Indiana · Private foundation
Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $172k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $172k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $140k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $107k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $115k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $95k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $89k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $75k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $64k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Butler University | $96,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Tindley Accelerated Schools Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Center for Leadership Development Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Indianapolis First Baptist Church | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Indy Aquatic Masters Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 3% |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Outreach Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Butler University | $96,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Tindley Accelerated Schools Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Center for Leadership Development Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Indianapolis First Baptist Church | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Indy Aquatic Masters Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 3% |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Outreach Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Teenworks Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Martin University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holliday Park Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawnmower Project Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd Community Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ace Mentor Program of Indiana Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Marian University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Immigrant Welcome Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ball State University Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment 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: Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Bowen Family Foundation Inc · The Ackerman Foundation · Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment
- How much does Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment give?
- Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment reported 17 grants totaling $171,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Youth Development (27%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc ($225k), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ($150k), Butler University ($97k).
- Does Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment 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 Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment based?
- Bowen Engineering Corporation Endowment is based in IN.
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