Indiana · Private foundation
Bowen Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $472k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $260,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Bowen Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $472k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $281k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $330k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $427k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $417k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $296k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $229k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $214k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $649,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $592,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | $533,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Marian University | $127,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Martin University | $40,368 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Indianapolis | $31,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Matthews Free Medical Clinic | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $25,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Goodwill Legacy Group Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The People Helping People Network Inc | $16,500 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 59 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($695k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bowen Family Foundation Inc 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: Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Strada Education Foundation Inc · The Palmer Family Foundation · Eli Lilly and Company Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Bowen Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Bowen Family Foundation Inc give?
- Bowen Family Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $471,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bowen Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (89%), Health (3%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Bowen Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indiana University Foundation ($649k), Trustees of Purdue University ($592k), Ivy Tech Foundation Inc ($533k).
- Does Bowen Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bowen Family Foundation Inc 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 Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bowen Family Foundation Inc based?
- Bowen Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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