Funding search · EIN 611189915 · Louisville, KY

Owsley Brown Ii Family Foundation

Name: Owsley Brown Ii Family Foundation grants, 2022–2023
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.

74
grants reported: $4.6M
total given: 2022–2023
filing years: $27,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2023. 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

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Top recipients

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University of Louisville Foundation4 grants · $526,700
Cathedral of the Assumption1 grant · $400,000
University of Virginia3 grants · $290,000
Portland Museum1 grant · $250,000
Center for Interfaith Relations1 grant · $250,000
Speed Art Museum3 grants · $235,000
Kentucky College of Art & Design1 grant · $175,000
Kentucky College of Art Design1 grant · $175,000
Community Foundation of Louisville3 grants · $130,000
Payne Hollow On the Ohio1 grant · $125,000

Giving over time

$4.1M

2022

$425,000

2023

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Cathedral of the Assumption · Louisville, KY · 2022
Capital campaign
$250,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2023
Restricted support
$250,000
Center for Interfaith Relations · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$250,000
Portland Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$250,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$200,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$200,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2022
Program support
$175,000
Kentucky College of Art Design · Louisville, KY · 2023
General support
$175,000
Kentucky College of Art & Design · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating and program support
$125,000
Kentucky Resources Council · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Operating support
$125,000
Payne Hollow On the Ohio · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Actors Theatre of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Evolve502 · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Fund for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
Gilda'S Club Kentuckiana · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Kentucky Conservation Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Operating support
$100,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Nature Conservancy of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Program support
$89,000
Family Community Clinic · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$83,333
Historic Locust Grove · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$75,000
Center for Neighborhoods · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$75,000
Center for Nonprofit Excellence · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$75,000
Kentucky Author Forum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$60,000
Simmons College of Kentucky · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Kentucky Public Radio Inc Dba Louisville Public Media · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$50,000
Passionist Earth & Spirit Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$50,000
St Francis School · Goshen, KY · 2022
Program support
$50,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2022
Program support
$45,000
New Pioneers for a Sustainable Future · Springfield, KY · 2022
Operating support
$40,000
Louisville Climate Action Network · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$40,000
Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Program support
$40,000
University of Virginia · Boone, IA · 2022
Program support
$38,120
Organic Association of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Program support
$32,200
Family Community Clinic · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Filson Historical Society · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Kentucky Humanities · Lexington, KY · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Legacies Unlimited · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$25,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Ohio River Way · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Organic Association of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Passionist Earth & Spirit Center · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$20,000
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Hindman Settlement School · Hindman, KY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Commonwealth Fund for Ket · Lexington, KY · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Community Foundation of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy · Berea, KY · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Legacies Unlimited · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Preservation Kentucky · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Operating support
$10,000
Spalding University · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$6,700
University of Louisville Foundation · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$6,500
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$5,000
International Foundation for Electoral Systems · Arlington, VA · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Jack Hadleys Black History Museum · Thomasville, GA · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Knights of Columbus · Louisville, KY · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Louisville Urban League · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Nantucket Historical Association · Nantucket, MA · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Nature Conservancy of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Robert E Lee Memorial Association - Stratford Hall · Stratford, VA · 2022
Operating support
$4,000
Louisville Climate Action Network · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Louisville Earth Walk · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Brooks School · North Andover, MA · 2022
Operating support
$1,000
Kentucky Center for the Arts · Louisville, KY · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Marina Orth Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating support
$500
American Himalayan Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Operating support
$500
Dolphin Research Center · Grassy Key, FL · 2022
Operating support
$100
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$100
Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2022
Program support

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