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Grants paid by W L Lyons Brown Foundation, tax year 2021

EIN 61-0598511 · KY · Form 990-PF, Part XV

In tax year 2021, W L Lyons Brown Foundation (EIN 61-0598511) reported 149 grants paid totaling $4,928,022. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2021

Grants reported by W L Lyons Brown Foundation for tax year 2021
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2021	Kentucky College of Art and Design Louisville, KY	B	$500,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center Charlottesville, VA	U	$375,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Metro United Way Louisville, KY	B	$345,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Episcopal High School Alexandria, VA	U	$255,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nashville Civic Design Center Nashville, TN	U	$240,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill Harrodsburg, KY	U	$135,000	paid	CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Nashville, TN	C	$110,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Grace Catherdral San Francisco, CA	U	$108,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve Goshen, KY	B	$106,612	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Center for Interfaith Relations Louisville, KY	B	$105,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Ducks Unlimited Inc Memphis, TN	U	$100,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	University of Virginia Boone, IA	U	$100,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY	B	$100,000	paid	WESTERN WATER PROJECT	202241739349101054
2021	Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy Louisville, KY	B	$95,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Simmons College of Kentucky Louisville, KY	B	$84,119	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Dendrifund Louisville, KY	C	$77,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Berry Center New Castle, KY	B	$77,225	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Southern Environmental Law Center Charlottesville, VA	B	$75,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	American Farmland Trust Washington, DC	C	$75,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Bluegrass Land Conservancy Lexington, KY	B	$75,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Evolve502 Louisville, KY	B	$65,556	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Parks Alliance of Louisville Louisville, KY	B	$60,058	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Fund for the Arts Louisville, KY	B	$60,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nature Conservancy - Ky Chapter Louisville, KY	U	$55,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The Land Trust for Tennessee Nashville, TN	C	$50,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Illuminate San Francisco, CA	U	$50,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Lexington, KY	B	$50,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	University of Mississippi Foundation Oxford, MS	B	$50,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY	C	$50,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC	B	$50,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Isaac W Bernheim Foundation Inc Clermont, KY	B	$42,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	U	$40,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Edible Schoolyard Project Berkeley, CA	B	$40,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Food Literacy Project Louisville, KY	D	$35,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Country Day Louisville, KY	C	$35,000	paid	PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Cheekwood Nashville, TN	U	$30,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Friends of Warner Parks Nashville, TN	C	$30,000	paid	CAPITAL CAMPAIGN	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc Louisville, KY	C	$27,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Southern California Equestrian Sports Redlands, CA	C	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Token III Club Louisville, KY	U	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The Healing Place Louisville, KY	B	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Community Farm Alliance Berea, KY	B	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Waterfront Botanical Gardens Louisville, KY	C	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Louisville Collegiate School Louisville, KY	B	$25,000	paid	CAPITAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund Buffalo, NY	U	$25,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	San Francisco Ballet San Francisco, CA	C	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	St Xavier High School Louisville, KY	U	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Trees Louisville Louisville, KY	C	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Teach for America Nashville, TN	U	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT	B	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	University of Virginia Office of Development Charlottesville, VA	U	$25,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT: COMPASSIONATE SCHOOLS PROJECT	202241739349101054
2021	Appalshop Inc Whitesburg, KY	C	$25,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Waterfront Park Louisville, KY	C	$22,758	paid	CAPITAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	National Parks Conversation Association Washington, DC	D	$22,674	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Jb Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY	U	$22,500	paid	PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Brown University Providence, RI	U	$20,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Billfish Foundation Inc Ft Lauderdale, FL	B	$20,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Louisville Public Media Louisville, KY	D	$20,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	White Oak Initiative Washington, DC	U	$20,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Louisville Story Program Louisville, KY	B	$17,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Yew Dell Gardens Crestwood, KY	B	$16,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Wyoming Wildlife Federation Lander, WY	B	$15,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Appalachian Trail Conservancy Harpers Ferry, WV	B	$15,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Berea College Berea, KY	B	$15,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	American Forest Foundation Washington, DC	B	$15,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Louisville Nature Center Louisville, KY	B	$15,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Rural Urban Exchange Whitesburg, KY	U	$15,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	21st Century Parks Inc Louisville, KY	C	$15,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Quality Deer Management Association Bogart, GA	U	$12,400	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky State Treasurer-Public Protection Cabinet Frankfort, KY	U	$11,000	paid	TORNADO RELIEF	202241739349101054
