California · Private foundation
Bowman Family Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $349k
- Granted FY2018
- 16
- Grants FY2018
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $15,200
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $88,163
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 3
- Total assets, FY2018
- $269k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 43% of the organizations Bowman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 14 | $332k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $305k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Symphony | $92,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodside School Foundation | $73,290 | 2 | 2% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Grand Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lehigh University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Redwood City 330 Squad Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Child and Family Research and Training Institute | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wender Weis Foundation for Children | $14,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Safe & Sound | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Symphony | $92,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodside School Foundation | $73,290 | 2 | 2% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Grand Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lehigh University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Redwood City 330 Squad Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Child and Family Research and Training Institute | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wender Weis Foundation for Children | $14,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Safe & Sound | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation | $3,751 | 2 | 0% |
| Conservation Ambassadors Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($273k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bowman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Bowman Family Foundation
- How much does Bowman Family Foundation give?
- Bowman Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $349,461 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Bowman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Public Benefit (30%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are Bowman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: San Francisco Symphony ($92k), Woodside School Foundation ($73k), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ($43k).
- Does Bowman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bowman Family 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 Bowman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Bowman Family Foundation based?
- Bowman Family Foundation is based in CA.
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