Funders › KY › W L Lyons Brown Foundation › 2023
Grants paid by W L Lyons Brown Foundation, tax year 2023
EIN 61-0598511 · KY · Form 990-PF, Part XV
In tax year 2023, W L Lyons Brown Foundation (EIN 61-0598511) reported 148 grants paid totaling $4,684,152. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2023
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisville Orchestra Louisville, KY | B | $286,510 | paid | PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Episcopal High School Alexandria, VA | U | $270,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Illuminate the Arts San Francisco, CA | C | $250,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Salisbury School Salisbury, CT | B | $215,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Collegiate School Louisville, KY | B | $210,000 | paid | CAPITAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt Law School Nashville, TN | U | $205,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | National Parks Conservation Association Washington, DC | C | $200,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Community Foundation of Louisville Louisville, KY | B | $200,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Center for Interfaith Relations Louisville, KY | B | $160,923 | paid | OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Berry Center New Castle, KY | B | $125,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Contemplative Sciences Center - University of Virginia Boone, IA | U | $120,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve Goshen, KY | B | $102,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The Land Trsut for Tennessee Nashville, TN | C | $101,384 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy Louisville, KY | B | $85,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Gladstone Institute San Francisco, CA | U | $75,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Eagle High School Greenwich, CT | U | $75,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Nashville Parks Foundation Nashville, TN | C | $75,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | J B Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY | B | $73,303 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | American Farmland Trust Washington, DC | C | $65,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Pocantico Hills, NY | C | $60,692 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Nature Conservancy-Ky Chapter Lexington, KY | U | $55,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Evolve502 Inc Louisville, KY | B | $52,222 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Metro Police Foundation Louisville, KY | B | $50,000 | paid | CAPITAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Ballet Louisville, KY | U | $50,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Actors Theater of Louisville Louisville, KY | C | $45,409 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Billfish Foundation Ft Lauderdale, FL | B | $45,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Grace Cathedral San Francisco, CA | B | $45,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Isaac W Bernheim Foundation Inc Clermont, KY | B | $42,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kqed Inc Hagerstown, MD | U | $40,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Bluegrass Land Conservancy Lexington, KY | B | $37,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Edible Schoolyard Project Berkeley, CA | B | $35,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Captains for Clean Water Fort Myers, FL | C | $30,321 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Marty Stuart Center Inc Philadelphia, MS | B | $30,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | University of Virginia Boone, IA | U | $30,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kent School Kent, CT | D | $30,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Steam Engine Louisville, KY | B | $27,667 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Waterways Alliance Inc Louisville, KY | B | $27,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Ket Lexington, KY | U | $27,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Ducks Unlimited Inc Memphis, TN | U | $26,871 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Compassionate Schools Project - University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | U | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc Lexington, KY | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Food Literacy Project Louisville, KY | D | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | St Xavier High School Louisville, KY | U | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Appalshop Inc Whitesburg, KY | C | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Fund for the Arts Louisville, KY | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Equestrian Events Inc Lexington, KY | B | $25,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Metro United Way Louisville, KY | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Foxcroft School Middleburg, VA | C | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Token III Club Louisville, KY | U | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Berea College Berea, KY | B | $25,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | St Andrews School Middletown, DE | D | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | National Deer Association Bogart, GA | B | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Amped Louisville, KY | U | $25,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Friends of the Environment Deiray Beach, FL | B | $20,000 | paid | OEPRATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The Brinton Museum Big Horn, WY | U | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Gardens of Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA | U | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Gulf Stream School Gulf Stream, FL | U | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Trees That Feed Winnetka, IL | C | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill Harrodsburg, KY | U | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Rural Urban Exchange Whitesburg, KY | U | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | University School of Nashville Nashville, TN | B | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Public Media Louisville, KY | D | $20,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Defenders of Wildlife Washington, DC | B | $20,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Story Program Louisville, KY | B | $20,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | San Francisco Chsnticleer San Francisco, CA | C | $20,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Big Horn City Historical Society Big Horn, WY | B | $16,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Unc Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | U | $16,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The Hope Buss Louisville, KY | B | $15,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Country Day Louisville, KY | C | $15,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey, CA | C | $15,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Open Space Institute