Funding search · EIN 316653585 · Gretna, VA

The Brown Foundation

Name: The 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.

56
grants reported: $283,200
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

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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.

First Baptist Church of Gretna4 grants · $173,000
Baptist General Association of Virginia2 grants · $36,000
Boy Scouts of America1 grant · $25,000
Blue Ridge Mountains Council - Scouting USA2 grants · $7,500
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Va1 grant · $5,000
Baptist World Alliance2 grants · $4,000
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship2 grants · $3,500
Mahova2 grants · $3,500
India Vision Initiative1 grant · $3,000
Everbless Foundation1 grant · $2,500

Giving over time

$112,150

2022

$67,850

2023

$47,900

2024

$55,300

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
First Baptist Church of Gretna · Gretna, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$42,900
First Baptist Church of Gretna · Gretna, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$41,100
First Baptist Church of Gretna · Gretna, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$39,000
First Baptist Church of Gretna · Gretna, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$28,500
Baptist General Association of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$25,000
Boy Scouts of America · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$7,500
Baptist General Association of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Blue Ridge Mountains Council - Scouting USA · Roanoke, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$5,000
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Va · Midlothian, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$3,000
India Vision Initiative · Pittsboro, NC · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Mahova · Henrico, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Blue Ridge Mountains Council - Scouting USA · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Everbless Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,500
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship · Decatur, GA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Baptist World Alliance · Fall Church, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Masonic Home of Va · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Masons Hall 1785 Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Masters Wardens and Past Masters Assoc · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$2,000
Baptist World Alliance · Fall Church, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,900
International Association of Lions Clubs · Gretna, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$1,350
Gretna Lions Club · Gretna, NE · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,050
Va Baptist Historical Society · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Campbell Masonic Lodge #316 · Lynch Station, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship · Decatur, GA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Mahova · Henrico, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies · Richmond, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Hopetree Family Services · Salem, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
John Leland Center for Theological Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$1,000
Hopetree Family Services · Salem, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$500
Christian Ethics Today Foundation · Banner Elk, NC · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$400
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Scottish Rite Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$200
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Salem Baptist Church · Milford, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$200
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$200
The Community Foundation · Danville, VA · 2024
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Good Faith Media · Norman, OK · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$200
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Scottish Rite Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$200
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Good Faith Media · Norman, OK · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$200
Masonic Home of Va · Richmond, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$200
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$150
Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$150
Rails To Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$100
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$100
Kedron Baptist Church · Gladys, VA · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$100
National Parks Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted contribution
$100
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Unrestricted contribution
$100
American Forest Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$100
Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$100
National Parks Conservation Association · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$100
Scottish Rite Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$100
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution

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