The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic
Louisville, KY · EIN 27-4432411. Reported 231 grants totalling $11.9M to 99 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic funded make grants themselves, and it reported 13 grants totalling $803,076 to them. That is 7% of the $11.1M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Community Foundation of | community foundation | Kentucky | $367,354 | 5 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Metro United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Kentucky | $275,722 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc | community foundation | Kentucky | $160,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $12,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $500,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Alliance of Louisville | Louisville, KY | $1,339,702 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Speed Art Museum | Louisville, KY | $1,002,828 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Louisville Urban League | Louisville, KY | $883,332 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $750,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rebound Inc | Louisville, KY | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Waterfront Park | Louisville, KY | $560,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Academy of Music Production Education and Development | Louisville, KY | $510,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Simmons College of Kentucky Inc | Louisville, KY | $415,881 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sowing Seeds of Faith | Louisville, KY | $410,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $367,354 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky | Indianapolis, IN | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Metro United Way Inc | Louisville, KY | $275,722 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Civic Engagement Table Inc | Louisville, KY | $275,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Portland Museum Inc | Louisville, KY | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lhome | Louisville, KY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Onewest Corporation | Louisville, KY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund | Buffalo, NY | $235,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bridge Kids International | Louisville, KY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Public Radio Inc Dba Louisville Public Media | Louisville, KY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fund for the Arts Inc | Louisville, KY | $183,334 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Better Angels Society | Washington, DC | $166,667 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc | Hazard, KY | $160,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Community Development Corporation | Louisville, KY | $130,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Louisville Free Public Library Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $102,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | Seattle, WA | $100,484 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Louisville Orchestra | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Louisville Public Media | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music | Philadelphia, MS | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood - Ppgnhaik | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kentuckians for the Commonwealth | London, KY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $79,591 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| King Baudouin Foundation United States Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Center for Women and Families Inc | Louisville, KY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Author Forum Inc | Louisville, KY | $50,001 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ACLU of Kentucky Foundation | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisville Ballet | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Philanthropy Workshop | New York, NY | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kentuckians Coalition | London, KY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abaco Strong | Bethesda, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| International Council of the Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Environment Inc | Delray Beach, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reckoning Inc | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| River City Drum Corp Cultural Arts Institute Inc | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Louisville Academy of Music | Louisville, KY | $26,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Appalshop Inc | Whitesburg, KY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Filson Historical Society Inc | Louisville, KY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Nations Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fulbright US Uk Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Red Cross | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beyond Celiac | Ambler, PA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Neighborhoods | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Nonprofit Excellence | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Charleston Area Medical Center Foundation Inc | Charleston, WV | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fairness Education Fund Inc | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kentucky Coalition | London, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Winnipeg Foundation USA | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Celiac Disease Foundation | Woodland Hills, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Episcopal Church of the Advent | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good News Shelter Corporation | La Grange, KY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Public Radio | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Americana Community Center Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Brain Tumor Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Rock Louisville Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Home of the Innocents | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership Louisville Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lee Initiative Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Louisville Story Program | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Out Loud Louisville | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Louisville Community Ministries | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Teach Kentucky Inc | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Virginia | Boone, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woods Hole Research Center Inc | Falmouth, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | Falmouth, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bates Community Development Corporation | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Billy Fiske Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Church of the Advent | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Commonwealth Fund for Ket Inc | Lexington, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Green Turtle Cay Foundation | Leesburg, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Rescue Committee | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Louisville Olmsted Parks | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perc Inc | Palm Bay, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perc Inc | Grand Isle, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Childhood Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Authors Greenhouse | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club | Cotuit, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sarabande Books Inc | Louisville, KY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Downtown Development Corporation | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Community Sailing | Nantucket, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salisbury School Inc | Salisbury, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cathedral of the Assumption | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Association of the Cotuit Mosquito Yacht Club (acmyc) | Cotuit, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marconi Society | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
55 of 99 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 63%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Louisville Urban League
SPORTS AND LEARNING COMPLEX - Waterfront Park
PARK EXPANSION WEST CAPITAL CAMPAIGN / PLAYWORKS AT WATERFRONT PARK - Parks Alliance of Louisville
RESTRICTED SUPPORT - STOCK CONTRIBUTION (SEE ATTACHED INFORMATION) - Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky
ANNUAL FUND / KENTUCKY POLICY ADVOCACY - Metro United Way
GENERAL SUPPORT - STOCK CONTRIBUTION (SEE ATTACHED INFORMATION) - Planned Parenthood - Ppgnhaik
GENERAL SUPPORT - KENTUCKY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 175 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | $3,089,964 | $11,000 |
| 2021 | 65 | $3,178,666 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 64 | $3,012,560 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 56 | $2,654,206 | $22,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
80% of its giving went to organizations in Kentucky.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 427 W Muhammad Ali Blvd 801, Louisville, KY, 40202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 27-4432411 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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