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Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc

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.

$451k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 47
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsHealthEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving15$451k33%
FY202317$339k47%
FY202216$263k69%
FY20218$431k50%
FY202012$414k33%
FY201919$401k53%
FY201845$172k49%
FY201747$218kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$1.0MArts & Culture$545kEducation$373kHealth$269kCivil Rights$116kAnimals$76kYouth Development$61kRecreation & Sports$41kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
AZ
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 71 grantees
All grantees of Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Turning Point USA Inc$710,00061%
Project Veritas$350,00051%
Prager University Foundation$150,00030%
Citizens for Self-Governance$110,00023%
San Francisco Opera Association$100,00020%
The Maven Project$60,00051%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$52,00030%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Marin Academy$33,50040%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$33,00020%
Judicial Watch Inc$32,60040%
San Francisco Zoological Society$31,00030%
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$26,00030%
Connecticut College$25,00010%
Northwestern University$25,00010%
Freedomworks Inc$25,00010%
The Arc San Francisco$20,00010%
Portland Art Museum$20,00020%
University of Oregon Foundation$20,00010%
Miss Hall's School Inc$18,00030%
Jack McGovern Coats Disease Foundation$16,50035%
San Francisco Friends School$11,50020%
The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc$11,20020%
St Helena Hospital Foundation$11,00020%
Wender Weis Foundation for Children$10,25040%
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women$10,00010%
Riverbend Christian School Inc$10,0001n/a
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership$10,00020%
Americans for Oxford Inc$10,00010%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California$10,0001n/a
All Stars Helping Kids Inc$9,50011%
The Hamlin School$9,00020%
Griot Arts Inc$5,00011%
American Innings Inc$5,0001n/a
Town School for Boys$5,00020%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Ethel Walker School Inc$5,00010%
National Review Institute$5,00010%
Shanti Project$5,00010%
Aha Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Groton School$3,94320%
Giants Community Fund$3,50020%
Holy Innocents Episcopal School Inc$3,5001n/a
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$3,20020%
Pacific Horticulture Society$2,50011%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$2,50010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,50010%
About-Face Media Literacy Inc$2,00011%
Project Night Night$2,00020%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$2,00020%
Hamilton Families$2,00020%
By the Bay Health$2,00010%
Georgia Aquarium Inc & Subsidiary$1,80020%
Advocates for Children of New York$1,50020%
American Legislative Exchange Council$1,0001n/a
Ocean Conservancy$1,00010%
St Helena Volunteer Fire Department$1,0001n/a
St Helena Hospital$1,00010%
Tipping Point Community$1,00010%
Heritage Action for America$1,00010%
Glide Foundation$1,0001n/a
San Francisco Opera Guild at the War Memorial Opera House$1,00010%
Episcopal Impact Fund FKA Episcopal Charities$1,00010%
California Fire Foundation$1,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco$1,00020%
Bridge Live Arts Prev Hope Mohr Dance$1,00020%
Camp Billings$50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc$50010%
National Legal and Policy Center$50010%
Enterprise for Youth$5001n/a
St Bernard's School Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($578k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $710,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetProject Veritas: $350,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens for Self-Governance: $110,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Maven Project: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $52,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMarin Academy: $33,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $32,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Zoological Society: $31,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $26,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetConnecticut College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Arc San Francisco: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Oregon Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiss Hall's School Inc: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJack McGovern Coats Disease Foundation: $16,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetSan Francisco Friends School: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc: $11,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWender Weis Foundation for Children: $10,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetClare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Stars Helping Kids Inc: $9,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Hamlin School: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGriot Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTown School for Boys: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEthel Walker School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Review Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShanti Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAha Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGroton School: $3,943 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGiants Community Fund: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Community Food Bank Inc: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Horticulture Society: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAbout-Face Media Literacy Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetProject Night Night: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHamilton Families: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBy the Bay Health: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 63.

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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.

The San Francisco FoundationCA27.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation · Swig Foundation · Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund · United Way of the Bay Area · McNabb Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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.

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About Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc

How much does Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc give?
Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $451,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (37%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (14%).
Who are Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Turning Point USA Inc ($710k), Project Veritas ($350k), Prager University Foundation ($150k).
Does Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc 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 Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc based?
Deborah J & Peter a Magowan Foundation Inc is based in CA.

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 114 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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