Watson-Brown Foundation

Watson-Brown Foundation is an independent non-profit private foundation based in Thomson, Georgia. In 1970, Walter J. Brown established the foundation to provide education opportunities to underprivileged boys and girls. Named for Thomas E. Watson and J.J. Brown, the trust offers need-based college scholarships to students from a eighteen county region of Georgia and South Carolina. Today, the agency operates a grant program that encourages responsible scholarship on the South and supports historic preservation. The assets of the foundation are managed by the board of trustees.Watson-Brown Foundation's investment portfolio is valued at over $141.63 million, with investments to private equity and cash.