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Bowen Family Foundation

Sponsor fundraising events for the benefit of local charities.

$484k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$394kRecreation & Sports$125kInternational$115kHuman Services$96kYouth Development$81kCommunity Improvement$71kEducation$52kArts & Culture$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $367,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $484,090 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $116,690 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $255k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $107k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$285k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REACH THERAPEUTIC RIDING$56,000
NEW BRAUNFELS YOUTH COLLABORATIVE$51,000
UNBOUND GLOBAL$35,000
JOYRX$20,000
GREATER WACO LEGAL SERVICES$20,000
PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN$15,000
CENTRAL TEXAS YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU$15,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$15,000
GUARDIAN THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP$15,000
CREATIVE WACO$15,000
INSPIRACION INC$15,000
WARRIOR WAY GIVES$10,000
COUNCIL FOR LIFE$10,000
ADVOCACY CENTER$10,000
TRIS SPEAKER YOUTH CLUB$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $138k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $20k → 14%CENTRAL TEXAS YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU: $15k → 14%TOGETHER FOR GOOD: $15k → 16%JAB CARES: $8k → 10%COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $10k → 14%TOGETHER FOR GOOD: $10k → 16%ARC OF MCLENNAN: $30k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 16%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$951k · 16 repeat orgs$442k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
19

Total granted

$951k
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+13%

Still filing today

88%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNBOUND NOW
    4× · 2021–2025 · $175k · revenue +816%
  • CC
    CHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN
    3× · 2021–2023 · $74k · revenue +78%
  • MA
    MENTORING ALLIANCE
    4× · 2021–2025 · $56k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +29%
  • JF
    JMB FISHING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · 79% of their budget
  • TA
    THE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -49%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Childrens Advocacy Center of West Texas Inc

The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.

Crime & Legal
2
Texans Care for Children Inc

Texans Care for Children shapes public policies and brings Texans together to make children a statewide priority. We work so kids can have what they need to be healthy, secure, and thriving and so every Texan can have the best start to…

Crime & Legal
3
Texas Center for Child and Family Studies

To strengthen the lives of children and families.

Human Services
4
Waco Community Development Corporation Dba Grassroots Community Development

To achieve a brighter future for children, neighbors and communities by inspiring and cultivating healthy neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
5
Child and Family Guidance Center of Texoma

The child and family guidance center of texoma exists to strengthen, improve, and empower the lives of hurting texoma children and families through compassionate and restorative mental healthcare.

Health
6
Casa of Williamson County Texas

CASA of Williamson County, TX exists to empower community volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect to find loving, safe, and permanent homes.

Crime & Legal
7
Collaborative for Children

The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.

Human Services
8
Waco Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Collaborative Inc

Start up waco is a texas nonprofit organization formed via collaboration of cross-sector partnerships that aspire to lead waco's entrepreneurial support efforts and elevate waco as a hub for business innovation.

Community Improvement
9
Central Texas Children's Home

To provide family services and to provide residential child care for dependent children where there is a need to assist children and families disrupted by problems.

Human Services
10
Childrens Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County Inc

The children's advocacy center of van zandt county is committed to ensuring quality services and support to those children impacted by abuse while also building a future where no child in van zandt county experiences abuse.

Human Services
11
Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Inc

Children's advocacy centers of texas, inc. (cactx) is the statewide organization for its 70 children's advocacy centers (cac's) across texas. cactx leads efforts, in partnership with investigatory and prosecution agencies, to pursue…

