Warren Brown Family Foundation
Dublin, OH · EIN 34-1811779. Reported 120 grants totalling $1,032,475 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Warren Brown Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $80,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University - Designated Chair J Woyach | Columbus, OH | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marion Palace Theatre | Marion, OH | $94,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oakstone Academy - Childrens Center for Developmental Enrichment | Westerville, OH | $94,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center Street Community Health Center | Marion, OH | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oligo Nation | Corte Madera, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opportunity International | Oak Brook, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Autism Career Training Nashville | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lettuce Work Foundation | New Albany, OH | $22,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Ohio Youth for Christ | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Central Ohio | Pittsfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marion Family YMCA | Marion, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marion Community Foundation | Marion, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Business Week Foundation | Columbus, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wyandot Popcorn Museum | Marion, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cancer Coalition | Marion, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxford Family Resource Center | Oxford, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kaitlyn Eckelberry Memorial Fund | Canton, OH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heritage Trail Girl Scouts | Mansfield, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Brain Tumor Association | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Hopes Development Center | Franklin, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ohio YMCA | Marion, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Columbus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Bridgettine Convent | Columbus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| We R One Community | Dublin, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buckeye Council of Boy Scouts | Canton, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harding High School Scholarship Fund | Marion, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart of Ohio Council Boy Scouts | Ashland, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| No Longer Bound | Cumming, GA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Marion County | Marion, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Third Street Family Health Services | Mansfield, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Lung Association | Columbus, OH | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Legacy Ministries | Waco, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of Heritage Trails Inc | Mansfield, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mechanicsburg Schools | Mechanicsburg, OH | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Susan G Komen Race for the Cure | Westerville, OH | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Willow Ridge Therapeutic Riding Center | Plain City, OH | $1,875 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cerebal Palsy Alliance | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Ohio | Columbus, OH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bills Creek Community Center | Lake Lure, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freedom Rings | Sumter, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Lake Lure Flowering Bridge | Lake Lure, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manna Food Bank | Mills River, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Red Cross | Des Moines, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lions District 13-OH5 | Grove City, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Foundation | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marion County Historical Center | Marion, OH | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
30 of 50 (60%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 35 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $265,350 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $278,875 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $234,875 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $253,375 | $2,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 75% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Warren Brown Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 6724 Perimeter Loop Rd 280, Dublin, OH, 43017. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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