THE BROWN FOUNDATION, INC.

Financial Information

Total Assets:
$1,093,838,038
Total Giving:
$117,757,276

Area of Service:

85% of grants stay in Texas.

Areas of Interest:

Arts & Culture
Community Development
Education

Programs

Education from early childhood through higher education priority to supporting a diverse ecosystem of school models; for example, teacher/leader pipeline, post-secondary access.
Arts & Culture: Supporting performing arts, visual arts, museums, public art, community-based arts groups.
Parks, green spaces, public gathering places, conservation of landscape, urban infrastructure that enriches community life.
to hospital systems, clinics, behavioral health, mental health, primary care.
Human Services Organizations: style= that serve basic human needs: e.g., food insecurity, housing, child welfare, domestic violence services.

Grants

>History shows that 35% of their giving goes to support Education, almost 25% goes to Arts & Culture and 10% goes to Social & Human Services  Category.
Grants in recent years include:
$9,400 for Teach for America Houston;
$5,000 for Wilmot Public Library;
$100,000 for San Antonio Children’s Museum;
$50,000 for Houston Children’s Chorus;
$10,000 for Murray Bowen Archives Project;
$250,000 for Baker Ripley; and
$70,000 for Women’s Home

Limitations

None

Summary

The foundation primarily supports education and the arts, having distributed over $2 billion since 1951 to strengthen institutions in Houston, including educational institutions, medical facilities, and arts organizations

Additional

The Brown Foundation, Inc., located in Houston, Texas, was established in 1951

Quick Facts Sheet
URL:

www.brownfoundation.org

Located in:

Houston,

Texas

Not Available

Contact Information / Process

Phone # 713-523-6867
Fax:
713-523-2917
Email:
[email protected]
Application Address: The Brown Foundation Inc. 2217 Welch Streetstyle 400;Houston, Texas
Procedures:
Applicants must complete an online application on the foundation website.
There are no deadlines.

Donors & Leadership

Founder:
Herman and Margarett Root Brown and George R. and Alice Pratt Brown.
Donor
Herman Brown; Margarett Root Brown; George R. Brown and  Alice Pratt Brown.
Director:
Caroline Negley, Trustee
Christopher B Sarofim, Trustee
Elisa Pye, Trustee
Holbrook F Dorn, Trustee
Isabel S Lummis, President Trustee
Lousia S Sarofim, Secretary Trustee
Maria Mathis Kruser, Trustee
Ralph Abendshein, Trustee
Ryan O’Connor, Trustee
William N Mathis, Chair Trustee

EIN:

746036466