Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; look for an introduction through someone who already knows the trust.
- Its grants are recorded as operating support across health and cancer research, education, services for people who are blind, youth development, food banks, disaster response, community and faith-based groups and animal welfare, so check whether your work falls within one of these areas.
- Typical grants fall between $10,000 and $350,000, about 8 in 10 of its 59 grants, with a median of $35,000 and half of grants at $35,000 or less, so a modest request is the realistic size, although the largest grant was $800,000.
- Around 56% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, so continuing support makes up a large part of its giving, though that is a share of dollars rather than of grants.
- No geographic focus is stated, and the filings show grants mainly in California, Washington, Israel and Nevada; treat this as a pattern in past giving rather than a rule on who may apply.
Overview
Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Long Beach, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust’s recorded grants provide operating support to a varied range of charitable organisations. Recipients include medical and cancer-research institutions, universities and schools, and organisations serving people who are blind. The grants also reach youth-development programmes, food banks, disaster-response charities, community and faith-based organisations, and animal-welfare groups. The record therefore shows support for institutions working in health and education alongside organisations addressing social needs and providing direct community services. Grants are recorded as operating support, rather than project-specific awards, and recipients range from local organisations to institutions working internationally.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Washington, Israel and Nevada.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 56% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 59 grants to organisations were $35,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 2%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 7%
- The largest single recipient received 27% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 56% of grant dollars went to organisations Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- 7% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Israel).
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 43 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Usc Norris Comprehensive Cancer · Operating support$800,0002024 tax year
- Tel Aviv University · Operating support$350,0002024 tax year
- WSU Medical · Operating support$350,0002024 tax year
- Las Vegas Blind Center · Operating support$300,0002024 tax year
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research · Operating support$300,0002024 tax year
- Usc Gould School Of Law · Operating support$300,0002024 tax year
- Saint John's · Operating support$250,0002024 tax year
- Usc Kidney · Operating support$133,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Timothy Murray — Co-Trustee
- Ronald Mandell — Co-Trustee
- Leon C Janks — Co-Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,930,416 | $2,015,000 | $75,926,234 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,892,809 | $3,010,000 | $81,015,055 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,959,511 | $3,810,000 | $81,179,935 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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- Long Beach, CA
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Long Beach, CA