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Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
106
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.7MHealth$1.6MYouth Development$866kRecreation & Sports$660kPhilanthropy$658kArts & Culture$654kHuman Services$381kAnimals$318kOther$0
02FY2025 · 106 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k84 grants · $184k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $207k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $650k
$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$170k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC$100,000
EAST TENN CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$100,000
JIM HASLAM LEADERSHIP CENTER$100,000
FAMILY INVESTMENT FOUNDATION INC$100,000
INTER FAITH HEALTH CENTER INC$100,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$50,000
GREAT SMOKY MTN COUNCIL$50,000
HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION$50,000
EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION$30,000
LAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY$25,000
THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE$21,500
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS$20,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TN INC$15,000
LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE$13,000
HISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION$12,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHRISTIAN RECORD SERVICES INC: $1k → 13%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $10k → 11%CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH DISTRICT: $600 → 10%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 17%THE JIMMY SIMPSON FOUNDATION: $750 → 15%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $3k → 11%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $1k → 14%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $3k → 11%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $3k → 11%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $6k → 11%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $6k → 11%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $25k → 4%HOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $6k → 11%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $6k → 11%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $15k → 4%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $15k → 4%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $15k → 4%TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG: $15k → 4%THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $3k → 12%THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $3k → 12%THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $3k → 12%THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $3k → 12%THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $3k → 12%THE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $3k → 12%GENEROUS HOUSE KNOXVILLE: $300 → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $6k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%WOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $5k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%ANGELIC MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL: $300 → 12%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
NJ
CT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 84%.

Stowers Machinery Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 128 repeat orgs$605k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

128 repeat relationships: 67 still active in FY2025, 61 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

128
63

Total granted

$7.2M
$275k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+4%

Still filing today

57%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $330k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth 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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $609k · revenue +131%
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $586k · revenue +38%
  • HR
    HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $260k · revenue +125%

Funded once

  • RS
    ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • TA
    The AED Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $26k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation

To provide no-cost health care to families who have no insurance and do not qualify for the states low income insurance program.

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2
Knoxville Academy of Medicine

The academy serves as the local medica society for physicians of knox county and surrounding counties in east tennessee. its purpose is to afford a medium for free discussion and exchange of ideas among physicians.

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3
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

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4
Knox Housing Partnership Inc

To provide affordable housing to low and moderate income persons in east tennessee through first-time homebuyer education; assist with mortgage loans, downpayments, and closing costs; build new single family housing; develop multi-family…

Housing & Shelter
5
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Foundation

To secure philanthrophic support from individuals, businesses, and organizations for the advancement of exceptional health care at knoxville hospital & clinics through advocacy, fundraising, and stewardship of contributions.

Health
6
Tennessee Kidney Foundation Inc

To empower and support those at risk or affected by kidney disease. Its vision is a Tennessee where the rate of kidney disease is minimized and everyone who needs care receives care.

Philanthropy
7
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

The mission of tccn is to support, educate, and represent non-profit organizations that provide charitable healthcare services to low-income, uninsured, and underserved tennesseans. tccn envisions a strong, compassionate healthcare safety…

Health
8
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
9
Nourish Knoxville Inc

To cultivate healthy communities by supporting relationships between local farmers, producers, and the public.

Food & Nutrition
10
Thompson Cancer Survival Center

Thompson Cancer Survival Center provides support services for cancer patients, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to…

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11
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
Knoxville Leadership Foundation Inc

Klf promotes collaboration across congregations, neighborhoods, business, philanthropy, and government to connect people in need with resources needed to thrive. the current focus is on safe affordable housing, mentoring youth and adults,…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Tennessee Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Real Talk Mentoring Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

125 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. 125 of the 218 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
123/125
Grantees still filing
84/125
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREAT SMOKY MTN COUNCIL: $791,350 · OtherGREAT SMOKY MTN COUNCILAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION (USAFA): $400,000 · OtherAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION (USAFA)ZOO KNOXVILLE: $316,866 · OtherZOO KNOXVILLEBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $302,061 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBCATHEDRAL OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS: $300,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUSUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC: $165,000 · Other+109 more: $2,278,300 · Other+109 moreUNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $585,666 · HealthUNIVERSITY HEALTH SY…HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $259,733 · HealthHELEN ROSS MCNABB FO…EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $257,500 · HealthEAST TENNESSEE CHILD…INTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 · HealthINTERFAITH HEALTH CE…The Mend House Sober Living Community: $70,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $53,500 · Health+20 more: $111,489 · Health+20 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $608,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSIT…LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC: $96,600 · EducationLEADERSHIP KN…EMERALD CHARTER SCHOOLS: $75,000 · EducationEMERALD CHART…KNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationROTARY FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE: $33,000 · Education+7 more: $82,750 · Education+7 moreCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Philanthropy+7 more: $25,660 · PhilanthropyHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $172,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AIR FORCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureKNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $14,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $32,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $30,600 · Human ServicesKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $30,000 · Human ServicesEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $24,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesHOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $17,000 · Human ServicesBoys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County: $15,500 · Human ServicesSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $13,800 · Human ServicesMISSION OF HOPE: $10,000 · Human Services+12 more: $16,350 · Human ServicesLEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION: $81,400 · Recreation & SportsLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY: $79,500 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $26,000 · Recreation & SportsSTREET HOPE TN: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsMONROE LIFE BALLOON FIESTA: $8,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,553,577Health$1,437,888Education$945,850Philanthropy$348,160Arts & Culture$343,000Human Services$299,750Recreation & Sports$209,400

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $608,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $585,666 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION: $259,733 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $257,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $172,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC: $165,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $130,430 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE AIR FORCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TENNINC: $103,200 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetINTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC: $96,600 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAssociated Equipment Distributors: $85,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC: $85,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetLEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION: $81,400 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY: $79,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSERTOMA CENTER INC: $75,368 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetEMERALD CHARTER SCHOOLS: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Mend House Sober Living Community: $70,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetSEEED INC: $60,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $53,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $49,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHANGE CENTER: $35,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetROTARY FOUNDATION OF KNOXVILLE: $33,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF EAST TENNESSEE: $30,600 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetHope Well Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 98% of budgetALLIANCE FOR BETTER NONPROFITS: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $26,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe AED Foundation Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBRIDGE REFUGEE SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $24,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE INC: $22,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $21,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMEN OF VALOR: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOLSTON HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RESTORATION HOUSE OF EAST TENNESSEE: $17,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCURE FINDERS INC: $16,460 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetWEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $15,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County: $15,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSurvivor Fitness Foundation: $15,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetKNOXVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HELEN ROSS MCNABB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC TENNESSEE THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE ↗
  • Who funds THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST TENNINC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Associated Equipment Distributors ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF EAST TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKESHORE PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SERTOMA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds The Mend House Sober Living Community ↗
  • Who funds SEEED INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds KNOX EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KNOXVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHANGE CENTER ↗

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.

East Tennessee Founda…Haslam Family Foundat…Bill and Crissy Hasla…The Clayton Homes Fou…United Way of Greater…Lawson Family Foundat…The Boyd FoundationThe Clayton Family Fo…Food City Charitable …Thompson Charitable F…Trinity Health Founda…Graham Foundation
East Tennessee FoundationTN86.8× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Tennessee Foundation · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · Lawson Family Foundation · The Boyd Foundation · The Clayton Family Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · Thompson Charitable Foundation · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Graham 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 Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 74%
  • Tunison Foundation Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
44report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc 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 218 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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