Prentice Farrar Brown and Alline Ford Brown

• The foundation's stated focus is education that benefits Texas residents, with a particular emphasis on West Texas, including Lubbock, Abilene and San Angelo, so a school, library or education charity in that area is the clearest fit.
• Most of its grants fall between $25,000 and $575,000, about 8 in 10 of its 62 grants to organisations, and the median grant was $100,000, so a request near that level is realistic; its largest grant was about $1,650,000, so that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
• Half of those 62 grants were $100,000 or less, so a modest request also fits well.
• Request information by mail or email first, as the filing gives no deadlines and sets out no further application requirements.
• About a quarter of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a prior relationship helps, but the filing does not suggest a new applicant is shut out.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• The West Texas Rehabilitation · Unrestricted general
  $1,500,0002025 tax year
• Friends of the Ector County New Library · Unrestricted general
  $1,000,0002025 tax year
• Permian Basin Area Foundation · For alpine public education
  $750,0002025 tax year
• Midland Memorial Foundation · Unrestricted general
  $500,0002025 tax year
• Texas Tech Foundation · For endowed chair in rural
  $500,0002025 tax year
• San Vicente Independent School District · Support for new library
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Young Women's Preparatory Network · Overcoming barriers to
  $200,0002025 tax year
• Opportunity School · Unrestricted general
  $150,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.