Funding search · EIN 760397472 · Houston, TX

Judge John R Brown Scholarship

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported
$193,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • John Paul Lodge Ferguson2 grants · $20,000
  • Elodie Orla Currier1 grant · $15,000
  • University of Texas at Austin2 grants · $15,000
  • Tulane University3 grants · $13,500
  • University of Notre Dame3 grants · $11,000
  • Samantha J Thompson1 grant · $10,000
  • University of Houston Law Foundatio2 grants · $10,000
  • Zachary Pohlman1 grant · $10,000
  • Georgios Sakkopoulos2 grants · $7,500
  • Matthew Wurst1 grant · $7,500

Giving over time

$53,000
2022
$43,000
2023
$49,500
2024
$48,000
2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

  • $15,000

    John Paul Lodge Ferguson · Washington, DC · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $15,000

    Elodie Orla Currier · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $10,000

    Samantha J Thompson · Carnegle, PA · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $10,000

    University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022

    Donation

  • $10,000

    Zachary Pohlman · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $7,500

    Drake Broussard · State College, PA · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $7,500

    Matthew Wurst · Grapevine, TX · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $6,000

    Ut Law School Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Georgios Sakkopoulos · Washington, DC · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $5,000

    University of Houston Law Foundatio · Houston, TX · 2025

    Donation

  • $5,000

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2025

    Donation

  • $5,000

    John Paul Lodge Ferguson · South Bend, IN · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $5,000

    Thurgood Marshall School of Law · Houston, TX · 2024

    Donation

  • $5,000

    University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Christopher Jeffrey Baldacci · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $5,000

    The Duquesne Fund · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    University of Houston Law Foundatio · Houston, TX · 2023

    Donation

  • $5,000

    Gavriel Aaron Levy Schreiber · Denver, CO · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $5,000

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Donation

  • $5,000

    University of Michigan - Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    Donation

  • $5,000

    University of Nebraska · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    Donation

  • $5,000

    University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2022

    Donation

  • $3,500

    Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2025

    Donation

  • $3,000

    Kirsten Elisabeth Williams · Houston, TX · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $3,000

    Patrick T Warczak Jr · Kent, OH · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $2,500

    Evan Long-Quian · Austin, TX · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $2,500

    Seumas G Macneil · New Haven, CT · 2025

    Scholarship

  • $2,500

    Emily Reed Ferguson · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $2,500

    Georgios Sakkopoulos · Washington, DC · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $2,000

    Lewis and Clark Law School · Portland, OR · 2025

    Donation

  • $1,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Donation

  • $1,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Gabe Rudin · Denver, CO · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $1,000

    Jessica Wollum · Houston, TX · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $1,000

    Ny University School of Law · New York, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $1,000

    The Posse Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Madeeha Kusar Dean · Sunnyvale, CA · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $1,000

    Seattle University School of Law · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Donation

  • $1,000

    University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2022

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Unlv Foundation & Law · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Donation

  • $1,000

    Zachary Reed Carstens · Austin, TX · 2022

    Scholarship

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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.