· Private foundation
Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $355k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAUQUIER SPCA | $50,000 |
| THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $44,000 |
| ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $44,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $42,000 |
| RESERVA THE YOUTH LAND TRUST | $34,000 |
| WARRENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | $32,000 |
| FOOTHILLS HOUSING CORPORATION | $30,000 |
| FAUQUIER FAMILY SHELTER SERVICES INC | $25,000 |
| CATLETT VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE | $18,000 |
| THE HILL SCHOOL | $14,000 |
| FAUQUIER FISH | $12,000 |
| ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $10,000 |
| FINLEYS GREEN LEAP FORWARD | $10,000 |
| HIGHLAND SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| THE CLIFTON INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FSFAUQUIER SPCA INC8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +95%
- RTRESERVA THE YOUTH LAND TRUST INC4× · 2021–2024 · $37k · revenue +36%
- FFFAUQUIER FAMILY SHELTER SERVICES8× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- WAWARRENTON ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +48%
- HSHospice Support of Fauquier County Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +55%
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.
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.
We are focused on, and a resource for, the business, government and community interests of local businesses in and around fauquier county, virginia.
To fight hunger in fauquier county by providing our neighbors in need with nourishing food and encouraging self-sufficiency through vibrant community partnerships
Our mission is to provide an accessible, safe, and nurturing environment in which school-aged children learn, grow, and play to promote the development of the whole child.
The free clinic offers quality medical, dental and mental health care to residents of fauquier and rappahannock counties who lack appropriate alternatives for these services.
The organization seeks to reduce poverty, revitalize low income communities and empower low income individuals and families to become self-sufficient.
Promoting for the benefit of the general public, the preservation, protection and enjoyment of our natural resources, principally in the lower james, york, rappahannock and chowan rivers and surrounding watersheds.
Each year, nearly 5,000 pets come to the fairfax county animal shelter. friends of the fairfax county animal shelter (friends) funds medical/dental treatment, parasite prevention, spay/neuter procedures and behavioral training beyond what…
The mission of clean fairfax is to encourage environmental stewardship and urban sustainability in fairfax county, virginia through education, programming and community involvement. clean fairfax works on litter prevention efforts,…
To advance agriculture and agriculture-related education through best-method demonstrations, classroom instruction, on-farm workshops, and hands-on learning. the farm supports the community by contributing all of its agricultural products…
Franklin County Humane Society dba Franklin County Animal Rescue (FCAR)promotes the health, welfare, and humane treatment of animal in Northwestern Vermont and provides temporary shelter for them with the goal of finding them good,…
To foster the historical and genealogical heritage of fauquier county, virginia.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FAUQUIER SPCA INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RESERVA THE YOUTH LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds FAUQUIER FAMILY SHELTER SERVICES ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILLS HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG ↗
- Who funds HIGHLAND SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT REGIONAL ORCHESTRA DBA PIEDMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds FAUQUIER FISH ↗
- Who funds FINLEYS GREEN LEAP FORWARD ↗
- Who funds THE CLIFTON INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FAUQUIER INC ↗
- Who funds WARRENTON ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Hospice Support of Fauquier County Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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