Areas of Interest

The Foundation's major fields of interest are:

• Education: Educational programs and/or institutions — primarily schools and colleges. (With emphasis on, but not limited to, educational programs providing assistance to the needy or disabled.)

• Religion: Religion-based programs and/or institutions. (With 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 Preservation: Historic Preservation programs and/or institutions (including "societies").

• Medical Programs and/or Scientific Research: Medical and/or Scientific programs and/or their affiliated institutions.

Grant Restrictions

1. Foreign limitations: The Brotherton Foundation 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 even the work of United States-based organizations abroad.

2. United States limitations: The primary geographic areas of funding are North/Central New Jersey and New York City. Exceptions to the geographic guidelines are granted only when a Co-Trustee or Advisory Board Member has personal knowledge of an organization which otherwise conforms to all other Foundation guidelines.

3. Further, as a matter of general practice, The Brotherton Foundation does NOT normally approve grant requests falling into the following categories:
   • Conferences
   • Day Care Programs for Children or Adults
   • Documentaries, Films, and Videos
   • Environmental Programs
   • Legal Aid Programs
   • Loans
   • Moving Expenses
   • Public Opinion Polls, Surveys, and Research Studies
   • Public Policy and/or Advocacy Groups
   • Senior Citizens' Programs
   • Soup Kitchens and/or Food Banks
   • Well-Endowed Institutions
   • Organizations lacking tax exempt status under I.R.C. Section 501(c)(3)
   • Deficit financing
   • Grants to individuals

Please direct all correspondence to:

Ms. Maribeth A. Ligus
Administrative Director
Fred J. Brotherton Charitable Foundation
1141 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Suite C-6
Ringwood, NJ 07456
Phone 973-728-6100
Fax 973-728-6060
Email: brothertonfoundation@yahoo.com