Oklahoma · Private foundation
The McGowan 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.
- $231k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,520
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations The McGowan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 13 | $231k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $772k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $575k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $707k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $167k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $207k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $179k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $167k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of McAlester | $1,453,956 | 6 | n/a |
| Life Church Inc | $383,150 | 8 | n/a |
| Shared Blessings Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 3% |
| St Joseph Church | $74,480 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $64,140 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Order of the Rainbow | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pride in McAlester Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cherokee Club | $10,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Cart Guy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of McAlester | $1,453,956 | 6 | n/a |
| Life Church Inc | $383,150 | 8 | n/a |
| Shared Blessings Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 3% |
| St Joseph Church | $74,480 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $64,140 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Order of the Rainbow | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pride in McAlester Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cherokee Club | $10,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Cart Guy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Samaritan Outreach | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Kiamichi River Legacy Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leadership Oklahoma Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| McAlester Community Theatre Inc | $3,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Hospice of McAlester Inc | $3,390 | 1 | n/a |
| Potts Family Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Refined Silver Inc | $1,400 | 1 | 3% |
| Al-Anon Information Service Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta Gamma Society of Minnesota | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northside Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| John 316 Mission | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Ghost Ranch Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburg County Sheriffs Foundation | $420 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($831k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The McGowan 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 Puterbaugh Foundation · The Fugitt Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The McGowan Family Foundation
- How much does The McGowan Family Foundation give?
- The McGowan Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $230,720 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The McGowan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (49%), Religion (18%), Health (8%).
- Who are The McGowan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City of McAlester ($1.5M), Life Church Inc ($383k), Shared Blessings Inc ($95k).
- Does The McGowan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The McGowan 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 McGowan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Puterbaugh Foundation, The Fugitt Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The McGowan Family Foundation based?
- The McGowan Family Foundation is based in OK.
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