· Private foundation
The Bowie Family Foundation
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.
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 $10k12 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $104k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Northrise University Initiative | $50,000 |
| Grace Fellowship Church | $36,000 |
| Home Word | $30,000 |
| Mercy House | $18,000 |
| National Christian Foundation | $10,000 |
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $10,000 |
| Every Generation Ministries | $5,000 |
| Antioch Ministries International | $2,500 |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,500 |
| The Antioch Partners | $2,500 |
| Christ Life Ministries | $2,500 |
| Children of the Nations Internation | $2,500 |
| Good Samaritan Mission | $1,000 |
| Multiplication Network | $1,000 |
| Relationship 180 | $1,000 |
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, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.
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, 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
Backed again, and grew
- NUNORTHRISE UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE6× · 2019–2024 · $301k · revenue +10%
- COCHILDREN OF THE NATIONS8× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +2%
- FWFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- SASt Anne Schoolone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +20%
- FFFinishing Fundone grant, 2020 · $10k
- UCUSC - Cardinal and Goldone grant, 2017 · $6k
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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures
To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.
To engage in local and overseas evangelism, mission training & supports, empowering churches worldwide to live out the short-term mission movement, where chiristians can participate in sharing the gospel and fulfilling the great commission.
World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
Unknown nations is christian nonprofit organization that delivers the word of god to people who live in areas of the world that are less than 2% christian. this is accomplished through our network of indigenous leaders using solar powered…
Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.
To advance the gospel of jesus christ to every nation through pastoral care and missionary support.
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
How this is measured
28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 48 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 NORTHRISE UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN OF THE NATIONS ↗
- Who funds FREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION ↗
- Who funds HOMEWORD ↗
- Who funds EVERY GENERATION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STANDING STONE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds Relationship 180 ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds St Anne School ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds FIJI KINDE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds MARINERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CHRIST LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION ↗
- Who funds THE POCKET TESTAMENT LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
- Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ↗
- Who funds OBRIA MEDICAL CLINICS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
- Who funds The Thacher School 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bowie Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bowie Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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