The Cowles Charitable Trust
Staten Island, NY · EIN 13-6090295. Reported 1,186 grants totalling $6,468,050 to 482 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$6,468,050granted, 2020-2024
482organizations funded
70%of grantees funded again the next year
$25.4Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Cowles Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $1 and the largest $45,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 482 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative | Hartsdale, NY | $125,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cambridge School of Weston | Weston, MA | $102,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lawrenceville School | Lawrenceville, NJ | $95,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Grasp | Indio, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Grasp | Sarasota, FL | $87,000 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grant Foundation the | Pittsburgh, PA | $82,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts Mid-Hudson Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | $65,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Reach and Teach Ministry Inc | Clearwater, FL | $63,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Creative Time Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nu Deco Ensemble | Miami, FL | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wassaic Project | Wassaic, NY | $59,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| God's Love We Deliver | New York, NY | $57,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sister Cities Essex Haiti | Essex, CT | $55,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Art Effect the | Poughkeepsie, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $55,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Genesis Health Services | Sarasota, FL | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $54,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Womens Studio Workshop | Rosendale, NY | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory | Sarasota, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Multicultural Health Institute | Sarasota, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nancy B Negley Artists Residency Program | Houston, TX | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New World Symphony | Miami Beach, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sarasota Suncoast Community Church | Srasota, FL | $50,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Studio Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Common Pantry | New York, NY | $47,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Artist Space | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Universal Shaiva Fellowship | Culver City, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Vanguard School | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $41,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bard Graduate Center | New York, NY | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Evident Change | Madison, WI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wolfsonian | Miami, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women's Studio Workshop | Kingston, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ringling College of Art and Design | Sarasota, FL | $38,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Public Art Fund | New York, NY | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Citymeals-on-Wheels | New York, NY | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eaglebrook School | Deerfield, MA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Underline | Coral Gables, FL | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northside Center for Child Development | New York, NY | $34,250 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Americas Society Inc | New York, NY | $33,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Doe Fund | New York, NY | $32,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vanguard School | Lake Wells, FL | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Apollo Pact Inc | New York, NY | $32,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miami City Ballet | Miami Beach, FL | $30,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc | Poughkeepsie, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chinati Foundation | Marfa, TX | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lowe Art Museum | Coral Gables, FL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Madeira Schoolthe | Mclean, VA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New Yorkers for Parks | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Razom Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saint George's School | Middletown, RI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Universal Shaiva Fellowship | Boring, OR | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Theater | New York, NY | $29,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Poets & Writers | New York, NY | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| East Harlem Tutorial Program | New York, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $27,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Greyhound Advancement Center | St Petersburg, FL | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | New York, NY | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education | Washington, DC | $26,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Miami - Dade College - Miami Book Fair | Miami, FL | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Second Chance-Last Opportunity | Sarasota, FL | $25,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art Council | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Artists Space | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Museum of Arts | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| City Parks Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Dia Art Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Drawing Center | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Learning Ally | Princeton, NJ | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Monmouth County SPCA | Eatontown, NJ | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St George's School | Middletown, RI | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kitchen the | New York, NY | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | Brooklyn, NY | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Vermont Studio Center | Johnson, VT | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $23,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Society | New York, NY | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Ballet | New York, NY | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Center | New York, NY | $23,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter | Ocean, NJ | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Cumberlands University | Williamsburg, KY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Equal Justice USA | Brooklyn, NY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fighting Chance | Sag Harbor, NY | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family and Children's Services of the Sunco | Sarasota, FL | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center | Sarasota, FL | $22,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| ART21 Inc | New York, NY | $22,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paley Center for Media | New York, NY | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Storm King Art Center | New Windsor, NY | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project 180 Sarasota | Sarasota, FL | $21,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| School of American Ballet Inc | New York, NY | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trust for Governors Island | New York, NY | $20,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | Ridgefield, CT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Federation of Arts | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridge Fund of New York City the | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bridge Initiative | Tempe, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (cases) | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cumberland University | Williamsburg, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dora Maar Cultural Center | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eaglebrook Schoolallen Chase Foundation | Deerfield, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc of Sarasota County | Sarasota, FL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service | Sarasota, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lowe Art Museum University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Center | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lunch Break | Red Bank, NJ | $20,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Museum of the City of Ny | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vizcaya Museum and Garden Trust | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust | Baltimore, MD | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Longhouse Reserve | East Hampton, NY | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Protect Our Winters | Boulder, CO | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Greater New York | New York, NY | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Long Island City, NY | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership for the Homeless the | New York, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Second Heart Homes | Bradenton, FL | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Action | San Francisco, CA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Southampton Fresh Air Home | Southampton, NY | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | Des Moines, IA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood - Southwest and Central Florida | Sarasota, FL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Sw and Central Florida | Sarasota, FL | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | Miami, FL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cityarts | New York, NY | $15,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bridge Fund of New York Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coalition for the Homless | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Florida Craft Art | St Petersburg, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foodbank for New York City | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Gay Mens Health Crisis | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Center for Journalists | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Public Radio | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of New York City | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Buxton School | Williamstown, MA | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Harlem Academy | New York, NY | $14,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Green Street Academy | Baltimore, MD | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sarasota Bradenton Kappa Alpha Psi | Bradenton, FL | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fresh Air Fund the | New York, NY | $13,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Friends of the High Line | New York, NY | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation | New York, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council on the Environment Inc (grownyc) | New York, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gedco | Baltimore, MD | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children | New York, NY | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Sarasota City | Sarasota, FL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| East Side House | Bronx, NY | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County | Miami, FL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metrowest Women's Fund | Weston, MA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reach and Teach Ministries | Palm Bay, FL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation (nj and Ny Chapters) | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation - Nj Chapter | Eatontown, NJ | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Joyce Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allen-Stevenson School | New York, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amfar the American Foundation for AIDS Research | New York, NY | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camillus House | Miami, FL | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cathedral Church of St John the Divine | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Des Moines Symphony | Des Moines, IA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Reef Relief | Key West, FL | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service | Brooklyn, NY | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbia Law School | New York, NY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | New York, NY | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Artists Relief Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| El Museo D Del Barrio | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florida Craftart | St Petersburg, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas | Hartsdale, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hampshire College | Amherst, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Center Fir Journalists | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art | Sarasota, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Locust Projects Inc | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Madeira School | Mclean, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels of Sarasota | Sarasota, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miss Hall's School Kids | Holmes Road, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Public Radio Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Sarasota, FL | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Peconic Hudson | Elmsford, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Printed Matter Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Putney School | Putney, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spence-Chapin Services to Families | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Petersburg Free Clinic | St Peterrsburg, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sundari Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Tristate Relief Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| World Relief | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Print Center Ny | New York, NY | $9,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Royal Family Kids Camp | Santa Ana, CA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Brookwood Florida | St Petersburg, FL | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Bass Museum | Miami Beach, FL | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miracle Flights for Kids | Green Valley, NV | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New York Foundling Hospitalthe | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| New York Studio School | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Spanish Theatre Repertory Company | New York, NY | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bowery Mission | New York, NY | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Florida Justice Institute Inc | Miami, FL | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pelican Harbor Seabird Station | Miami, FL | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bowery Residents Committee | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Music That Heals Inc | Neponsit, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Urban League | New York, NY | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New York Foundling | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Nj | Ocean, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Apollo Theater | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guadalupe Center | Naples, FL | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mindful Kids Miami | Miami, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Municipal Art Society of New York | New York, NY | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pines of Sarasota | Sarasota, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Pollyanna Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Temple Emanu-El | Sarasota, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Temple Emanu-El of Sarasota | Sarasota, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Community Services | Brroklyn, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Centerstone of Florida Inc | Bradenton, FL | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Center for Mental Health Inc | New York, NY | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miracle Flights | Las Vegas, NV | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art - North | North Miami, FL | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami | North Miami, FL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Police Athletic League | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tampa Bay Watch | Tierra Verde, FL | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clean and Healthy New York Inc | Albany, NY | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Education Through Music | New York, NY | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New College Foundation | Sarasota, FL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York, NY | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture | New York, NY | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bass Museum | Miami Beach, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
289 of 482 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 765 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 191 | $1,196,000 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 236 | $1,290,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 221 | $1,248,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 276 | $1,348,750 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 262 | $1,384,800 | $4,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 52% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Cowles Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 50027, Staten Island, NY, 10305. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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