Deadline: 31-Jul-22
The Brown Foundation is seeking applications for its grant program to support organizations dedicated to ambitious goals, excellence, and exceptional impact.
The Foundations mission is to build, sustain, and enhance organizations that make Houston a stronger, more vibrant community. As a family-directed foundation, they selectively participate in distinctive grantmaking opportunities across Texas and beyond.
The Foundation also support organizations within human services; health and medicine; conservation and land protection; parks and urban green space; civic assets; and Education.
Geographic Focus
- The Foundation primarily makes grants in Houston and the surrounding areas. As a family-directed foundation, they selectively make grants across Texas and in other parts of the country. They rarely approve unsolicited applications from beyond the greater Houston area.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc. your organization must be a tax-exempt charitable organization, as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- The Foundation does not make grants
- Individuals
- Individual scholarship funds
- Endowments or endowment campaigns
- Debt retirement or to cover past operating deficits
- Any type of fundraising and/or marketing event
- Any type of activity intended to support candidates for political office or influence legislation
- Religious or doctrinal purposes, although faith-based organizations may apply for support for educational or social service programs
For more information, visit https://www.brownfoundation.org/application-process/