Virginia · Private foundation
Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $413k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Margaret Spilman Bowden 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; $0 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 | 17 | $369k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $15k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $21k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $21k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $21k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $20k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $17k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fauquier Spca Inc | $64,833 | 8 | 2% |
| Reserva the Youth Land Trust Inc | $36,750 | 4 | 24% |
| Fauquier Family Shelter Services | $35,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Foothills Housing Corporation | $33,700 | 3 | 1% |
| The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Highland School Inc | $24,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Piedmont Regional Orchestra Dba Piedmont Symphony Orchestra | $16,333 | 8 | 5% |
| Mental Health Association of Fauquier County Inc | $15,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Fauquier Fish | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Finleys Green Leap Forward | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fauquier Spca Inc | $64,833 | 8 | 2% |
| Reserva the Youth Land Trust Inc | $36,750 | 4 | 24% |
| Fauquier Family Shelter Services | $35,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Foothills Housing Corporation | $33,700 | 3 | 1% |
| The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Highland School Inc | $24,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Piedmont Regional Orchestra Dba Piedmont Symphony Orchestra | $16,333 | 8 | 5% |
| Mental Health Association of Fauquier County Inc | $15,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Fauquier Fish | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Finleys Green Leap Forward | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Clifton Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Boys and Girls Club of Fauquier Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Warrenton Antiquarian Society | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hospice Support of Fauquier County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($208k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Wise Foundation · William a Hazel Family Foundation · Fhi Services · Amory S Carhart Memorial Fund · Blue Ridge Community Foundation · The Bank of Clarke County Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation
- How much does Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation give?
- Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $413,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fauquier Spca Inc ($65k), Reserva the Youth Land Trust Inc ($37k), Fauquier Family Shelter Services ($35k).
- Does Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northern Piedmont Community Foundation, Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation, The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation Inc.
- Where is Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation based?
- Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation is based in VA.
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