· Private foundation
The Ivan Bowen 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
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $937k
- $250k+1 grant · $295k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION | $295,000 |
| MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE | $194,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $175,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $158,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $125,000 |
| CONSERVANCY OF SW FLORIDA | $125,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $60,000 |
| JEREMIAH PROGRAM MSP | $50,000 |
| TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDS | $50,000 |
| NORTHSIDE ACHEIVEMENT ZONE | $25,000 |
| FARMER TO FARMER | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
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 +94% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $208k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $950k · revenue +29%
THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA8× · 2017–2024 · $835k · revenue +561%- BFBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $590k · revenue +94%
Funded once
- MCMAYO CENTER FOR INDIVID MEDICINEone grant, 2017 · $250k
Northwestern Universitygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +41%- TFTRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDone grant, 2022 · $75k
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.
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.
The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC)'s mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.
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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.
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
As the official philanthropic partner of the national park service, the national park foundation generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance america's national parks for present and future generations.
Improve patient care and the health of our community through research and education.
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The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…
To inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research.
The zachary and elizabeth m. fisher center for alzheimer's research foundation is dedicated to attacking the scourge of alzheimer's disease through a 3-pronged assault focused on understanding the cause of alzheimer's disease (ad),…
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 19 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ivan Bowen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ivan Bowen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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