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Private foundation (trust)EIN 237097393Est. 1972-03

WATSON-BROWN FOUNDATION INC

THOMSON, GA 308240037

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$164.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$5.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

153

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$34K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$685K

Typical

Deadlines

Grants due april 15/ scholarships due …

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$1.2M

Maintaining and preserving three historic house museums and their historic gardens and grounds for the conduct of various educational programming including public tours, school field trips, seminars and symposia, summer camps,

Program 2

$5.2M

Allocation of expenses for administering scholarships andgrants incurred by the foundation office. Allocation isbased on a combination of direct cost and a percentage ofall other expenses.

Program 3

$75K

Tom watson brown book award. The annual award is made through the auspices of the society of civil war historian for a single outstanding book on the american civil war. Scholarly and trade presses submit books for consideration by a three juror panel of civil war scholars.

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$13.9M

Total Expenses

$8.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$7.5M

Distributable Amount

$7.1M

Min. Investment Return

$7.3M

Undistributed Income

$1.0M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

153 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $6K to maximum $685K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $5.2M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
$2.5M
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA-COLUMBIA
$2.1M
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
$2.0M
4 grants
AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY
$1.1M
4 grants
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$891K
4 grants
WOFFORD COLLEGE
$729K
4 grants
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
$717K
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA-AIKEN
$680K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

498 grants

<$10K
315
grants
$10–50K
113
grants
$50–250K
52
grants
$250K–1M
18
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

33 states

South Carolina
$8.8M
48% of total
Georgia
$7.4M
40% of total
North Carolina
$651K
4% of total
Alabama
$207K
1% of total
Virginia
$141K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$141K
1% of total
Tennessee
$129K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$90K
0% of total
Florida
$84K
0% of total
New York
$72K
0% of total

+23 more states

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