Florida · Private foundation
Gardner Cowles III Charitable 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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $444k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 12 | $35k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $31k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $38k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $42k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $42k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $50k | 12% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Chance Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Bowdoin College | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc | $29,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation | $28,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Bay Street Theatre Festival Inc | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of the Hamptons Ltd | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salisbury School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Chance Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Bowdoin College | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc | $29,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation | $28,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Bay Street Theatre Festival Inc | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of the Hamptons Ltd | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salisbury School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sag Harbor Comm Food Pantry Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 1% |
| John Jermain Memorial Library | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Longhouse Reserve | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Naples Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Scoa Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| AVOW Hospice Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Sag Harbor Fire Department Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gardner Cowles III Charitable 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 Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation
- How much does Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation give?
- Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $34,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (46%), Education (22%), Science & Tech (7%).
- Who are Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fighting Chance Inc ($85k), Bowdoin College ($45k), The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc ($30k).
- Does Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gardner Cowles III Charitable 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 Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jaf Foundation, Yaffa Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation based?
- Gardner Cowles III Charitable Foundation is based in FL.
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