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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 13-3307838

The William Brown Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 65 grants and $1.5 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,525,000

    Grants listed
    65
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,591,000

    Grants listed
    77
    Assets, end of year
    $1,714,219

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,205,000

    Grants listed
    74
    Assets, end of year
    $2,961,380

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,200,000

    Grants listed
    75
    Assets, end of year
    $3,755,574

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,346,500

    Grants listed
    70
    Assets, end of year
    $6,488,038

  • Tax year 2020

    $453,500

    Grants listed
    53
    Assets, end of year
    $6,755,924

  • Tax year 2019

    $375,000

    Grants listed
    59
    Assets, end of year
    $6,233,746

  • Tax year 2018

    $240,000

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $5,542,938

Grants paid in 2025

65 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. BG Charitable FoundationNew York, NY

    General

    $219,000
  2. Saint Thomas ChurchNew York, NY

    General

    $140,000
  3. Dutchess Community College FoundatiPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $110,000
  4. Wesleyan SocietySan Diego, CA

    General

    $101,000
  5. Individual

    General

    $100,000
  6. Individual

    General

    $80,000
  7. NCH Center for PhilantropyNaples, FL

    General

    $76,000
  8. Fisher House FDNRockville, MD

    General

    $39,000
  9. Individual

    General

    $39,000
  10. Individual

    General

    $37,000
  11. Individual

    General

    $36,000
  12. Midwest Food BankFort Meyers, FL

    General

    $36,000
  13. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    General

    $36,000
  14. Berkeley Divinity School at YaleNew Haven, CT

    General

    $30,000
  15. Naples Children Education FDNNaples, FL

    General

    $30,000
  16. Mid Hudson Regional HospitalPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $30,000
  17. 1848 SocietyWashington, DC

    General

    $27,000
  18. Individual

    General

    $25,000
  19. Scenic HudsonPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $25,000
  20. Family Services of Dutchess CountyPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $25,000
  21. Community FDN Hudson ValleyPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $25,000
  22. Abilities FirstWappingers Falls, NY

    General

    $25,000
  23. Individual

    General

    $25,000
  24. Shaker MuseumChatham, NY

    General

    $25,000
  25. Dutchess County ASPCAHyde Park, NY

    General

    $20,000
  26. Hyde Park Food PantryPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $20,000
  27. Church Club of New YorkNew York, NY

    General

    $19,500
  28. Individual

    General

    $15,000
  29. Beatrix Furrand Garden AssnHyde Park, NY

    General

    $10,000
  30. Jewish Federation Dutchess CountyPoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $10,000
  31. Cardinal Hayes Home for ChildrenMillbrook, NY

    General

    $10,000
  32. Individual

    General

    $10,000
  33. Hyde Park Free LibraryHyde Park, NY

    General

    $10,000
  34. Individual

    General

    $7,500
  35. New Deal Creative Arts CenterHyde Park, NY

    General

    $7,500
  36. Individual

    General

    $5,500
  37. Columbia Law SchoolNew York, NY

    General

    $5,000
  38. US Charitable Gift TrustWilmington, DE

    General

    $3,500
  39. Decorative Arts SocietyNew York, NY

    General

    $2,500
  40. Society of the CincinnatisWashington, DC

    General

    $2,500
  41. General Society of Coloniel WarsNew York, NY

    General

    $2,500
  42. Individual

    General

    $2,000
  43. New Jersey Society of the CincinnatWashington, DC

    General

    $2,000
  44. Individual

    General

    $1,500
  45. Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

    General

    $1,000
  46. Amer Friend-Episcopal Diocese-JerusDarien, CT

    General

    $1,000
  47. American Friends-Anglican ChurchNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  48. Community of the Holy SpiritNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  49. Christ Church PoughkeepsiePoughkeepsie, NY

    General

    $1,000
  50. Individual

    General

    $1,000
  51. Tanzanian Childrens FundCambridge, MA

    General

    $1,000
  52. Individual

    General

    $1,000
  53. Institute Classical Architecture ArNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  54. DFMS- Protestant Episcopal ChurchNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  55. House of the RedeemerNew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  56. Fund for Park AvenueBew York, NY

    General

    $1,000
  57. Holy Resurrection of Christ ChurchGlen Head, NY

    General

    $1,000
  58. Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT

    General

    $1,000
  59. Shanta FoundationDurango, CO

    General

    $500
  60. Elizabethan Club of YaleNew Haven, CT

    General

    $500
  61. Poets HouseNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  62. Daniels Music FoundationNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  63. William Buckley Program at YaleNew Haven, CT

    General

    $500
  64. Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY

    General

    $500
  65. Brady Hunter FoundationN Miami Beach, FL

    General

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $219,00063% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $36,50010% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $25,0007% of the total
  4. Jobs and employment1 grant $25,0007% of the total
  5. Religion2 grants $20,5006% of the total
  6. Arts and culture4 grants $11,0003% of the total
  7. 4 other causes5 grants $13,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York32 grants $786,500
  2. Florida4 grants $142,500
  3. California1 grant $101,000
  4. Maryland1 grant $39,000
  5. Connecticut6 grants $34,000
  6. District of Columbia3 grants $31,500
  7. Delaware1 grant $3,500
  8. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000
  9. Colorado1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Geoffrey BarefootDirector Hours 5Pay $75,000
  • Michael FleischerDirector Hours 5Pay $25,000
  • William HaasDirector Hours 5Pay $25,000

The return

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