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James S Bower Foundation at a glance

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James S Bower Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
60
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$6.9MEducation$6.8MEnvironment$2.8MCrime & Legal$1.9MYouth Development$1.7MHuman Services$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.2MHousing & Shelter$560kOther$0
02FY2024 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $799k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $690k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$89M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC$400,000
CARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT$290,000
HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC$222,500
LEAP LEARN ENGAGE ADVOCATE PARTNER$175,000
CHILD ABUSE LISTENING MEDIATION INC$150,000
UNITE TO LIGHT$150,000
SANTA BARBARA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$112,000
CENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAI$100,000
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUN$80,000
FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC$80,000
SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION$80,000
NATURAL CAPITALISM SOLUTIONS$60,000
LEGACY PHILANTHROPY WORKS$55,000
DIGNITYMOVES$50,000
NEW VENTURE FUND$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $944k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 17%MINDFUL HEART PROGRAMS: $30k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $25k → 14%MINDFUL HEART PROGRAMS: $25k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $15k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $10k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $10k → 14%THE OAKS PARENT-CHILD WORKSHOP: $5k → 14%THE OAKS PARENT-CHILD WORKSHOP: $5k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $5k → 14%CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA: $3k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN CARING: $10k → 14%CHILDREN FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $75k → 14%CHILDREN FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $75k → 14%CHILDREN FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $63k → 14%CHILDREN FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $30k → 14%CHILDREN FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $20k → 14%CHILDREN FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $3k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $75k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $65k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $60k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $35k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $35k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $25k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $20k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $15k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARB: $15k → 14%ANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $10k → 14%NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER: $10k → 14%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS: $10k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%THE DALMATIAN DREAMS FOUNDATION DBA: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%GUADALUPE KIDS COME FIRST FOUNDATIO: $25k → 14%FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER: $5k → 14%DREAM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%GUADALUPE KIDS COME FIRST FOUNDATIO: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
IN
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
LA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 80 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

80 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
45

Total granted

$23M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+50%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $575k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +90% · 27% of their budget
  • SB
    Santa Barbara Education Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +57%
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • VN
    VISITING NURSE HOSPICE CARE OF SANT
    one grant, 2017 · $210k
  • CF
    Climate Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $125k · revenue +50%
  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +226%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
2
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
3
Santa Barbara County Trails Council

Our mission is to protect public trail access build and maintain safe and sustainable trails and promote public engagement in land stewardship and trail use for all types of outdoor recreation.

Recreation & Sports
4
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County

To conserve natural resources, agricultural land and open spaces for present and future generations.

Environment
5
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation

It is the mission of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation to solicit, receive, invest, maintain and distribute funds for the support of charitable, scientific, and educational activities of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Health
6
Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County Inc

Cac serves santa barbara county's vulnerable populations through education and coordinated services so they may achieve economic stability, improve overall well-being and thrive.

Human Services
7
Santa Cruz Local Inc

Independent nonpartisan newsroom serving Santa Cruz County, California we are all watching and engaged in our local government, our needs are addressed, democracy works better and our community is stronger.

—
8
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
9
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
10
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc

The organization was established to protect and restore the santa barbara channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, field work, community engagement, and citizen enforcement of environmental laws.

Environment
11
California Budget & Policy Center

The budget center provides dependable, timely, policy guidance and public education through our independent research and analysis, public education, strategic collaborations, and communications to expand economic opportunities and promote…

Education
12
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is A T Still University of Health Sciences. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

