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Ruth Brown Foundation

Name: Ruth 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.

213
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

environmental arts education eductaion governmental healthcare housing sustainable

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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.

Tides Foundation2 grants · $255,000
Natural Resource Defense Council4 grants · $95,000
Earth Justice4 grants · $89,500
Citizens Climate Education4 grants · $55,000
Conservation Colorado4 grants · $50,000
Vermont Public Interest Research Ed2 grants · $45,000
Center for Biological Diversity3 grants · $44,000
Lawyers for Good Government1 grant · $44,000
San Juan Mountains Association4 grants · $39,000
Community Office - Resource Effic1 grant · $35,000

Giving over time

$286,500

2022

$389,200

2023

$403,200

2024

$722,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

$250,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angles, CA · 2025
Environmental
$75,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Environmental
$65,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Environmental
$44,000
Lawyers for Good Government · Washington, DC · 2025
Governmental
$35,000
Community Office - Resource Effic · Basalt, CO · 2025
Environmental
$30,000
Our Children'S Trust · Eugene, OR · 2025
Environmental
$30,000
Vermont Public Interest Research Ed · Montpelier, VT · 2025
Environmental
$25,000
Rfv Habitat for Humanity · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2025
Environmental
$22,000
Western Resource Advocates · Boulder, CO · 2023
Environmental
$20,000
Psephos · San Marcos, CA · 2025
Environmental
$20,000
Conservation Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Environmental
$20,000
Environment Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2023
Environmental
$20,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Environmental
$15,000
Signal Tec Coalition · Denver, CO · 2025
Environmental
$15,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Environmental
$15,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2024
Environmental
$15,000
Vermont Public Interest Research Ed · Montpelier, VT · 2024
Environmental
$15,000
Aspen Ctr for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2023
Environmental
$15,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2023
Environmental
$15,000
Growing Empowerment · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Environmental
$15,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2022
Environmental
$15,000
Creede Repertory Theater · Creede, CO · 2022
Arts
$15,000
Great Old Broads for Wilderness · Durango, CO · 2022
Environmental
$14,000
San Juan Mountains Association · Durango, CO · 2024
Environmental
$12,000
Psephos · Davis, CA · 2024
Environmental
$12,000
Friends of Cedar Mesa · Bluff, UT · 2022
Environmental
$12,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Environmental
$12,000
Southern Utah Wildness · Moab, UT · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Citizens Climate Education · Coronado, CA · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Conservation Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Creede Historic Society · Creede, CO · 2025
Arts
$10,000
Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
San Juan Citizens Alliance · Durango, CO · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
San Juan Mountains Association · Durango, CO · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Vote Solar · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Environmental
$10,000
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Climate Economy Action Center · Middlebury, VT · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Colorado Cattleman'S Ag Land Trust · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Conservation Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Crested Butte Land Trust · Crested Butte, CO · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Southern Utah Wildness · Moab, UT · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Utah Open Lands · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Environmental
$10,000
City of Moab Sustainability · Moab, UT · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Climate Economy Action of Vt · Middlebury, VT · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Fort Lewis College · Durango, CO · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · Ny, NY · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
San Juan Mountains Association · Durango, CO · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Southern Utah Wildness · Moab, UT · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Vt Public Interest Research Ed · Montpelier, VT · 2023
Environmental
$10,000
Conservation Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
Fort Lewis College · Durango, CO · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
Natural Resource Defense Council · Ny, NY · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy · Ojai, CA · 2022
Environmental
$10,000
Vt Public Interest Research Ed · Montpelier, VT · 2022
Environmental
$9,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
Environmental
$7,500
Earth Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental
$7,000
Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Washington, DC · 2023
Environmental
$7,000
Rbs Land Mules · Alamosa, CO · 2023
Environmental
$6,000
Living Rivers Uranium Watch · Moab, UT · 2024
Environmental
$6,000
Living Rivers · Moab, UT · 2022
Environmental
$5,400
Alacrity House Publishing · Sanford, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Aspen Ctr for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Biophilia Foundation · Durango, CO · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Sierra Club · Oakland, CA · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Third Act Education Fund · Nassau, NY · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Vermont Natural Resource Council · Montpelier, VT · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2025
Environmental
$5,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Aspen Ctr for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Clean Energy Economy · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Climate Reality Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Colorado State Univ Foundation · Ft Collins, CO · 2024
Education
$5,000
Community Rebuilds · Moab, UT · 2024
Sustainable housing
$5,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkley, CA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Friends of Arches & Canyonlands Par · Moab, UT · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Friends of Earth · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Greenpeace · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Montezuma Land Conservation · Cortez, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
Healthcare
$5,000
Population Connection · Washington, DC · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Rio Grande Headwaters Land Trust · Del Norte, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Basalt, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
San Juan Citizens Alliance · Durango, CO · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Coucil · Alamosa, CO · 2024
Environmental

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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.