Our Passion
The Jeromy Brown Family Fund aims to promote the inclusion and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities.
Our Vision
Our family hopes to help build a more
inclusive community that celebrates all
abilities. It is our goal to do this in a
manner that honors our cousin and
bestows a legacy of Jeromy Brown.
Our Story
Our story begins with a few cousins discussing Jeromy and the influence he has had on them. They decided they wanted to celebrate Jeromy in a way that would give back to individuals with disabilities while honoring Jeromy’s name. Thus, the Jeromy Brown Family Fund was established by a board of Jeromy’s cousins in 2018. Jeromy has shown his cousins that a disability does not need to define a person. Our family has chosen to focus on the abilities and passions each individual has. Jeromy’s love of bowling and February birthday inspired the idea for an annual bowling tournament to promote the inclusion and wellbeing of those with disabilities while celebrating Jeromy and the love his cousins have for him.
The Jeromy Brown Family Fund was created under the Dakota Medical Foundation as a donor advised fund. We want to acknowledge our first initial investor, Jeromy’s Grandpa Ellery who founded the fund with a $10,000 donation. He greatly believed in the fund and knew Jeromy’s Grandma Jeanne would have been the biggest supporter.
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Since our beginnings in 2019, our fund has given back over $130,000 into our community. All in the name of Jeromy Brown.
Jeromy Brown News
Preschool ambassadors are adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who volunteer each week in a classroom and gain meaningful work and life experience. Ambassadors interact with students during free play and gym time
$100,000 donation to
The Peace Academy
In 2024, the Jeromy Brown Family Fund mades its largest donation of 100,000 to the Peace Academy.
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With this donation, the gym in Peace Academy's new location at the Dakota Medical Foundation Center for excellence will be named The Jeromy Brown Ambassador Gym. Jeromy was the Pre School's first ambassador, he loves, sports, and one of his first words was "gym".
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Impact
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