· Private foundation
Gerry and Bill Cowlin Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $282k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAMILY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP CLINIC | $40,000 |
| GREATER FAMILY HEALTH | $35,000 |
| GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA, INC. | $35,000 |
| MCHENRY COUNTY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF EASTERN MICHIGAN | $30,000 |
| COALITION ON TEMPORARY SHELTER | $25,000 |
| KINLEY CHARITY CARE FUND | $20,000 |
| MCHENRY COUNTY ADULT PROGRAM | $20,000 |
| BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $17,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OF MCHENRY COUNTY | $15,000 |
| FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE (FARA) | $15,000 |
| HOME OF THE SPARROW | $8,000 |
| GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $7,000 |
| FISH OF MCHENRY FOOD PANTRY | $5,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS HELPING HANDS FOOD PANTRY | $5,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $323k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFISH OF MCHENRY FOOD PANTRY2× · 2023–2024 · $35k
- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS HELPING HANDS FOOD PANTRY2× · 2023–2024 · $15k
- CCCRC COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER2× · 2023–2024 · $11k
Funded once
- TATSC ALLIANCEone grant, 2023 · $350k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $333k
- PCPIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICESone grant, 2023 · $70k
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.
Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."
With the support of our community, we provide over 90 million meals annually through our network of over 900 member food pantries and programs across thirteen counties, currently reaching over a half million individuals each month with…
The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.
Provide quality, accessible, and valuable health care services via a hospital, home health agency, and clinic to the surrounding rural community.
Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.
To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.
Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition's Guaranteed Green Sustainability Education Program educates foodservice operators about assessing the present state of their operation's environmental sustainability and helps them to develop a plan to…
Our mission is to advance change in America by ensuring equitable access to nutritious food for all in partnership with partner food banks, policymakers, supporters, and the communities we serve.
Food Works is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a sustainable food economy in Southern Illinois. Through farmer training and consumer education, Food Works promotes long-term farming networks that create healthy soils,…
Green city market is securing the future of food by deepening support for sustainable farmers, educating our community, and expanding access to locally-grown food.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 55 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 Family Health Partnership Clinic ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER FAMILY HEALTH ↗
- Who funds McHenry County Conservation Foundation ↗
- Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
- Who funds COTS ↗
- Who funds MCHENRY COUNTY ADULT PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OF McHENRY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Home of the Sparrow Inc ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds LINK Unlimited Scholars ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for McHenry County · Foglia Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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