About Dn Batten Foundation C/O Brown Advisory
The DN Batten Foundation concentrates on large, strategic grants to conservation organizations — especially wildlife and ecosystem protection in Africa and global biodiversity initiatives — while also making targeted investments in domestic equity and housing access. Their giving emphasizes flexible financial support to established NGOs and a small number of mission-aligned institutions rather than many small awards.
Focus Areas
African wildlife conservation and anti-poaching initiativesGlobal biodiversity and ecosystem protection through major conservation NGOsCommunity-centered conservation and behavior-change programs (e.g., coastal/marine livelihoods)Higher education racial equity and institutional equity initiatives (University-based centers)Affordable housing and housing opportunity funding
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated, few very large grants (multi-million-dollar), repeat funding to select conservation organizations; primarily unrestricted/financial support rather than many small or project-specific awards.
Funding Style
direct financial support
About Dn Batten Foundation C/O Brown Advisory
The Dn Batten Foundation C/o Brown Advisory has backed African wildlife conservation at scale, with its largest recent grant of $3,100,199 to the African Wildlife Foundation for financial support. That conservation emphasis appears repeatedly alongside support for major NGOs working on species protection, habitat conservation, and conservation behavior change. The foundation has also funded domestic equity and housing institutions, including a $1,000,000 grant to the University of Virginia Equity Center and $500,000 grants to the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund. Its recent giving shows a pattern of substantial, generally flexible support to established organizations rather than small project awards. Across the grant list, the foundation combines wildlife and ecosystem protection with targeted place-based funding in Virginia and selected national institutions. Recent grants also include support for the Wildlife Conservation Society, Rare Inc, Forest Trends, and Appalachian Voices, indicating a mix of conservation, environmental, and community-focused grantmaking. The overall profile is one of strategic grants to a limited set of aligned recipients, often with broad financial support language rather than tightly specified projects.
What Dn Batten Foundation C/O Brown Advisory Funds
In large-mammal conservation, the foundation gave $2,000,000 to Rare Inc for financial support and also made repeated million-dollar grants to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Those awards fit a clear interest in species protection and habitat work. On the domestic side, it funded housing access with $500,000 to the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund for financial support, showing that community-oriented grantmaking sits alongside conservation. It also backed education and equity infrastructure through a $1,000,000 grant to the University of Virginia Equity Center. Environmental policy and watershed work appear in grants to Forest Trends and Appalachian Voices, both in Washington, DC and Charlottesville, respectively. The foundation’s Charlottesville-centered local priorities are reinforced by support for youth and community-serving nonprofits, including the Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia and Network2work USA.
How Dn Batten Foundation C/O Brown Advisory Gives
Typical grants are sizable: the p25 is $20,000, the median is $100,000, and the p75 is $250,000. Recent awards show a mix of one-time and repeated support, with several recipients funded in multiple years, including Rare Inc, Wildlife Conservation Society, Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia, Network2work USA, Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund, and Appalachian Voices. The foundation appears to favor direct financial support, often described simply as financial support rather than restricted project funding. Its active grant programs are managed as designated priorities, and the listed programs all note that unsolicited applications are not accepted. The organization does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.7M
Total Assets
$26.7M
Total Revenue
$10M
Total Expenses
$5.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $250K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$250K
Geographic Reach
Regional7 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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