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Bowsher the Booher Foundation at a glance

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Bowsher the Booher Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$276kEducation$99kYouth Development$91kArts & Culture$59kHealth$52kPhilanthropy$39kHousing & Shelter$12k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $72k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA CASA DE AMISTAD INC$15,000
MICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION$15,000
LOGAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC$12,000
ST JOSEPH CNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN$10,000
ROBINSON COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER$10,000
FAMILY CHILDRENS CENTER$8,000
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 (FY19–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SCAN INC: $5k → 12%REAL SERVICES INC: $13k → 13%REAL SERVICES INC: $8k → 13%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY: $10k → 13%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY: $10k → 13%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$490k · 15 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$490k
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+1%

Still filing today

67%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • LC
    LA CASA DE AMISTAD INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $109k · revenue +471%
  • LC
    Logan Community Resources Inc
    4× · 2018–2025 · $47k · revenue +64%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $39k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2022 · $28k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
2
Lifesteps Inc

Helping individuals and families with life's changing needs by providing programs and services which will improve their quality of life.

Education
3
Youth Service Bureau of Jay County Inc

Assist at-risk children, youth and families in acheiving their greatest potential.

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4
Lake County Crisis Center

A safe place is the leading advocate for eliminating domestic violence & human trafficking in northern illinois.

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5
Cardinal Services Inc of Indiana

The mission of cardinal services, inc. of indiana is to assist and advocate for people with disabilities and challenges to live lives full of dignity, growth, and opportunity.

Education
6
Nexus-Path Family Healing

Strengthening lives, families, and communities through our cornerstone values.

Human Services
7
Ywca Northeast Indiana Inc

Ywca northeast indiana actively empowers individuals and communities through advocacy, education, and support services, ensuring dignity for all.

Human Services
8
Boys and Girls Village Inc

Boys and girls village serves children and families in at-risk situations by strengthening their ability to succeed in life.

Human Services
9
Matrix Human Services

Inspired by its heritage since 1906, matrix human services advocates for and services the most vulnerable in the metropolitan detroit community and empowers individiuals and families to enhance the quality of their lives and achieve self…

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10
Preferred Behavioral Health of Nj Inc

To deliver quality and compassionate behavioral health services to individuals and families all the time through a trauma informed care philosophy and approach.

Health
11
Crisis Center Inc

Listening ear crisis center in mt. pleasant, michigan, empowers individuals and families across mid and northern michigan by providing quality services and safe, affordable housing. with a history of serving over 30,000 people annually,…

Human Services
12
Neighborhood House

Since 1897, when the women of mount zion temple created a safe haven for jewish refugees fleeing persecution in russia, neighborhood house has been a stronghold in the st. paul community, helping all people in need. a welcoming presence…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of St Joseph County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bright Beginnings Family Childcare Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $108,700 · OtherLA CASA DE AMISTAD INCROBINSON COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $50,000 · OtherROBINSON COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERLogan Community Resources Inc: $46,500 · OtherLogan Community Resources IncTHE SALVATION ARMY-KROC CENTER OF SOUTH: $43,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY-KROC CENTER OF SOUTHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $28,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYFAMILY CHILDRENS CENTER: $23,000 · OtherFAMILY CHILDRENS CENTERFAMILY & CHILDRENS CENTER COUNSELING: $23,000 · OtherFAMILY & CHILDRENS CENTER COUNSELINGBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $67,515 · Other+8 moreTHE VILLAGE A COMMUNITY MUSICAL ART ALLIANCE INC: $29,000 · EducationTHE VILLAGE A …University of Notre Dame du Lac: $28,785 · EducationUniversity of …GOOD SHEPHERD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationGOOD SHEPHERD …BRIGHT BEGINNINGS FAMILY CHILDCARE INC: $10,000 · EducationBRIGHT BEGINNI…YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesREAL SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $38,500 · PhilanthropyJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $21,000 · InternationalMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $20,000 · Youth Development
Other$404,715Education$77,785Human Services$45,000Philanthropy$38,500International$21,000Arts & Culture$20,000Youth Development$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $108,700 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $46,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $38,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE VILLAGE A COMMUNITY MUSICAL ART ALLIANCE INC: $29,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $28,785 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREAL SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $12,340 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS FAMILY CHILDCARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Muessel Ellison Mem I…Carroll F V Char Tr-M…Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd …Community Foundation …University of Notre D…Klockow Harvey R and …Asante Foundation IncThe Pokagon Fund Inc1st Source Bank Found…Fields Foundation Irr…United Way of St Jose…Judd Leighton Foundat…
Muessel Ellison Mem Irr TuaMO28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Muessel Ellison Mem Irr Tua · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd Irr Tua · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Klockow Harvey R and Doris Fdn · Asante Foundation Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Fields Foundation Irr Tua · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 27 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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