THE BROWN FOUNDATION, INC.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA

The Brown Foundation Center The Brown Foundation Center opened March 31, 2003. It broadens the roots of this Metairie-based, private foundation, and houses the offices of the Foundation, the Brown Foundation Service Learning Program, and other non-profit groups. The Brown Foundation Center also offers a meeting space at no charge. The Please contact us for more information about office space rental availability. The Brown Foundation Center offers tenants free, off-street parking. Monthly rent includes water and electricity. Tenants are responsible for quarterly janitorial fees (based on square footage) and telephone and internet services. Fiber optics are available at the Center. This fellowship award through funds from The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation will provide $75,000 ($25,000/year for three years) to a female high school student to fund a graduate program based on scientific research. This award will recognize girls in science and will be an investment towards their scientific futures. E.F. Hunter, President of the Brown Foundation with Hailey Rowbatham, 2017 Emmy Noether Award Gold Winner Joining the gold medalist in forming the Emmy Noether Scholars, a network of young female scientists that will continue to grow over the years to provide network and collaboration opportunities for the group, are the 2017 silver medalists. Carlie Celentano, a rising senior at Belle Chasse High School in Belle Chasse, LA and Samantha Breaux, a graduating senior from Hammond High Magnet School in Hammond, LA attending Rice University in the fall. E.F. Hunter, President of the Brown Foundation with Carlie Celentano, 2017 Emmy Noether Award Silver Medalist E.F. Hunter, President of the Brown Foundation with Samantha Breaux, 2017 Emmy Noether Award Silver Medalist Since 2006, $450,000 in support has been awarded to the New Orleans Medical Mission Services. Their stated goal: “to bring free medical treatment, consultation, education, equipment and supplies to needy people in foreign countries. We are volunteers, non-profit and dedicated to improving health while supporting human dignity.” Chairman of the Board, David B. Spencer, visited WRBH Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped in December 2017. He is pictured above with Natalia Gonzales, Executive Director of the radio station. Visit www.wrbh.org to learn more about this worthy, volunteer-driven cause, whose mission: turn the printed word into the spoken word so that the blind and print handicapped can receive the same ease of access to current information as their sighted peers. LaPREP and Its Associated Programs of LSU Shreveport received fall 2017 and spring and summer 2018 support from the Brown Foundation to help underwrite the enrichment programming for high ability elementary and high school students. Contributions to date have topped $300,000. The Whistle Stop provides supervised visitation for families referred by Family Court which can include foster care children and high conflict divorce and custody cases. In 2018, the Brown Foundation will supplement 375 hours of supervised visits for non-custodial parents with their children! The Brown Foundation proudly supports the efforts of Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans. While striving to inspire and prepare young people to successfully participate in our economy through workforce development, entrepreneurship and financial literacy, this group has received over $400,000 in approvals from the Foundation over a two decade period. The Brown Foundation is proud to have supported both the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts an aggregate amount of $1,454,015 over the years. For the past several years the Foundation has committed hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Holy Cross create and establish a food science degree program. In September of 2017, the Foundation renewed its commitment to Holy Cross’s food science program and will now assist with the development of the beverage science concentration program. Support for the Atchafalaya Terrebonne Basin is and always has been of crucial importance to the Brown Foundation. The Brown Foundation has proudly awarded grants totaling $220,000 to the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper. Special thanks to @johnchittyimages for the stunning photograph. Second Harvest Food Bank and the Brown Foundation have partnered in the relief of human suffering for many years. Our support for the relentless efforts of Second Harvest have recently eclipsed $1.3 million. Their mission - ending hunger in the Gulf Coast states by providing food access & disaster response – should be admired by all. Joe W. Brown identified polio as “the greatest plague of our time” and worked tirelessly to help distribute the vaccine. In the decades that followed, Dorothy Dorsett repeatedly hailed Jonas Edward Salk as a “hero, champion, and miracle worker” and credited him with “saving humanity by solving polio”. Over the past several decades, the Foundation has proudly supported the SALK Institute for Biological Studies’ research initiatives in the amount of $2,573,140. The Foundation has given $2.9 million to Tulane University and its affiliated programs over the past two decades. Most recently, we are proud to announce support for The Tulane Cancer Center’s Belancio Laboratory. Victoria Belancio, Ph.D. will work with Emmy Noether Scholars for one year, and teach them how to use bioinformatic tools to analyze human genome sequencing data. Pictured above is Dr. Belancio (left) with Madison Smither (right) at the 2017 Emmy Noether Award Inaugural Event. Dr. Belancio and Madison wrote the grant for the Tulane Cancer Center and were approved in full! Since June 2016, an osprey has been regularly seen on the Brown Foundation’s building light fixtures.