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Bowen Foundation

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.

$862k
Granted FY2025still arriving
54
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$240k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$1.5MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$821kArts & Culture$805kReligion$713kHealth$632kAnimals$453kPublic Benefit$418kOther$0
02FY2025 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k40 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $212k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $549k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION$240,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER OKC$114,750
NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM$84,125
OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC$60,000
BLAZE'S TRIBUTE EQUINE RESCUE$50,000
COMMUNITY OF CONCERNED CHRISTIANS - GENERAL$45,000
SAVING OUR YOUTH$40,000
TEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS$30,000
WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY$30,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$20,000
JESUS HOUSE$15,000
IMPACT OKLAHOMA$11,850
HEARTS FOR HEARING$10,000
DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION$10,000
CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE$9,500
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 (FY17–25, $637k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PEPPERS RANCH FOSTER CARE COMMUNITY: $1k → 12%PEPPERS RANCH: $1k → 12%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $10k → 9%FRIENDS FOR FOLKS: $1k → 13%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $8k → 9%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $8k → 9%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $8k → 9%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $8k → 9%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $4k → 9%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $1k → 9%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 16%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $110k → 16%RED ANDREWS' CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $50k → 16%RED ANDREWS CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $43k → 16%RED ANDREWS CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $20k → 16%RED ANDREWS' CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $20k → 16%RED ANDREWS CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $10k → 16%RED ANDREWS' CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $10k → 16%RED ANDREWS' CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%HEARTS FOR HEARING: $10k → 16%RED ANDREWS CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%THE HUGS PROJECT: $14k → 16%HUGS PROJECT: $7k → 16%THE HUGS PROJECT: $7k → 16%HUGS PROJECT: $7k → 16%HUGS PROJECT: $7k → 16%THE HUGS PROJECT: $7k → 16%FAITHWORKS OF THE INNER CITY: $3k → 16%WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY: $160k → 16%OKLAHOMA CITY BOATHOUSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%FAITHWORKS OF THE INNER CITY: $1k → 16%THE HUGS PROJECT: $14k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
IL
NY
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CO
NE
MO
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 98 repeat orgs$440k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

98 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 55 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
62

Total granted

$7.6M
$366k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+6%

Still filing today

69%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • RT
    REBUILDING TOGETHER OKC INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +23% · 40% of their budget
  • NC
    NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2025 · $661k · revenue +81%
  • OC
    OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $411k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
    one grant, 2024 · $110k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2017 · $70k
  • CO
    COMMUNITY OF CONCERNED CHRISTIANS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $32k
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
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

The State Chamber is a statewide membership organization. Our purpose is to be the unified voice of business and the most effective advocacy organization at the State Capitol.

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2
Downtown Oklahoma City Inc

The organization's mission is to create and champion a vibrant and diverse downtown through placemaking, advocacy, and promotion.

Community Improvement
3
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
4
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
5
Oklahoma Casa Association Inc

To provide a statewide voice for children by enhancing & sustaining the growth of local casa programs which provide trained community volunteers to represent the best interests of abused & neglected children.

Human Services
6
Tulsa Spca

The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.

Animals
7
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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8
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

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9
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
10
Leadership Oklahoma Inc

Leadership oklahoma was organized to create, inspire, and support a dynamic network of leaders whose increased awareness and commitement to service will energize oklahomans to shape oklahoma's future.

Public Benefit
11
Oklahoma Community Service Commission Inc

The mission of the oklahoma community service commission is to engage oklahomans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based service which supports americorps programs in oklahoma communities. services may include assisting with…

Human Services
12
Tulsa Zoo Management Inc

Connecting, caring, advocating for wildlife, people, and wild places.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Oklahoma City Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bugles Across America Nfp. 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

98 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 98 of the 175 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
97/98
Grantees still filing
66/98
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REBUILDING TOGETHER OKC INC: $1,415,500 · OtherREBUILDING TOGETHER OKC INCNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $661,265 · OtherNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUMRINGLING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $302,250 · OtherRINGLING UNITED METHODIST CHURCHHARDING CHARTER PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL: $214,088 · OtherAYUB FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $220,000 · Other+122 more: $1,737,187 · Other+122 moreWINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC: $560,000 · Human ServicesWINGS SPECIAL NE…Hearts for Hearing Foundation: $272,500 · Human ServicesHearts for Heari…IMPACT OKLAHOMA INC: $74,150 · Human ServicesIMPACT OKLAHOMA …THE HUGS PROJECT INCORPORATED: $63,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUGS PROJECT…The Center of Family Love: $46,500 · Human Services+12 more: $129,750 · Human Services+12 moreUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $671,760 · EducationUNIVERSITY…+10 more: $99,800 · Education+10 moreBLAZE'S TRIBUTE EQUINE RESCUE INC: $415,000 · Animals+6 more: $29,000 · AnimalsOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $410,500 · Public Safety & DisasterNo Boundaries International Inc: $29,800 · Public Safety & DisasterTEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC: $240,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $10,945 · PhilanthropyREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $231,250 · Food & NutritionDINNER WITH LOVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $250 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,750,290Human Services$1,145,900Education$771,560Animals$444,000Public Safety & Disaster$440,300Philanthropy$250,945Food & Nutrition$241,500

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 budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER OKC INC: $1,415,500 over 8y, 40% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $671,760 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $661,265 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC: $560,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetBLAZE'S TRIBUTE EQUINE RESCUE INC: $415,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC: $410,500 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetHearts for Hearing Foundation: $272,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC: $240,000 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $231,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $139,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $134,440 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetIMPACT OKLAHOMA INC: $74,150 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA PROJECT WOMAN INC: $69,880 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetHEARTLINE INC: $68,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HUGS PROJECT INCORPORATED: $63,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC: $53,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center of Family Love: $46,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNo Boundaries International Inc: $29,800 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $28,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $21,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GENESIS PROJECT: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRED ANDREWS CHRISTMAS DINNER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetVariety Care Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY LITERACY CENTERS INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHARDING CHARTER PREPARATORY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts Western Oklahoma Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJesus House Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAYFLOWER MEDICAL OUTREACH INC: $14,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetMISSION OKC OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTRY INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFaithworks of the Inner City Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA CATTLEMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDINNER WITH LOVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetRIVERSPORT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISED LAND BIBLE INSTITUTE: $9,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART INC FKA OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM: $8,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER OKLAHOMA CITY ALUMNAE PANHELLENIC FOUNDATION INC: $8,095 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTURTLE CREEK ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLEADERSHIP OKLAHOMA CITY INC: $7,000 over 6y, 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.

  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER OKC INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLAZE'S TRIBUTE EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hearts for Hearing Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds FIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds GOLF FORE AFRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA PROJECT WOMAN INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLINE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUGS PROJECT INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED ARTS OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Center of Family Love ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds No Boundaries International Inc ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Inasmuch FoundationAmerican Fidelity Fou…El and Thelma Gaylord…Oklahoma City Communi…Communities Foundatio…Cresap Family Foundat…Harris Foundation IncSarkeys FoundationFred Jones Family Fou…The Merrick FoundationKirkpatrick Foundatio…Rainbolt Family Found…
Inasmuch FoundationOK84.8× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Inasmuch Foundation · American Fidelity Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Cresap Family Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · Sarkeys Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · The Merrick Foundation · Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Rainbolt Family Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 450%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Oklahoma Public School Resource Center: 67% of income from government
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: 31% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • Remerge Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
45get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 175 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-PF 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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