Program areas at Stephen and Laurel Brown Foundation
Dottie's ranch at 4136 rutland dunn townline road, Oregon, wi - provide and operate a christian retreat and leadership center where educational sessions are held, christian groups hold meetings, and visiting christian speakers, leaders, church-workers or missionaries can be housed on a temporary basis while they are in the madison, Wisconsin area. Dottie's ranch hosted 60 retreats, events, or individual guests during 2023.
Upper house at 365 east campus mall, madison, wi - provide and operate ministry space dedicated to sharing the gospel message of jesus christ to the university of wisconsin-madison campus and surrounding community including presentations and classes related to christianity open tothe public, and hosting meetings of blackhawk church, campus ministries, and other non-profit organizations and churches. Total upper house guests/event attendees during 2023 was 37,040.
Lilly awaken dane - a project in support of the churches of dane county (wi) to provide opportunities for local ecumenical kinship, discernment and collaboration.
Rental income from dottie's ranch and upper house help the Foundation
Accomplish its exempt purposes of providing a retreat and leadership
Center and ministry space to educate and share the gospel message of
Jesus christ.
The Foundation hosts events and workshops, provides study and meeting
Space for students and student groups, and administers a fellows
Program, all of which curates experiences of christian thinking, being
and doing to enrich the life of the mind, and to cultivate christian
Identity that contributes to the university of Wisconsin-
Madison community and beyond.