Maryland · Nonprofit
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,785,257 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($25,000,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $35M
- Net assets
- $62M
What Bowie State University Foundation Inc does
Mission
To facilitate fund-raising efforts that seek contributions from private sources, in support of activities and the mission of bowie state university (bsu). Bowie state university foundation assumes oversight responsibility for gift acceptance and administration for contributions to the bsu.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Expenses reflect funds to bowie state university for scholarships awarded to students in support of efforts to address retention needs, improve the graduation rate, and bridge gap funding and enhance recruitment.
$2,088,789 spentof which $2,088,789 as grants40% of program spendingProgram expenses reflect support for several bsu academic innovations and programs such as: expansion in experiential learning opportunities through computer science internships and stop animation film production workshops.developed enrollment management platform implementation and operations.
$3,186,378 spent$105,948 earned by the program60% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,275,167.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $42M (+272%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 5% · 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Brent Swinton
Executive director
Board chair
Alfonzo Powell
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $39k → $3.1M.
15 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 82% · 2019 56% · 2020 41% · 2021 99% · 2022 18% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $8.3M that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Grant$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,785,257 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($25,000,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $34,785,257 in grants to BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $25,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 66 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing