Washington · Private foundation
Harriet Cheney Cowles 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.
- $570k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750k 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 | 5 | $320k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $751k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $450k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $470k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane Valley Hub | $750,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Whitworth University | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington State University Foundation | $451,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Spokane Symphony and Fox Theater Endowment Fund | $400,000 | 2 | 34% |
| Maddie's Place | $250,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Inland Northwest Land Trust | $123,400 | 4 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County | $120,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Carl Maxey Center | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · The Avista Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Bergquist Foundation Attn Eric Sachtjen · Women Helping Women Fund · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Seattle Foundation · The Is & Emily Fetterman Foundation · Pierce Charitable Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Numerica Credit Union · Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation
How this is measured
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About Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation
- How much does Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation give?
- Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $570,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Spokane Valley Hub ($750k), Whitworth University ($500k), Washington State University Foundation ($451k).
- Does Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harriet Cheney Cowles 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 Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Innovia Foundation, The Avista Foundation, M J Murdock Charitable Trust.
- Where is Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation based?
- Harriet Cheney Cowles Foundation is based in WA.
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