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The Brown Foundation, Inc. (TX)
The Brown Foundation, Inc. was established in July 1951 by Herman and Margarett Root Brown and George R. and Alice Pratt Brown.
The mission of the Brown Foundation is to distribute funds for public charitable purposes, principally for support, encouragement and assistance to education, the arts and community service.
The foundation focuses on the field of public education at the primary and secondary levels. It also focuses on supporting non-traditional and innovative approaches which are designed to improve public education primarily within the State of Texas.
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www.brownfoundation.org
The mission of the Brown Foundation is to distribute funds for public charitable purposes, principally for support, encouragement and assistance to education, the arts and community service.
The foundation focuses on the field of public education at the primary and secondary levels. It also focuses on supporting non-traditional and innovative approaches which are designed to improve public education primarily within the State of Texas.
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www.brownfoundation.org
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Newton Artists Selected for Street Pianos Boston
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Brown Foundation
As Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is committed to fostering vibrant neighborhoods, and believes innovative public art...more
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Brown Foundation
As Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is committed to fostering vibrant neighborhoods, and believes innovative public art...more
Grants Roundup: Brown Foundation Awards $3 Million for Houston Parks Project
Foundation: Brown Foundation
$3 million to Bayou Greenways 2020, a planned network of parks and trails along waterways in Houston. The foundation has donated a total of...more
Foundation: Brown Foundation
$3 million to Bayou Greenways 2020, a planned network of parks and trails along waterways in Houston. The foundation has donated a total of...more
Council on Postsecondary Education awarded grant to help redesign developmental education
Foundation: Brown Foundation
Since incorporation, the James Graham Brown Foundation has awarded nearly 3,000 grants in Kentucky totaling more than $535 million in the...more
Foundation: Brown Foundation
Since incorporation, the James Graham Brown Foundation has awarded nearly 3,000 grants in Kentucky totaling more than $535 million in the...more
Kalamazoo-area high school seniors recognized for Excellence in Education
Foundation: Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Brown Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
... Regional Educational Service Agency and supported by a permanent endowment established at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation....more
Foundation: Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Brown Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
... Regional Educational Service Agency and supported by a permanent endowment established at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation....more
Workshops offered for service learning grants
Foundation: Brown Foundation
The Service Learning Program of the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation will offer free one-hour workshops on how to apply for...more
Foundation: Brown Foundation
The Service Learning Program of the Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation will offer free one-hour workshops on how to apply for...more
Greater Louisville Project revises its list of socio-economic benchmark cities
Foundation: Brown Foundation, Community Foundation of Louisville, Humana Foundation
... Graham Brown Foundation; Brown-Forman; C. E. & S. Foundation; Lift a Life Foundation; Community Foundation of Louisville; Humana Foundation;...more
Foundation: Brown Foundation, Community Foundation of Louisville, Humana Foundation
... Graham Brown Foundation; Brown-Forman; C. E. & S. Foundation; Lift a Life Foundation; Community Foundation of Louisville; Humana Foundation;...more
MinnPost and VOSD launch joint Knight-funded project to build membership and sustainability
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Otto Bremer Foundation, Brown Foundation, Bush Foundation, Joyce Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation
Thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the organizations will engage in a two-stage process over the next two-plus years:...more
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Otto Bremer Foundation, Brown Foundation, Bush Foundation, Joyce Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation
Thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the organizations will engage in a two-stage process over the next two-plus years:...more
Brown, PNC foundations provide grants to support early childhood ...
Foundation: Brown Foundation
The James Graham Brown Foundation Inc. and the PNC Foundation presented the grants today to the Everyday Learning Collaborative during a...more
Foundation: Brown Foundation
The James Graham Brown Foundation Inc. and the PNC Foundation presented the grants today to the Everyday Learning Collaborative during a...more
James Graham Brown Foundation surpasses $500 million in charitable giving
Foundation: Brown Foundation
The Courier-JournalThe newest gifts also bring to more than 2,800 the number of charitable grants that the foundation has made in the last four-plus decades. And it still has more than $350 million...more
Foundation: Brown Foundation
The Courier-JournalThe newest gifts also bring to more than 2,800 the number of charitable grants that the foundation has made in the last four-plus decades. And it still has more than $350 million...more
A blueprint to end poverty
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Brown Foundation, Joyce Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is convening a task force to examine and recommend solutions to homelessness in St. Paul. He has tapped two leaders, Carleen Rhodes of the Minnesota Community Foundation...more
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Brown Foundation, Joyce Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis Foundation
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is convening a task force to examine and recommend solutions to homelessness in St. Paul. He has tapped two leaders, Carleen Rhodes of the Minnesota Community Foundation...more
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