West Virginia · Private foundation
Ethel N Bowen Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $795k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 321
- Grants FY2024
- 295
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 261 to 295
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Ethel N Bowen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 320 | $795k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 295 | $658k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 291 | $686k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 261 | $594k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 267 | $593k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bluefield University | $62,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Westminster at Wade Inc | $23,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Bluefield Union Mission Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| James Madison Innovations | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tender Mercies Ministries of Princeton | $7,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Blue Cove Foundation Co Robert S& | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bluefield University | $62,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Westminster at Wade Inc | $23,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Bluefield Union Mission Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| James Madison Innovations | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tender Mercies Ministries of Princeton | $7,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Junior Golf Tour Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Blue Cove Foundation Co Robert S& | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluefield State University Foundation Inc | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Hinton Area Foundation Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 622 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ethel N 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ethel N Bowen Foundation
- How much does Ethel N Bowen Foundation give?
- Ethel N Bowen Foundation reported 321 grants totaling $794,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 261 and 295 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ethel N Bowen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (86%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Ethel N Bowen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc ($69k), Bluefield University ($63k), Blessings in a Backpack Inc ($38k).
- Does Ethel N Bowen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ethel N Bowen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ethel N Bowen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frank Litz Smoot Charitable Trust, K B Tierney Charitable Foundation Trust, The Stelio and Betty Tracy Corte Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Ethel N Bowen Foundation based?
- Ethel N Bowen Foundation is based in WV.
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