Indiana · Private foundation
Don Cowden Foundation Inc
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.
- $111k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,650
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28M
- 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 Don Cowden Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 19 | $111k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $93k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $58k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $14k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $14k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $542k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $11k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $11k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosier Hills Food Bank Inc | $68,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pantry 279 Inc | $64,995 | 4 | 6% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $25,800 | 6 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Owen Valley Sports Complex Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chalee Gilliland Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Area 10 Council on Aging of Monroe and Owen Counties Inc | $320 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($694k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Don Cowden Foundation Inc
- How much does Don Cowden Foundation Inc give?
- Don Cowden Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $111,341 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Don Cowden Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Food & Nutrition (16%), Education (8%).
- Who are Don Cowden Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hoosier Hills Food Bank Inc ($68k), Pantry 279 Inc ($65k), Indiana University School of Medicine ($26k).
- Does Don Cowden Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Don Cowden 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 Don Cowden Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Don Cowden Foundation Inc based?
- Don Cowden Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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