FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust Grant

The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust Grant aims to support charitable organizations, focusing on arts, education, and social services primarily in the northeastern United States. Brotherton Charitable Foundation. It emphasizes funding for programs that assist the needy or disabled, while adhering to strict eligibility criteria, including a requirement for tax-exempt status under I.R.C. Section 501(c)(3).

NOTE: Registration is required. If your organization has previously applied to be considered for a grant, you are already registered. If your organization has not previously applied, the application process begins with an applicant registering their organization on our website during one of the four-month application periods indicated above. It is highly recommended that you apply early in the four-month application cycle as grant requests submitted late in the cycle may not allow enough time for completion of the three-step online application process outlined above.
The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust was established in 2024 to continue the work of the Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation, which was dissolved the same year. The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust helps to fulfill the missions of charitable organizations falling within its grant making guidelines.
The Trust’s main areas of interest are:

• Arts and CultureCommunity, Housing and Social ServicesEducationHistoric PreservationMedical ProgramsScientific Research
• The primary geographic areas of funding are the northeastern United States, and along the eastern seaboard, however there are exceptions.

Eligibility

The primary geographic areas of funding are the northeastern to southeastern United States.Exceptions to the geographic guidelines are granted only when the Trustee or an Advisory Board Member has personal knowledge of an organization which otherwise conforms to the trust’s guidelines.Who We ServeThe Trust’s major fields of interest are:EducationEducational Programs and/or Institutions — Primarily Schools & CollegesWith emphasis on, but not limited to, educational programs providing assistance to the needy or disabled.ReligionReligion-Based Programs and/or InstitutionsWith an emphasis on, but not limited to, providing assistance to the needy or disabled, or to benefit a local church in a capital program.Historic PreservationHistoric Preservation Programs and/or Institutions including Societies.Medical Programs/Scientific ResearchMedical and/or Scientific programs and/or their affiliated institutions.

Ineligibility

The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust is legally restricted from contributing, in any manner, grant funds which would be utilized outside of the United States or its possessions. It does not fund non-United States-based charitable organizations nor the work of United States based organizations abroad.The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust does NOT approve grant requests to organizations lacking tax exempt status under I.R.C. Section 501(c)(3).Further, as a matter of general practice, The FJ Brotherton Charitable Trust does NOT normally approve grant requests falling into the following categories:Legal aid programsLoansMoving expensesPublic opinion polls, surveys and research studiesPublic policy and/or advocacy groupsDeficit financingGrants to individuals