Delaware · Private foundation
The Bowman 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.
- $313k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Bowman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 14 | $291k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $25k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainfutures Incorporated | $125,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inseparable Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Association for Mental Health Inc | $48,833 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Coalitions Health Institute | $47,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Mindful Philanthropy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeast Business Group on Health Inc | $23,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Williams College | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainfutures Incorporated | $125,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inseparable Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Association for Mental Health Inc | $48,833 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Coalitions Health Institute | $47,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Mindful Philanthropy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeast Business Group on Health Inc | $23,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Williams College | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Treatment Advocacy Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Mind | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yale University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bowman Family 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: The Goodness Web Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Bowman Family Foundation
- How much does The Bowman Family Foundation give?
- The Bowman Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $312,943 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Bowman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (87%), Education (10%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
- Who are The Bowman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Brainfutures Incorporated ($125k), Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas ($75k), Inseparable Inc ($60k).
- Does The Bowman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bowman Family Foundation 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 The Bowman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goodness Web Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Bowman Family Foundation based?
- The Bowman Family Foundation is based in DE.
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