Kentucky · Private foundation
Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $114k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 5 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $18k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $15k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $13k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pete Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Uniting Partners for Women and Children | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| De Cavel Family Sids Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 30% |
| National Eating Disorders Association | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Care Society Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save the Animals Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pete Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Uniting Partners for Women and Children | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| De Cavel Family Sids Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 30% |
| National Eating Disorders Association | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ted Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Care Society Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save the Animals Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| SheJumps | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Walden School Corporation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brooks and Marilyn Bower 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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good
How this is measured
Compare Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation with peer funders
About Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation
- How much does Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation give?
- Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Animals (19%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Pete Foundation Inc ($13k), Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue ($10k), Uniting Partners for Women and Children ($8k).
- Does Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brooks and Marilyn Bower 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 Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation based?
- Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family Foundation is based in KY.
Play a game based on Brooks and Marilyn Bower Family’s filings →