Grants awarded
Who does Brown-Forman Foundation fund?
Brown-Forman Foundation has awarded $46 million across 303 grants to 152 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $60,000, with most between $30,000 and $140,000.
Total awarded
$45.6M
Typical grant
$60K
Grantees
152
Grants
303
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| W West End School | $4.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Simmons College of Kentucky INC
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$4.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| L Louisville Central Community Centers INC | $3.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W West End Girls School | $3.0M | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| S Simmons College of Kentucky | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W West End Boys School | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Academy of Music Production Education and Development | $1.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Louisville Central Community Centers INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | KY | |
University of Louisville Foundation INC
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$965K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
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$900K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
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$850K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
Actors Theatre of Louisville INC
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$800K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Kentucky Opera Association INC
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$750K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| F Fund for the Arts | $725K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
J B Speed Art Museum
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$525K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Academy of Music Production Education and Development | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Louisville Urban League | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Greater Louisville | $400K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Louisville Ballet (kentucky Dance Council | $400K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$380K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
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$375K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| W West End School | $350K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A African American Heritage Foundation | $325K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$305K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
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$300K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| U University of Kentucky | $300K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evolve502 Scholars Fountaion INC | $300K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Academy of Music Production | $275K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Morton Center INC
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$270K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| D Dare to Care Food Bank | $250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jefferson Community & Technical College Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Parklands of Floyds Fork | $250K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fund for the Arts | $250K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Louisville Foundation | $235K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Frazier Museum Foundation | $225K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A African American Heritage | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Elderserve INC
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$200K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| M Metro United Way | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Healing Place | $190K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Volunteers of America Mid-States | $190K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$180K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $180K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Actors Theatre of Louisville | $175K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Home of the Innocents
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$170K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Isaac W Bernheim Foundation INC
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$159K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| S Stageone Family Theatre | $155K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kentucky Opera Association | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Louisville Youth Group INC
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
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$150K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| T The Filson Historical Society | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Speed Art Museum | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Morton Center | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Spalding University INC
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$150K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| N Nativity Academy | $150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R River City Drum Corp Cultural Arts Institute INC | $145K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | KY | |
| L Louisville Zoo Foundation | $145K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brightside Foundation | $140K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R River City Drum Corp | $140K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Center for Nonprofit Excellence | $140K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Seven Counties Services INC
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$130K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| B Blessings in a Backpack INC | $125K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Family Scholar House INC
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$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $125K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts | $125K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jefferson Community and Technical College | $120K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Kentucky Science Center INC
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$120K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Hosparus INC
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$105K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
| K Kentucky Center for the Arts Corporation | $100K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Muhammad Ali Center | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Elderserve | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Catholic Education Foundation | $92K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Kentucky | $90K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Louisville | $89K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University of Kentucky Alcohol Education and Intervention | $85K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Louisville Bricc Coalition 2021 | $85K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Lincoln Foundation | $85K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Filson Historical Society INC
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$82K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dare to Care Food Bank | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Frazier History Museum | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum | $75K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N New Directions Housing Corp | $75K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Amped | $75K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Center for Women and Families INC | $70K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$70K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | KY | |
| F Family & Children's Place | $65K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Maryhurst | $65K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Healing Place | $65K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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