Hoffman Brouse Foundation

Hoffman Brouse Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation founded by Mark Brouse and Lynn Hoffman-Brouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2022, the foundation distributed $67,000 in grants. The largest donations went to organizations focused on the environment and abortion access. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy, Abortion Policy
Founded:

2004

President:

Mark Brouse

Location: Salt Lake City, UT View on map
Tax ID: 20-2072534
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $1,115,202 Revenue: $66,239 Expenses: $91,744

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    Background

    Hoffman Brouse Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that was registered in the state of Utah by Mark Brouse in December 2004. 2

    Founders

    Mark Brouse is president of Hoffman Brouse Foundation. Brouse began his career in pharmaceutical sales then founded Vista Staffing, 3 a healthcare staffing company. 4 He was a board member of TruClinic, a web-based telemedicine provider based in Salt Lake City; 5 the University of Utah; and the YMCA of Northern Utah. In 2011, he became a member of the Ashoka Support Network. He is president of Marlyn LLC, president of EARTH University Foundation, and a board member of Alterna Foundation and Ashoka. 6 He is also vice chair of EARTH University board of directors. 7

    Alterna Foundation invests in social impact business startups, many focused on the environment. 8  Ashoka provides grants and support to “social entrepreneurs” who it believes will be “changemakers” for left-of-center issues. 9 EARTH University offers a 4-year undergraduate program in agriculture and natural resource management and is located in Costa Rica. It is a private, nonprofit, international university funded by the Cost Rican government, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation focused on educating young people on environmental issues and sustainable development. EARTH University Foundation was formed as a nonprofit charity that supports EARTH University and is located in Atlanta, Georgia. 10

    Lynn Hoffman-Brouse is secretary, treasurer, and trustee of Hoffman Brouse Foundation. 11 She is a professional photographer that specializes in environmental photography. In 2012, she founded the Documentary Project Fund to support photographers with a focus on their communities. 12 She was previously a board member of EARTH University Foundation. 13 Hoffman-Brouse has contributed to several Democratic candidates, including Utah State Senator Kathleen Riebe (D) in 2023; U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in 2022, and Joe Biden for President in 2020. 14

    Brouse and Hoffman-Brouse live in Salt Lake City, Utah. 15

    Grantmaking

    In 2022, Hoffman Brouse Foundation granted $67,000. Its largest donations were $30,000 to EARTH University Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia and $18,000 to Planned Parenthood of Utah. 1 Donations were also awarded to Educate2Envision in San Leandro, California; the Young Men’s Christian Association of Northern Utah (YMCA) in Salt Lake City, Utah; Vital Impacts in Missoula, Montana; Girls Who Click in Petaluma, California; and Educational Opportunities for Utah’s Children in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1

    Planned Parenthood of Utah provides sexual healthcare and abortions to Utahns and advocates for policies that expand abortion access. 16

    Educate2Envision is a nonprofit organization that brings secondary school education (beyond the 6th grade) and leadership training to the poor rural areas of Honduras. It partners with Ashoka and 1% for the Planet. 17

    The YMCA of Northern Utah provides a variety of programs to the local community including pre-school and afterschool programs and summer camps. 18 It focuses on “social responsibility,” with an emphasis on inclusion for “Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)” and LGBT people. 19 The YMCA advocates for the far-left Black Lives Matter movement and partners with People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond to provide “anti-racism” training to staff. 20

    Girls Who Click invests in workshops for female nature photographers, encouraging them to support environmentalist issues through their photography. 21

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $1,115,202 $66,239 $91,744 View
    2024 $1,050,226 $79,125 $97,102 View
    2023 $1,035,543 $32,531 $96,504 View
    2022 $988,650 $60,584 $89,347 View
    2021 $1,280,934 $56,134 $93,900 View
    2020 $1,205,072 $-2,204 $98,812 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $939,652
    • Number of Grants: 96
    • Number of Recipients: 26

