Kentucky · Private foundation
Snowy Owl Foundation Inc
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.
- $404k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 93
- Grants FY2024
- 94
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 94
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Snowy Owl Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k 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 | 92 | $399k | 51% |
| FY2023 | 94 | $329k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 82 | $338k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 82 | $358k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $254k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 51 | $230k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $225k | 77% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $168k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $50,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc | $36,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alice Lloyd College | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Berea College | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Josephine Sculpture Park Inc | $29,500 | 4 | 10% |
| Hands Healing Hearts Inc | $28,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Home of the Innocents Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| River Fields Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Paws With Purpose Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 234 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($305k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Snowy Owl Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 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.
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How this is measured
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About Snowy Owl Foundation Inc
- How much does Snowy Owl Foundation Inc give?
- Snowy Owl Foundation Inc reported 93 grants totaling $404,362 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Snowy Owl Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Education (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Snowy Owl Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Louisville Orchestra Inc ($50k), Kentucky Natural Lands Trust Inc ($37k), Alice Lloyd College ($34k).
- Does Snowy Owl Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Snowy Owl Foundation Inc 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 Snowy Owl Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gheens Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
- Where is Snowy Owl Foundation Inc based?
- Snowy Owl Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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