2021	The College Foundation of the University of Va Boone, IA	U	$10,383	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nashville Public Television Nashville, TN	C	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Gulf Stream School Gulf Stream, FL	U	$10,000	paid	OPERATIOANL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nature Conservancy - Wyoming Lander, WY	U	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	President & Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA	B	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nashville Public Library Foundation Nashville, TN	B	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Public Radio Louisville, KY	B	$10,000	paid	CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL OPERATING FUND	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Coalition Inc London, KY	B	$10,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Wauhatchie School Chattanooga, TN	B	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Salisbury School Salisbury, CT	B	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The Brinton Museum Big Horn, WY	U	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nashville Public Radio Nashville, TN	B	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Oldham County Historical Society Lagrange, KY	C	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Westover School Middlebury, CT	B	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Trees That Feed Winnetka, IL	C	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Greenways for Nashville Nashville, TN	C	$10,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	United Way of Southern Kentucky Bowling Green, KY	C	$8,800	paid	TORNADO RELIEF	202241739349101054
2021	St Pauls School Concord, NH	B	$5,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Sayre School Lexington, KY	B	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Lee Initative Louisville, KY	C	$5,000	paid	TORNADO RELIEF	202241739349101054
2021	Shaker Museum at South Union Auburn, KY	U	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	American Red Cross Louisville, KY	U	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Gilda's Club Louisville, KY	U	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	University of Louisville Foundation Louisville, KY	B	$5,000	paid	SCHOLARSHIP FUND	202241739349101054
2021	Convergence Center for Policy Resolution Washington, DC	C	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	American Red Cross- Western Kentucky Chapter Owensboro, KY	U	$5,000	paid	TORNADO RELIEF	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation Frankfort, KY	B	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Wilderness Louisville Fairdale, KY	B	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Louisville Zoo Foundation Louisville, KY	C	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Usea Foundation Leesburg, VA	B	$5,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Columbia University New York, NY	C	$5,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Sportsman Alliance Foundation Columbus, OH	U	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	American Cave Conservation Association Horse Cave, KY	B	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Norton Healthcare Foundation Louisville, KY	B	$2,500	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Ket Lexington, KY	U	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Palm Beach County Fishing Foundation West Palm Beach, FL	B	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Bellarmine University Louisville, KY	U	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Mid-South Eventing and Dressage Assn Georgetown, KY	B	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Center for Great Apes Wauchula, FL	U	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Mockingbird Valley Preservation Alliance Louisville, KY	C	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	West End School Inc Louisville, KY	U	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Muhammad Ali Center Louisville, KY	U	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Science Center Louisville, KY	B	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	League of Kentucky Sportsmen Lexington, KY	C	$2,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The Garden Conservancy Garrison, NY	B	$2,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Lexington School Inc Lexington, KY	B	$2,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Masterson Equestrian Trust Foundation Lexington, KY	B	$2,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Trout Unlimited Wooly Bugger, WY	C	$2,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Second Stride Inc Crestwood, KY	C	$1,500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Nature Conservancy - Florida Maitland, FL	D	$1,337	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The Boone Conservancy Burlington, KY	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Thoroughbread Aftercare Allican Fdn Lexington, KY	D	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Ky & Southern Indiana Detroit, MI	U	$1,000	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Dare to Care Louisville, KY	C	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Equine Adoption Center Lexington, KY	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Historic Locust Grove Louisville, KY	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Filson Club Historical Society Louisville, KY	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Old Friend's Inc Georgetown, KY	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville, KY	D	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Leadership Louisville Louisville, KY	C	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Thoroughbread Retirement Foundation Saratoga Springs, NY	C	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program Lexington, KY	C	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Kentucky State Nature Preserve Commission Frankfort, KY	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Hound Welfare Fund Lexington, KY	C	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Hope Scarves Louisville, KY	C	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Retired Racehorse Project Edgewater, MD	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Maker's Mark Secretariat Center Lexington, KY	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	The United States Pony Clubs Inc Lexington, KY	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Thoroughbread Charities of America Lexington, KY	D	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation Lexington, KY	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Missoula, MT	U	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Lexington, KY	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Tennessee Wildlife Federation Foundation Nashville, TN	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Land Trust Alliance Washington, DC	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	River Fields Inc Louisville, KY	B	$1,000	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	US Equestrian Team Foundation Gladstone, NJ	U	$500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Florida Fishing Academy Lake Worth, FL	C	$500	paid	PROGRAM SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Shriners Children's Lexington Lexington, KY	U	$500	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054
2021	Bluegrass Charity Foundation Lexington, KY	B	$100	paid	OPERATIONAL SUPPORT	202241739349101054

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Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.

Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.

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