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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 FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5.8M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+18 grants · $15M
$200,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$237M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSF FOUNDATION$5,833,333
J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES$2,000,000
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA$1,000,000
THE EXPLORATORIUM$1,000,000
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$850,000
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$500,000
EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA$500,000
KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS$500,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$500,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC$375,000
CANARY FUND$333,334
TEACH FOR ALL INC$333,334
UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION$333,333
OUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA$250,000
SANSUM DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE$250,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $550k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE: $250k → 10%QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE: $75k → 10%QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE: $75k → 10%QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE: $50k → 10%QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE: $50k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
DE
DC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of William K Bowes Jr Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 83% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 77%.

William K Bowes Jr Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$135M · 52 repeat orgs$7.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
26

Total granted

$135M
$7.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+26%

Still filing today

94%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentScience & TechOther
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

  • TE
    THE EXPLORATORIUM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10M · revenue +32%
  • TJ
    THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10M · revenue +41%
  • KB
    KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
    one grant, 2020 · $2.5M
  • HU
    HARVARD UNIVERSITY (HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE)
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M
  • F
    FOODCORPS
    one grant, 2021 · $600k
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
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
5
The Scripps Research Institute

The scripps research institute ("tsri") performs high impact basic biomedical research, improves the human condition by fostering translation of its discoveries into useful products and engages in the highest quality graduate scientific…

Health
6
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
7
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
11
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
12
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Tinker Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

73 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. 73 of the 80 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/73
Grantees still filing
49/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $35,116,665 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $20,023,603 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSICTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,100,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERS…KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $4,000,000 · EducationUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $2,833,333 · Education+15 more: $11,565,000 · Education+15 moreEPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA: $7,750,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF…UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $4,400,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATI…CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: $2,500,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE…THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,166,667 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TE…HARVARD UNIVERSITY (HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE): $1,000,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $1,399,999 · OtherFOODCORPS INC: $2,050,000 · OtherFOODCORPS INCOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA: $1,600,000 · OtherOUTWARD BOUND CALIFO…+23 more: $4,890,000 · Other+23 moreTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $10,000,000 · HealthTHE J DAVID …Sansum Diabetes Research Institute: $2,750,000 · HealthSansum Diabe…CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1,166,667 · HealthCANCER RESEA…SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · HealthSAN FRANCISC…ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · Health+2 more: $600,000 · HealthTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $10,317,906 · Arts & CultureTHE EXPLORA…KQED INC: $1,700,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INCASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART M…THE TECH INTERACTIVE: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TECH IN…+6 more: $1,485,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreTHE CANARY FUND DBA CANARY FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · PhilanthropyDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyMYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · PhilanthropyTinker Family Foundation: $340,000 · PhilanthropyONEGOAL: $2,650,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $200,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $84,667 · Youth DevelopmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,900,000 · EnvironmentTen Strands: $225,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · Environment
Education$80,638,601Other$27,756,666Health$17,116,667Arts & Culture$15,753,406Philanthropy$4,740,000Youth Development$3,434,667Environment$3,135,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $35,116,665 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $20,023,603 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $10,317,906 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetTHE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES: $10,000,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS: $4,000,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CANARY FUND DBA CANARY FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,900,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $2,833,333 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetSansum Diabetes Research Institute: $2,750,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetONEGOAL: $2,650,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,500,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC: $2,200,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,166,667 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFOODCORPS INC: $2,050,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetKQED INC: $1,700,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA: $1,600,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $1,399,999 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $1,166,667 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetNEW SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO (NSSF): $1,000,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $1,000,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCOLLEGE SUMMIT INC: $800,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC: $750,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $625,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION TO ADVANCE VASCULAR CURES: $600,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $500,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetQUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE: $500,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEARNING ACCELERATOR: $500,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Northern California: $450,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetThe Clearity Foundation: $400,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 3y, 56% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $392,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK: $350,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTinker Family Foundation: $340,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetSan Francisco Achievers: $320,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $318,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCAREMESSAGE: $300,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $250,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTen Strands: $225,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetYOUTH TENNIS ADVANTAGE: $210,000 over 5y, 11% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
  • Who funds THE J DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KIPP BAY AREA SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds THE CANARY FUND DBA CANARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Sansum Diabetes Research Institute ↗
  • Who funds ONEGOAL ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEACH FOR ALL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOODCORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTWARD BOUND CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO (NSSF) ↗
  • Who funds DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TECH INTERACTIVE ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE SUMMIT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE FRIDAY INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION TO ADVANCE VASCULAR CURES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING ACCELERATOR ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William K Bowes Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William K Bowes Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 80 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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