How much does William K Bowes Jr Foundation give?

William K Bowes Jr Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $18,019,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 76 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does William K Bowes Jr Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (16%).

Who are William K Bowes Jr Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($35M), San Francisco Conservatory of Music ($20M), The Exploratorium ($10M).

Does William K Bowes Jr Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does William K Bowes Jr 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.

Where is William K Bowes Jr Foundation based?

William K Bowes Jr Foundation is based in CA.

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California · Private foundation

William K Bowes Jr 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.

$18M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 48
Grants FY2024: 44
Organizations funded FY2023: 0%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $200,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $5,833,333
Organizations funded a year: 44 to 76; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 8
Total assets, FY2024: $237M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations William K Bowes Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	44	$17M	0%
FY2023	44	$23M	0%
FY2022	47	$24M	0%
FY2021	52	$33M	4%
FY2020	76	$46M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$61MEducation$33MArts & Culture$24MScience & Tech$15MReligion$7.8MEnvironment$3.2MFood & Nutrition$2.9MYouth Development$2.7MOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of California San Francisco Foundation	$35,116,665	5	2%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	$20,023,603	5	13%
The Exploratorium	$10,317,906	5	5%
The J David Gladstone Institutes	$10,000,000	5	2%
Kipp Bay Area Schools	$4,000,000	5	1%
The Canary Fund Dba Canary Foundation	$3,000,000	5	37%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$2,900,000	5	1%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation	$2,833,333	5	2%
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute	$2,750,000	5	12%
Onegoal	$2,650,000	5	4%

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All grantees of William K Bowes Jr Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of California San Francisco Foundation	$35,116,665	5	2%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music	$20,023,603	5	13%
The Exploratorium	$10,317,906	5	5%
The J David Gladstone Institutes	$10,000,000	5	2%
Kipp Bay Area Schools	$4,000,000	5	1%
The Canary Fund Dba Canary Foundation	$3,000,000	5	37%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated	$2,900,000	5	1%
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation	$2,833,333	5	2%
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute	$2,750,000	5	12%
Onegoal	$2,650,000	5	4%
Teach for America Inc	$2,500,000	5	0%
Teach for All Inc	$2,200,000	5	2%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc	$2,166,667	5	2%
Foodcorps Inc	$2,050,000	4	3%
Kqed Inc	$1,700,000	5	1%
Outward Bound California	$1,600,000	5	27%
Institute for Systems Biology	$1,399,999	5	1%
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco	$1,250,000	5	1%
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation	$1,166,667	5	1%
New School of San Francisco (Nssf)	$1,000,000	4	5%
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation	$1,000,000	3	3%
The Tech Interactive	$1,000,000	5	2%
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation	$1,000,000	5	1%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc	$800,000	5	2%
College Summit Inc	$800,000	5	13%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc	$800,000	2	1%
Science Friday Initiative Inc	$750,000	5	7%
Real Options for City Kids	$625,000	5	6%
The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures	$600,000	2	58%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco	$500,000	5	0%
Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative	$500,000	5	1%
The Learning Accelerator	$500,000	1	18%
San Francisco Opera Association	$500,000	2	0%
Junior Achievement of Northern California	$450,000	5	6%
The Clearity Foundation	$400,000	5	6%
International Rescue Committee INC	$400,000	1	0%
Myelin Repair Foundation Inc	$400,000	3	56%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums	$392,500	5	1%
College Track	$350,000	5	0%
Tinker Family Foundation	$340,000	3	90%
San Francisco Achievers	$320,000	5	11%
Pro Publica Inc	$318,000	1	1%
Caremessage	$300,000	1	4%
American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc	$250,000	1	5%
Ten Strands	$225,000	5	8%
Youth Tennis Advantage	$210,000	5	11%
Peer Health Exchange Inc	$200,000	1	4%
Equalize Health Formerly D-Rev	$200,000	1	4%
The Peninsula Bridge Program	$200,000	2	3%
Fogarty Institute for Innovation	$200,000	1	2%
Food System 6 Accelerator Inc	$150,000	1	10%
California Academy of Sciences	$150,000	1	0%
San Francisco Jazz Organization	$100,000	1	1%
Collegespring Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc No Ca Chap	$100,000	5	2%
United Anglers of Casa Grande Inc	$84,667	5	24%
San Francisco Boys Chorus	$75,000	5	2%
San Domenico School	$50,000	1	0%
Cato Institute	$50,000	1	0%
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc	$50,000	5	0%
East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring	$50,000	5	1%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$50,000	2	n/a
Thesecondopinion	$50,000	1	12%
Partners in Oakland Education Dba Vincent Academy	$50,000	1	1%
The Monkey Tail Ranch Inc	$50,000	5	5%
Seti Institute	$30,000	1	0%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano	$25,000	1	0%
San Francisco Food Bank	$25,000	1	0%
Bolinas Museum	$25,000	5	1%
Alameda County Community Food Bank	$25,000	1	0%
Lowell Alumni Association	$20,000	1	2%
Save the Redwoods League	$10,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($17M), not named here.

William K Bowes Jr Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 71.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA39.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Robert and Dana Emery Family Foundation Rockefeller Trust Company · Koret Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Bothin Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

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About William K Bowes Jr Foundation

How much does William K Bowes Jr Foundation give?: William K Bowes Jr Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $18,019,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 76 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does William K Bowes Jr Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (16%).
Who are William K Bowes Jr Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($35M), San Francisco Conservatory of Music ($20M), The Exploratorium ($10M).
Does William K Bowes Jr Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William K Bowes Jr 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 K Bowes Jr Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is William K Bowes Jr Foundation based?: William K Bowes Jr Foundation is based in CA.