Ruth W Brown Foundation

Greenwich, CT. EIN 06-1409590. Reported $442,014 of revenue for 2025 on its Form 990-PF.

The IRS record

Registered name: RUTH W BROWN FOUNDATION; As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
Employer Identification Number: 06-1409590; The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
Recognized under: 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific; The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
Recognized in: 1995; The year of the IRS ruling.
Classification: Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations; NTEE code T20J, assigned at registration.
Gifts to it: Contributions are deductible; Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
Legal form: Trust; How the organization is constituted, as recorded at registration.
Location of record: Greenwich, CT; The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
Most recent filing: Form 990-PF; For tax year 2025.

What it reported for 2025

What these figures are, and what they are not

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A private foundation reports its assets twice. Book value is what it paid for them; fair market value is what they are worth now, and it is usually the larger of the two. Rankings on this site use book value, because that is the only measure a Form 990 and a Form 990-EZ also report, which keeps a foundation comparable with the charities beside it.

Ruth W Brown Foundation reported paying Sally C Harris, Trustee, $40,000 for 2025. That is reportable compensation from the organization, from related organizations, and other compensation, as the organization reported all three. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.

$442.0 thousand
Total revenue: $442,014; Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.; $445.5 thousand
Total expenses: $445,505; As reported on the return.; $1.9 million
Total assets, book value: $1,907,653; At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.; $4.2 million
Total assets, fair market value: $4,159,764; What they are worth now. Only a Form 990-PF reports this.; 3
People listed: Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.; $40,000
Largest reported compensation: Reported for Sally C Harris.

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Sources

Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 21, 2026
Form 990 series e-file data · retrieved September 19, 2026

Data retrieved September 19, 2026