Funding search · EIN 824595018 · Louisville, KY

Brown-Forman Foundation

Name: Brown-Forman Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

192
grants reported: $28.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

West End School2 grants · $4.0M
Louisville Central Community Centers3 grants · $3.0M
Simmons College of Kentucky3 grants · $3.0M
West End Girls School1 grant · $2.0M
Louisville Urban League3 grants · $1.5M
Academy of Music Production Education and Development2 grants · $1.0M
Metro United Way4 grants · $800,000
University of Louisville Foundation4 grants · $715,000
Kentucky Opera Association4 grants · $600,000
Fund for the Arts4 grants · $600,000

Giving over time

$4.0M

2021

$7.2M

2022

$9.8M

2023

$7.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 192 grants.

$2.0M
West End Girls School · Louisville, KY · 2024
General Program Support
$2.0M
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$2.0M
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$1.0M
Louisville Central Community Centers · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$1.0M
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$1.0M
Louisville Central Community Centers · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$1.0M
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$1.0M
Louisville Central Community Centers · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$1.0M
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$500,000
Amped Youth Programming · Louisville, KY · 2024
General Program Support
$500,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$500,000
Academy of Music Production Education and Development · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$500,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$500,000
Academy of Music Production Education and Development · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$500,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$450,000
Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$400,000
Kentucky Dance Council · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$350,000
West End School · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$300,000
Kentucky Dance Council · Louisville, KY · 2021
Brown-Forman Nutcracker
$265,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$200,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General Program Support
$200,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$200,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$200,000
African American Heritage Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$200,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$200,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$200,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$200,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$200,000
The Louisville Orchestra · Louisville, KY · 2021
Classics Series
$180,000
Louisville Zoo Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$180,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2023
General program support
$150,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$150,000
Kentucky Opera Association · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$150,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$150,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$150,000
Kentucky Opera Association · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$150,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$150,000
Kentucky Opera Association · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$150,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$150,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$150,000
Kentucky Opera Association · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$150,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
Free Owsley Sundays | Title One School Field Trips
$150,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
BF Engineering and Diversity Scholars
$145,000
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$140,000
River City Drum Corp · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$140,000
The Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$100,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$100,000
Ymca of Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$100,000
Sowing Seeds With Faith · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$100,000
Spalding University · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$100,000
Ymca of Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$100,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$100,000
Ymca of Greater Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$100,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$100,000
Louisville Zoo Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2021
Community Access Initiative
$90,000
University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2021
Alcohol Education and Intervention
$89,000
University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2021
BRICC Coalition 2021
$82,000
The Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$80,000
Habitat for Humanity · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$80,000
Louisville Youth Group · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$75,000
Frazier Museum Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$75,000
Frazier Museum Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$75,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$75,000
Frazier History Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$75,000
Amped · Louisville, KY · 2021
Community Center Youth Programs
$75,000
Family and Children'S Place · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$75,000
Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$70,000
River City Drum Corp Cultural Arts Institute · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$65,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$65,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$65,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$65,000
Volunteers of America · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$65,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$65,000
The Healing Place · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$65,000
The Morton Center · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$63,000
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation · Clermont, KY · 2021
Youth Development in Nature
$60,000
Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$60,000
Adelante Hispanic Achievers · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$60,000
Cabbage Patch Settlement House · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$60,000
Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$60,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$60,000
Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$60,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2022
General program support
$60,000
Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2021
General Program Support
$60,000
Maryhurst · Louisville, KY · 2021
Renewal Program
$60,000
Volunteers of America Mid-States · Louisville, KY · 2021
Freedom House
$50,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$50,000
Onewest Corporation · Louisville, KY · 2024
General Program Support
$50,000
Parks Alliance of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024
General Program Support
$50,000
The Parklands of Floyds Fork · Louisville, KY · 2024
General program support
$50,000
Dare To Care Food Bank · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$50,000
Elderserve · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program support
$50,000
J B Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
General program 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.