the Environment · Delray Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$15,000
National Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$15,000
Abaco Strong · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General support
$15,000
Friends of the Environment · Delray Beach, FL · 2021
Operating support
$12,500
International Council of the Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2021
Operating support
$10,000
Abaco Strong · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support - kentucky
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Center for Women and Families · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Louisville Story Program · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support

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