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The Bowman Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$16kReligion$11kEducation$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kHuman Services$3kFood & Nutrition$3kArts & Culture$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
10
States reached
$450k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OASIS CHURCH$3,100
Individual grant recipient$1,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL$900
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSP$500
FEEDING AMERICA$500
AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND$500
CENTRO BIBLICO$500
SALVATION ARMY$400
FOOD FOR POOR$300
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR$300
Individual grant recipient$300
OPERATION SMILE$300
Individual grant recipient$300
COVENNAT HOUSE$200
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 (FY20–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOYS TOWN: $200 → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $600 → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $500 → 26%BOYS TOWN: $200 → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $300 → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN: $300 → 26%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $300 → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $100 → 26%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

NH
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
SC
DC
MS
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 33 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
49

Total granted

$37k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+4%

Still filing today

58%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LC
    LIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC)
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +32%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +78%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • IF
    INTLL FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIANS & JEWS
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • CT
    CORRIE TEN BOOM HOUSE (MIKE EVENS)
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
4
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
Americares Foundation Inc

Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).

International
7
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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10
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
11
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
12
American College of Physicians Inc

The mission of the american college of physicians (acp), www. acponline.org, is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. acp was founded in 1915 to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 96 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OASIS CHURCH: $4,400 · OtherOASIS CHURCHAMERICAN RED CROSS: $2,400 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherST LABRET INDIAN SCHOOL: $1,800 · OtherST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL: $1,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,415 · Other+63 more: $25,739 · Other+63 moreLIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC): $3,950 · HealthLIGA CONTRA EL CA…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,050 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $750 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER S…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $400 · Health+6 more: $1,300 · Health+6 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,200 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $900 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $400 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,625 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,100 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $350 · InternationalAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $300 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $200 · InternationalAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $250 · AnimalsSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $150 · AnimalsSPCA INC: $100 · AnimalsDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $350 · Public BenefitMILITARY WITH PTSD INC: $100 · Public Benefit
Other$40,954Health$9,450Human Services$4,500International$3,575Philanthropy$700Animals$500Public Benefit$450

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC): $3,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiami Rescue Mission Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILITARY WITH PTSD INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPCA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 LIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC) ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile Foundation
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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 The Bowman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bowman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Spca Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 96 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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The camps
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By state
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