The James and Martha Brown Foundation

• The foundation states a preference for organisations operating in Nicholas County and/or Harrison County, Kentucky, so a group based there should lead with that link, though the preference is not stated as a bar to others.
• Its grants have covered cultural, educational and civic improvement, including libraries, hospital support, food provision, youth orchestras, adaptive athletics, community programmes, economic development, and capital improvements and equipment, so a project that fits one of these themes is the best match.
• Half of its 28 grants to organisations were about $53,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $10,000 and $1,000,000; that band is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was $2,000,000, but a modest, specific request is the realistic starting point.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis: download and complete the grant application, then mail it, and allow time for postal delivery.
• In the filing, 66% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had already funded, so the foundation leans towards organisations it knows, and a first application should be precise about fit.

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

• Georgetown College · Capital Improvements
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Lexington Community Radio · EquipmentUpgrade
  $200,0002024 tax year
• CynthianaHarrison County Economic Development Authority Inc · Economic Development
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Harrison Memorial Hospital · Equipment
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Bridge Adaptive Sports and Recreation · Cincinnati AdaptiveAthletics Project
  $98,0662024 tax year
• Bluegrass Community Foundation · Good Giving Challenge and Match Grant
  $90,7842024 tax year
• Central Music Academy · Furniture
  $52,6752024 tax year
• Kentucky Trooper Outreach · Trooper Island
  $40,5002024 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.