Brown-Forman Foundation Grants

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Jill Horn

Address

850 DIXIE HIGHWAY LOUISVILLE, KY, 40210

Phone

(502) 774-5918

Email

JILL_HORN@B-F.COM

Deadlines

Submission deadlines for May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026 are May 1, aug. 1, nov. 1, feb. 1

Application materials

The foundation has a formal online grant application for proposals and follow-up grant report. The online grant application May be accessed at: https://www.brownformanfoundation.org/grant-criteria/.

Restrictions

The foundation will provide distributions and May provide support to other organizations for charitable, literary, scientific, and educational purposes. The foundation along with funding from the brown-forman corporation enriches the experience of life in communities where brown-forman corporation operates and its employees are located.

Application information: https://www.brownformanfoundation.org/GRANT-CRITERIA/

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where Brown-Forman Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (94 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Brown-Forman Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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