105 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. 105 of the 142 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
101/105
Grantees still filing
72/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUN: $1,922,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $1,585,972 · OtherHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INCVISITING NURSE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDAT: $752,910 · OtherVISITING NURSE HOSPICE CARE FOUNDATUNITED WAY OF SB COUNTY INC: $430,000 · OtherSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $365,000 · OtherFuture Leaders of America: $395,000 · OtherJust Communities Central Coast: $425,000 · Other+70 more: $3,771,500 · Other+70 moreCARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $2,400,000 · EducationCARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECTSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $1,648,000 · EducationSanta Barbara Education Foundat…UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $825,500 · EducationUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATIONIsla Vista Youth Projects Inc dba LEAP LearnEngageAdvocatePartner: $776,750 · EducationIsla Vista Youth Projects Inc d…GOLETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $526,000 · EducationGOLETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION+14 more: $746,605 · Education+14 moreCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $1,510,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY E…GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY: $230,000 · EnvironmentGAVIOTA COA…WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $200,000 · EnvironmentWHITE BUFFA…Natural Capitalism Solutions Inc: $145,000 · EnvironmentNatural Cap…Leading from Within: $107,500 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 · EnvironmentLEGACY PHILANTHROPY WORKS: $90,000 · Environment+5 more: $185,000 · Environment+5 moreSANSUM CLINIC: $510,000 · HealthSANSUM CL…SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $471,500 · HealthSANTA BAR…SARAH HOUSE OF SANTA BARBARA: $325,000 · HealthSARAH HOU…Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $135,000 · HealthSanctuary…Sansum Diabetes Research Institute: $125,000 · HealthSansum Di…COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $100,000 · HealthAHA ATTITUDE HARMONY ACHIEVEMENT: $85,000 · HealthSAVIE HEALTH: $75,000 · Health+6 more: $205,000 · Health+6 moreCALM INC: $1,568,500 · Crime & LegalENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $175,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $440,000 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $255,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $310,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN AND FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $265,500 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $70,000 · Human ServicesMINDFUL HEART PROGRAMS: $55,000 · Human ServicesWORKMONEY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesGuadalupe Kids Come First Foundation: $50,000 · Human ServicesANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA: $50,000 · Human ServicesDALMATIAN DREAMS DBA DREAM FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Human Services+5 more: $48,000 · Human Services
Other$9,647,382Education$6,922,855Environment$2,567,500Health$2,031,500Crime & Legal$1,753,500Philanthropy$1,025,000Human Services$943,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT: $2,400,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $1,648,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetHOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $1,585,972 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetCALM INC: $1,568,500 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $1,510,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $825,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetIsla Vista Youth Projects Inc dba LEAP LearnEngageAdvocatePartner: $776,750 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetGOLETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $526,000 over 5y, 66% of budgetSANSUM CLINIC: $510,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $471,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $440,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJust Communities Central Coast: $425,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetFuture Leaders of America: $395,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $365,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetSARAH HOUSE OF SANTA BARBARA: $325,000 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $310,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC: $300,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES: $265,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $255,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $250,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY: $230,000 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetDIGNITYMOVES: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $200,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE: $195,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $190,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $175,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetUNITE TO LIGHT INC: $150,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetNatural Capitalism Solutions Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetSanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $135,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $130,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetSansum Diabetes Research Institute: $125,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetClimate Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGATEWAY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES: $116,400 over 5y, 15% of budgetFREEDOM 4 YOUTH: $115,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetLeading from Within: $107,500 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS: $100,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $99,205 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY PHILANTHROPY WORKS: $90,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAHA ATTITUDE HARMONY ACHIEVEMENT: $85,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetSAVIE HEALTH: $75,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $70,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESPONSE NETWORK: $60,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetENDOWMENT FOR YOUTH COMMITTEE: $57,500 over 2y, 43% of budget
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 CARPINTERIA CHILDREN'S PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds CALM INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Isla Vista Youth Projects Inc dba LEAP LearnEngageAdvocatePartner ↗
  • Who funds GOLETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANSUM CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Just Communities Central Coast ↗
  • Who funds Future Leaders of America ↗
  • Who funds STORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SARAH HOUSE OF SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN AND FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds DIGNITYMOVES ↗
  • Who funds WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds TRANSITION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Wilderness Youth Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITE TO LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds Natural Capitalism Solutions Inc ↗
  • Who funds Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc ↗
  • Who funds VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA ↗
  • Who funds Sansum Diabetes Research Institute ↗

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Williams-Corbett Foun…Towbes FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…The McCune FoundationThe Wood-Claeyssens F…June G Outhwaite Char…Latkin Charitable Fou…Fund for Santa Barbar…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Mosher Foundation
Santa Barbara FoundationCA134.4× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Towbes Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The McCune Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · Latkin Charitable Foundation · Fund for Santa Barbara Inc · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Mosher Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization James S Bower Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James S Bower Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 55%
  • Community Solutions Inc: 55% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to James S Bower Foundation?

Find your warmest path to James S Bower Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 142 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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