Texas · Private foundation
Bowers 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.
- $145k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Bowers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 9 | $145k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $180k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $182k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $221k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $240k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $144k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $126k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $176k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $352,500 | 5 | 0% |
| West University Baptist Church | $105,000 | 5 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $97,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $61,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Agape Development Ministries | $59,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $40,300 | 8 | 1% |
| Casa El Buen Samaritano | $40,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Avondale House Inc | $26,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Bishop Cemetery Association | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| La Roca Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $352,500 | 5 | 0% |
| West University Baptist Church | $105,000 | 5 | n/a |
| William Marsh Rice University | $97,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Memorial Hermann Foundation | $61,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Agape Development Ministries | $59,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation | $40,300 | 8 | 1% |
| Casa El Buen Samaritano | $40,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Avondale House Inc | $26,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Bishop Cemetery Association | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| La Roca Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Group 1 Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vail Christian High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Khan Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($591k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bowers 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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bowers Foundation
- How much does Bowers Foundation give?
- Bowers Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $145,460 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bowers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Health (31%), Education (21%).
- Who are Bowers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Methodist Hospital Foundation ($353k), West University Baptist Church ($105k), William Marsh Rice University ($97k).
- Does Bowers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bowers 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 Bowers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Bowers Foundation based?
- Bowers Foundation is based in TX.
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