The Brown Family Foundation
The Brown Family Foundation is a private family foundation (EIN 30-6625162) based in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL that funds organizations serving physical, educational, and financial needs. The foundation publishes a Grant Program with eligibility, LOI and full application steps, typical grant sizes ($5,000–$50,000), and geographic focus on the Carolinas. The site includes current grant cycle dates and recent copyright year indicating active maintenance.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Florida-based community nonprofit (education, youth development, health, or community center) with a clear project or capital need and local ties to the foundation's region.
Good Fit
- • Organizational presence or programs in Florida (especially near Ponte Vedra Beach).
- • A capital campaign or facility project consistent with past large grants.
- • Project sizes that align with typical grant amounts ($5,000–$50,000) or clearly justified larger capital requests.
- • Local relationships or referrals that can surface the organization as a preselected candidate.
- • Clear, concise LOI that fits the foundation's published eligibility and cycle dates.
Geography
Giving is overwhelmingly in the foundation's home state, with about 97% of dollars to Florida and only one other state receiving a small share in the latest year.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows seven distinct recipients and across three years the foundation funded between four and eight organizations, but dollar concentration is dominated by a single large capital grant.
New Applicants
A public LOI form and application steps exist and several new recipients appeared in the latest year, but the foundation also indicates it funds only preselected applicants and giving appears relationship-driven, so unsolicited applicants face selective odds.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
