California · Private foundation
Adams Cowan Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $127k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2026
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 32
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $16k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 42% of the organizations Adams Cowan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 39 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 31 | $78k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $71k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $51k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $53k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $70k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $57k | 39% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $32k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rape Foundation | $40,325 | 6 | 0% |
| The Center for Early Education | $25,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $24,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Common Sense Media | $24,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Partnership for Los Angeles Schools | $23,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $22,200 | 6 | 0% |
| March for Our Lives Foundation | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences | $19,500 | 8 | 0% |
| California Art Club | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $16,280 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 93 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adams Cowan Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · The Unger Family Foundation · The Katie McGrath & Jj Abrams Family Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Adams Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
How this is measured
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About Adams Cowan Foundation
- How much does Adams Cowan Foundation give?
- Adams Cowan Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $127,170 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 32 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Adams Cowan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (23%), Arts & Culture (22%), Crime & Legal (16%).
- Who are Adams Cowan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Rape Foundation ($40k), The Center for Early Education ($25k), Alliance for Children's Rights ($25k).
- Does Adams Cowan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adams Cowan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adams Cowan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
- Where is Adams Cowan Foundation based?
- Adams Cowan Foundation is based in CA.
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