Crime & Legal
12
Texas Children's

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is New Braunfels Youth Collaborative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/39
Grantees still filing
19/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MCLENNAN COUNTY MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthMCLENNAN COUNTY MEDICAL …CHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN: $73,500 · HealthCHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 C…GUARDIAN THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $35,000 · HealthGUARDIAN THERAPEUTIC HOR…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATI…JMB FISHING FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthJMB FISHING FOUNDATION I…Community Cancer Association: $20,000 · HealthCommunity Cancer Associa…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,500 · Health+1 more: $7,500 · HealthUNBOUND NOW: $175,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNBOUND NOWMENTORING ALLIANCE: $55,500 · Youth DevelopmentMENTORING ALLIANCENew Braunfels Youth Collaborative: $51,000 · Youth DevelopmentNew Braunfels Youth Col…GOD IN YOUR GAME: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRIS SPEAKER YOUTH CLUB: $135,000 · Recreation & SportsTRIS SPEAKER YOUTH C…REACH THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $106,000 · Recreation & SportsREACH THERAPEUTIC RI…CANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF M…MEALS ON WHEELS WACO: $30,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHE…COUNCIL FOR LIFE: $30,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR …Together For Good Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesTogether For…CENTRAL TEXAS YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU: $15,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL TEXA…PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIPS…JAB CARES: $7,500 · Human ServicesBACA International Inc: $5,500 · Human ServicesWACO ISD: $25,120 · OtherWACO ISDHEART OF TEXAS REGION MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER: $25,000 · OtherHEART OF TEXAS REG…REAL LIFE REAL MUSIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherREAL LIFE REAL MUS…HEART OF TEXAS CENTER OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE: $18,000 · OtherHEART OF TEXAS CEN…Brazos Education Foundation Inc: $12,000 · OtherBrazos Education F…WACO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $10,000 · OtherST PAULS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherCREATIVE WACO: $30,000 · OtherCREATIVE WACOChildren's Cancer Association: $20,000 · OtherChildren's Cancer …GREATER WACO LEGAL SERVICES: $20,000 · OtherGREATER WACO LEGAL…WACO FOUNDATION: $19,898 · OtherWACO FOUNDATION+2 more: $14,370 · Other+2 moreINSPIRACION INC: $55,000 · EducationINSPIRACI…ADVOCACY CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND CHILDREN: $45,000 · EducationADVOCACY …TRANSFORMATION WACO: $10,000 · EducationTRANSFORM…IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF WACO: $10,000 · EducationIMAGINATI…GREATER WACO COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNEW BRAUNFELS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION INC: $16,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ONESTAR FOUNDATION: $12,471 · Community ImprovementTALITHA KOUM INSTITUTE: $7,500 · Community Improvement
Health$306,500Youth Development$291,500Recreation & Sports$251,000Human Services$158,000Other$224,388Education$120,000Community Improvement$60,971

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNBOUND NOW: $175,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTRIS SPEAKER YOUTH CLUB: $135,000 over 5y, 76% of budgetREACH THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $106,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetMCLENNAN COUNTY MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHEYANNA'S CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN: $73,500 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetMENTORING ALLIANCE: $55,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINSPIRACION INC: $55,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetADVOCACY CENTER FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND CHILDREN: $45,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGUARDIAN THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $35,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJMB FISHING FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetTHE ARC OF MCLENNAN COUNTY: $30,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCREATIVE WACO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WACO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR LIFE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTogether For Good Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetGREATER WACO COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREAL LIFE REAL MUSIC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCommunity Cancer Association: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetGREATER WACO LEGAL SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWACO FOUNDATION: $19,898 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ONESTAR FOUNDATION: $12,471 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrazos Education Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWACO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJAB CARES: $7,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTALITHA KOUM INSTITUTE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCook Children's Health Care System: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $7,370 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACA International Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Cooper FoundationAscension ProvidenceWaco FoundationMargaret Cb & S Spenc…United Way of Waco-Mc…Bernard & Audre Rapop…The Fentress Foundati…Baylor UniversityCommunities Foundatio…Clifton FoundationThe McClane Brown Fam…Hillcrest Baptist Med…
Cooper FoundationTX28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · Ascension Providence · Waco Foundation · Margaret Cb & S Spencer N Brown Foundation Inc · United Way of Waco-McLennan County · Bernard & Audre Rapoport Foundation · The Fentress Foundation · Baylor University · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Clifton Foundation · The McClane Brown Family Foundation · Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bowen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bowen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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