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The Fowler Family Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Fowler Family Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$220kEnvironment$153kAnimals$98kArts & Culture$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$17kHousing & Shelter$7kEducation$7kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF HILDENE INC$25,000
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER INC$20,000
SOFT BONES$13,200
THE DORSET EQUINE RESCUE INC$5,000
BALTUSROL GOLF CLUB LEND A HAND INC$5,000
HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT$2,000
PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION$1,000
PALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE$1,000
EVERY CURE INC$1,000
MAYO CLINIC$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$1,000
DORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL$1,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC$500
ARLINGTON RESCUE SQUAD INC$500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC$100
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 (FY17–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, 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.

area typical 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON NJ: $3k → 4%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON NJ: $3k → 4%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$491k · 19 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$491k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+27%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF HILDENE INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $135k · revenue +35%
  • TD
    The Dorset Equine Rescue Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $92k · revenue +684%
  • SB
    SOFT BONES INCTHE US
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +142%

Funded once

  • MP
    Morgan Pressel Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • LM
    Le Moyne College
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • HH
    HILTON HEAD ISLAND FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT YOUTH SPORTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +148%
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
Southwestern Vermont Health Care Corporation

To care for and comfort our patients, residents, and their loved ones and to improve the health status of the communities we serve. the purpose of the organization is also to promote and support the development and maintenance of a highly…

Health
2
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
3
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
4
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
5
South Shore Hospital Inc

South shore hospital's primary exempt purpose is to provide health care services to the community including surgical, medical and other treatment of the sick and injured. south shore health system has an overarching mission for every…

Health
6
St Vincent's Medical Center Foundation Inc

None

Health
7
Svhc Realty Inc

Svhc realty,inc. was formed for the purpose of acting as a supporting organization to southwestern vermont healthcare corporation (svhc), itself a taxexempt entity, which, among other activities, operates southwestern vermont medical…

Health
8
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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9
Central Maine Medical Center

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
10
Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc

The hospital's mission is to provide high quality care to the sick and injured, on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, without regard to race, creed, national origin, age, gender, disability, or ability to pay. (continued on schedule…

Health
11
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
12
Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

To engage and inspire our community to support caromont health in providing compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwestern Vermont Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is Morgan Pressel Foundation Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOFT BONES INCTHE US: $90,400 · HealthSOFT BONES INCTHE USSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · HealthSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 · HealthSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER+6 more: $16,250 · Health+6 moreFRIENDS OF HILDENE INC: $135,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF HILDENE INCDORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureDORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL INCSOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureThe Dorset Equine Rescue Inc: $92,000 · AnimalsThe Dorset Equine R…HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentPORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION: $5,500 · EnvironmentTHE BALTUSROL FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE: $5,500 · OtherMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 · OtherNEW YORK UNIVERSITY Leonard N Stern School of Bu: $1,500 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON NJ: $5,000 · OtherLe Moyne College: $5,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $2,850 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $1,000 · OtherHILTON HEAD ISLAND FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT YOUTH SPORTS INC: $2,000 · OtherPLAY FOR PINK INC: $1,000 · OtherHILTON HEAD REGIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $7,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$216,650Arts & Culture$156,000Animals$92,000Environment$17,500Public Safety & Disaster$17,000Other$25,850Housing & Shelter$7,000

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 budgetFRIENDS OF HILDENE INC: $135,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetThe Dorset Equine Rescue Inc: $92,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetSOFT BONES INCTHE US: $90,400 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BALTUSROL FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDORSET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN VERMONT ARTS CENTER INC PO BOX 617: $8,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHILTON HEAD REGIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPALMETTO ANIMAL LEAGUE: $5,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON NJ: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan Pressel Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLe Moyne College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $2,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArlington Rescue Squad Inc: $2,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT YOUTH SPORTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarlos Otis Stratton Mountain Clinic Inc: $250 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.

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.

Amg Charitable Gift F…The Vermont Community…Truettner Family Foun…Heritage Classic Foun…Community Foundation …The Ayco Charitable F…The Prentice Foundati…Alcyon FoundationPalmetto Electric Tru…The Rodgers Family Fo…Vermont Council on th…Coastal Community Fou…
Amg Charitable Gift FoundationCO20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · Truettner Family Foundation · Heritage Classic Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Prentice Foundation Inc · Alcyon Foundation · Palmetto Electric Trust · The Rodgers Family Foundation Inc · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc

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 Fowler Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fowler Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Madison Nj: 1% of income from government
  • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center: 1% of income from government
  • The Weston Playhouse Theater: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 28 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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