Texas · Private foundation
James and Elizabeth Sowell 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $377,320
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $643,744
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $886k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $2.4M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.9M | 60% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $565k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $565k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $565k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1.1M | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $565k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citysquare | $5,258,864 | 8 | 6% |
| Eye Corps Inc | $1,600,000 | 4 | 76% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $1,177,320 | 3 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Texas Matador Club Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Masters Tournament Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jason Ritchie Memorial Hockey Scholarship Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
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About James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation
- How much does James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation give?
- James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,556,064 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Health (29%), Education (13%).
- Who are James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Citysquare ($5.3M), Eye Corps Inc ($1.6M), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($1.2M).
- Does James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Elizabeth Sowell 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.
- Where is James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation based?
- James and Elizabeth Sowell Foundation is based in TX.
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