New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky State Nature Preserve Commission Frankfort, KY | U | $13,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Harpeth Hall School Nashville, TN | B | $10,000 | paid | ENDOWMENT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Convergence Center for Policy Resolution Washington, DC | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Appalachian Trail Conservancy Harpers Ferry, WV | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Friends of the Urban Forest San Francisco, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Audubon-Connecticut Greenwich, CT | U | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Second Stride Inc Crestwood, KY | C | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Historic Homes Foundation Louisville, KY | B | $10,000 | paid | PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Abe's Garden Nashville, TN | B | $10,000 | paid | OEPRATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, CA | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Westover School Middlebury, CT | B | $10,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The Pocket Project Summertown, TN | U | $10,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society New York, NY | U | $7,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville, KY | C | $6,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | A Cure for Robert Inc Louisville, KY | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative Kinnear, WY | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation Frankfort, KY | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Gilda's Club Louisville, KY | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Sayre School Lexington, KY | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Sheridan Community Land Trust Sheridan, WY | B | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Louisville Zoo Foundation Louisville, KY | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Usea Foundation Leesburg, VA | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Francis Parker School of Louisville Goshen, KY | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The Green Turtle Cay Foundation Leesburg, FL | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | President & Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA | C | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Nashville Public Television Nashville, TN | B | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Abaco Strong Bethesda, MD | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Nature Conservancy-Wyoming Lander, WY | U | $5,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Columbia University New York, NY | C | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Perc Inc Palm Bay, FL | U | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Indifly Saint Paul, MN | B | $5,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Center for Women and Families Louisville, KY | B | $2,600 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Science Center Louisville, KY | B | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Muhammad Ali Center Louisville, KY | U | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | St Francis School Goshen, KY | U | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Mid-South Eventing and Dressage Assn Georgetown, KY | B | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Payne Hollow On the Ohio Inc Prospect, KY | C | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Norton Healthcare Foundation Louisville, KY | C | $2,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Oldham County Historical Society Lagrange, KY | C | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | League of Kentucky Sportsmen Lexington, KY | C | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | West End School Inc Louisville, KY | U | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Palm Beach County Fishing Foundation West Palm Beach, FL | B | $2,500 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Sportsman Alliance Foundation Columbus, OH | U | $2,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Parks Alliance of Louisville Louisville, KY | B | $2,250 | paid | OEPRATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Lexington School Inc Lexington, KY | B | $2,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Sheridan Public Arts Committee Sheridan, WY | U | $2,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Trout Unlimited Woolly Bugger, WY | C | $2,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Masterson Equestrian Trust Foundation Lexington, KY | B | $2,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Land Trust Alliance Washington, DC | B | $1,500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Maker's Mark Secretariat Center Lexington, KY | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Historic Locust Grove Louisville, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Saratoga Springs, NY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Lexington, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The Filson Historical Society Louisville, KY | C | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Dare to Care Louisville, KY | C | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Yew Dell Gardens Crestwood, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky Equine Adoption Center Lexington, KY | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | The United States Pony Clubs Inc Lexington, KY | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Ibma Foundation Concord, MA | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Wyoming Wildlife Federation Lander, WY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Old Friend's Inc Georgetown, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program Lexington, KY | C | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | River Fields Inc Louisville, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Retired Racehorse Project Edgewater, MD | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Missoula, MT | U | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | A Shot for Life Inc Watertown, MA | C | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Nature Conservancy-Florida Winter Park, FL | D | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Atlantic Salmon Federation Calias, ME | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Thoroughbred Charities of America Lexington, KY | C | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Fdn Lexington, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Kentucky State Police Foundation Frankfort, KY | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Falls of the Ohio Foundation Inc Clarksville, IN | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Florida Fishing Academy Lake Worth, FL | C | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | St Paul's School Concord, NH | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | Mockingbird Valley Preservation Alliance Louisville, KY | B | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
| 2023 | US Equestrian Team Foundation Gladstone, NJ | U | $500 | paid | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT | 202421209349100317 |
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