Michigan · Private foundation
Herbert H and Barbara C Dow 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 29
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
- 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 Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 27 | $1.4M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $1.4M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $1.1M | 12% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $430,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $425,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $417,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc | $410,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Grand Traverse Bay YMCA | $380,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $360,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Traverse City Curling Club Inc | $310,000 | 3 | 61% |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $294,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse Inc | $290,000 | 6 | 17% |
| The Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts | $245,000 | 6 | 16% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The Seabury Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · David C and Ellen R Petrick Foundation · Hillquist Irrevocable Family Foundation Trust · William F and Patricia a Beck Family Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation with peer funders
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About Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation
- How much does Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation give?
- Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $1,456,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Arts & Culture (16%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Munson Healthcare Foundations ($430k), Interlochen Center for the Arts ($425k), Arizona Humane Society ($417k).
- Does Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herbert H and Barbara C Dow 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 Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, The Seabury Foundation, Oleson Foundation.
- Where is Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation based?
- Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation is based in MI.
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