California · Private foundation
Bowden Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $25k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Bowden Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $191k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $229k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $87k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $27k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Historical Society | $120,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Youth Tennis San Diego | $63,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Tompkins Conservation | $38,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rewild | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of US | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Library Association of la Jolla | $13,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Mama's Kitchen | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St James by the Sea Parish | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Women for International Understanding | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Book Club of California | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Historical Society | $120,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Youth Tennis San Diego | $63,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Tompkins Conservation | $38,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rewild | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of US | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Library Association of la Jolla | $13,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Mama's Kitchen | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St James by the Sea Parish | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Women for International Understanding | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Book Club of California | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $6,650 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| David Brower Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wednesday Club | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Living Coast Discovery Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monarch School Project | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Patrons of the Prado | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Point Loma Rotary Endowment Fund Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Burn Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Patronas | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $350 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bowden Family 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: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Dr Seuss Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Heller Foundation of San Diego · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Bowden Family Foundation
- How much does Bowden Family Foundation give?
- Bowden Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Bowden Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (13%), Environment (12%).
- Who are Bowden Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: San Diego Historical Society ($120k), Youth Tennis San Diego ($64k), Tompkins Conservation ($39k).
- Does Bowden Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bowden Family 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 Bowden Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Dr Seuss Foundation.
- Where is Bowden Family Foundation based?
- Bowden Family Foundation is based in CA.
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