· Private foundation
Dowdle Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Dowdle Foundation’s FY2019 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2019 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Dowdle Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $101k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k13 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE WATCHMAN INTERNATIONAL | $50,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $10,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| TEEN CHALLENGE OF MISSISSIPPI | $5,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN | $5,000 |
| THE GOOD SAMARITAN MED CENTER OF COLUMBUS | $5,000 |
| YMCA | $5,000 |
| LAST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK | $5,000 |
| MS ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| THE DWELLING PLACE | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| CAMP RISING SUN | $1,000 |
| COLUMBUS-LOWNDES HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 46% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +145%- TLTHE LAST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK INC2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +151%
- CHCOLUMBUS-LOWNDES HUMANE SOCIETY3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +72%
Funded once
- TWTHE WATCHMAN INTERNATIONAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +86%
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.
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.
Christ centered residential ministry primarily helping african american men overcome their life controlling addictions so they can successfully re enter society as productive citizens
The remnant house, located in lee county, mississippi provides men and women with a faith-based christian transitional living home and recovery program. our christ-centered one year transitional living recovery program allows an individual…
Ministry that turns men from addiction to Jesus Christ by daily engaging them in spiritual, physical and financial guidance and goals
Pilgrim ministries is a discipleship ministry who specializes in helping men break the addiction of drugs and alcohol through a relationship with the lord jesus christ. we provide the residential and the after care phases of the ministry…
Rescue in israel exists as ohel avraham (abrahams tent) in israel ohel avraham carries out the day to day work, working with the homeless on the streets of tel aviv. ohel avraham is a registered not for profit organization in israel. ohel…
The midnight mission seeks to offer a bridge to self sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through interim shelter, advocacy, education, training and job placement, make available the necessities of life, offer the 12-step…
Christ-centered ministry that exists to house, educate, and disciple young men coming out of incarceration. provide training and modified behavior guidance for recruited residents.
To minister to the needs of individuals that have addictions and to assist in the rehabiliation process by establishing faith based support.
To establish facilities for 24-hour churches which provide support and encouragement, short-term shelter, food, clothing, spiritual teachings, life skills, and vo-tech training to the down and out, hurting, and addicted.
Adult & teen challenge exists to evangelize and disciple teens and adults, trapped in addiction, through the gospel of jesus christ. as the most successful, residential, long term restoration ministry in the world, adult & teen challenge…
Addiction recovery literature
Provide a safe residential addiction recovery center for men who seek an alternative to addictive behaviors and destructive life choices.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds THE WATCHMAN INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Teen Challenge of Mississippi Inc ↗
- Who funds PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE LAST HOUSE ON THE BLOCK INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS-LOWNDES HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP RISING SUN INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dowdle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dowdle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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