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $35,0002023 Earth University Foundation (inc)General & Unrestricted
    $30,0002024 Earth University Foundation (inc)General & Unrestricted
    $30,0002022 Earth University Foundation IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $30,0002021 Earth University Foundation IncEARTH Scholarship Fund
    $28,7882020 Earth University Foundation IncScholarship Fund
    $28,0002021 Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $25,0002024 Planned Parenthood Association of UtahGeneral & Unrestricted
    $25,0002020 Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $18,0002022 Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $10,0002021 Alterna Foundation IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $10,0002020 AshokaGeneral & Unrestricted
    $5,0002024 Utah Open Lands Conservation Association IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $5,0002024 Vital ImpactsGeneral & Unrestricted
    $5,0002023 Vital ImpactsGeneral & Unrestricted
    $5,0002022 Educate2envision International IncGeneral & Unrestricted
    $4,0002022 Vital ImpactsGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,5002024 Educational Opportunities for Utahs ChildrenGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002023 Educational Opportunities for Utahs ChildrenGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002022 Girls Who ClickGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002021 Educational Opportunities for Utahs ChildrenGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002021 Girls Who ClickGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002020 Educational Opportunities for Utahs ChildrenGeneral & Unrestricted
    $2,0002020 Girls Who ClickGeneral & Unrestricted
    $1,5002022 Educational Opportunities for Utahs ChildrenGeneral & Unrestricted
    $1,5002022 Vital ImpactsGeneral & Unrestricted

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    References

    1. Hoffman-Brouse Foundation. Return of Private Foundation. (Form 990-PF – Part XIII). 2022.
    2.  “Hoffman Brouse Foundation.” Utah.gov. – Business Search. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://secure.utah.gov/bes/displayDetails.html
    3. “Mark Brouse.” Alterna. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://alterna.pro/en/mark-brouse/
    4. Vista Staffing website. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.vistastaff.com/
    5. “InTouch Health to Acquire TruClinic, Entering Direct-To-Consumer Telehealth.” Teladoc Health. January 4, 2018. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://business.teladochealth.com/newsroom/intouch-health/agreement-to-acquire-truclinic/
    6. LinkedIn – Mark Brouse. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brouse-b336b710/details/experience/
    7. “Board of Directors.” EARTH University – About EARTH. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.earth.ac.cr/en/about-earth/nuestra-gente/consejos/board-of-directors/
    8. Alterna website. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.alterna.pro/
    9. “What We Do.” Ashoka. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/focus/social-entrepreneurship
    10.  “Support EARTH.” EARTH University. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.earth.ac.cr/en/support-earth/fundacion-universidad-earth/
    11. Hoffman-Brouse Foundation. Return of Private Foundation. (Form 990-PF – Part VII). 2022.
    12. “What We Do.” TheDocumentaryProjectFund. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.thedocumentaryprojectfund.org/what-we-do
    13. “EARTH community honors the Zaglul family.” EARTH University – EARTH News. October 28, 2016. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.earth.ac.cr/en/2016/10/28/community-zaglul-family/
    14. “Individual Contributions.” Federal Election Commission – Lynn Hoffman-Brouse. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?data_type=processed&contributor_name=lynn+hoffman-brouse&contributor_name=mark+brouse
    15. “Hoffman Brouse Foundation.” Bizapedia. Accessed November 7, 2023. https://www.bizapedia.com/ut/hoffman-brouse-foundation.html
    16. “About Us.” Planned Parenthood Association of Utah. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-utah/about-us
    17. E2E Educate2Envision website. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://www.educate2envision.org/
    18. “Programs.” YMCA of Northern Utah. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://ymcautah.org/
    19. “Social Responsibility.” YMCA of Northern Utah – About Us. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://ymcautah.org/our-y/social-responsibility/
    20. “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.” The YMCA – Who We Are. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://www.ymca.org/who-we-are/diversity
    21. Girls Who Click website. Accessed November 8, 2023. https://girlswhoclick.org/