Michigan · Private foundation
Dan and Sherry 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.
- $3.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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 | 24 | $3.8M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $2.7M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $1000k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.3M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.1M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $1.2M | 75% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $1.0M | 50% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $1,122,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Our Shepherds Our Future | $750,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Aquinas College | $275,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand Action Foundation 20 | $166,666 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope College | $165,000 | 5 | 0% |
| One World Surgery | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Beer City Dog Biscuits | $40,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $1,122,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Our Shepherds Our Future | $750,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Aquinas College | $275,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand Action Foundation 20 | $166,666 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope College | $165,000 | 5 | 0% |
| One World Surgery | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Beer City Dog Biscuits | $40,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Artists Creating Together | $40,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Brown-Hutcherson Ministries | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Healing Center | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sisters of the Order of St Dominic of Grand Rapids | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities West Michigan | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Franciscan Renewal Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Growth Project | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Van Andel Institute | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Early Discovery Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Blodgett | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dan and Sherry Bowen 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · Jmj Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Wolverine World Wide Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Paradise Foundation · The Meijer Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation
- How much does Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation give?
- Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $3,759,665 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (53%), Education (38%), International (5%).
- Who are Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan State University ($1.1M), Our Shepherds Our Future ($750k), Aquinas College ($275k).
- Does Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dan and Sherry Bowen 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 Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Frey Foundation.
- Where is Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation based?
- Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation is based in MI.
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