Brown, however, failed to pay back a loan from the former owners, 2173 Hopkins Road LLC, which led to the nonprofit winding up in foreclosure court and the former owners scheduling it for auction.

In the spring of 2022, the nonprofit purchased the property for $1.75 million, though more than $1.1 million of that came from a donation from 2173 Hopkins Road LLC, which previously owned it.

The Gambrills childhood home of famed investor and philanthropist Johns Hopkins is scheduled to be put up for auction next month amid a troubled nonprofit’s attempt to restore the property and ...