Arkansas · Private foundation
William H 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.
- $240k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations William H Bowen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 15 | $240k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $201k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $182k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $174k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $105k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $160k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc | $260,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Arkansas Tech University Foundation | $117,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Camp Aldersgate Inc | $78,250 | 7 | 2% |
| Community Connections for Youth and Families Inc | $73,250 | 5 | 49% |
| Our House Inc | $45,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel Inc | $43,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Centers for Youth and Families Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Potluck Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc | $260,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Arkansas Tech University Foundation | $117,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Camp Aldersgate Inc | $78,250 | 7 | 2% |
| Community Connections for Youth and Families Inc | $73,250 | 5 | 49% |
| Our House Inc | $45,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Arkansas Public Policy Panel Inc | $43,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Centers for Youth and Families Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Potluck Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($662k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William H Bowen Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Riggs Benevolent Fund · John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation · Heart of Arkansas United Way · Nabholz Charitable Foundation · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Heflin Family Foundation Trust · Clarence E Anthony Charitable Trust · Brown Foundation · Arkansas Children's Hospital · The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas
How this is measured
About William H Bowen Family Foundation
- How much does William H Bowen Family Foundation give?
- William H Bowen Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $240,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William H Bowen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (20%), Education (18%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are William H Bowen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc ($261k), Arkansas Tech University Foundation ($117k), Camp Aldersgate Inc ($78k).
- Does William H Bowen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William H Bowen 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 William H Bowen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Riggs Benevolent Fund, John R & Judy W Fletcher Family Foundation.
- Where is William H Bowen Family Foundation based?
- William H Bowen Family Foundation is based in AR.
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