The She College Fund
FAIRFAX, CA
$120KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Education of maasai girls including sex education to break the cycle of early marriage, resulting in fewer children
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Cowles Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 85-0477925 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: COWLES FAMILY FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | $750K |
| 2024 | 17 | $360K |
Where Cowles Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am
WASHINGTON, DC
$100KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Promotes issues related to birth control
National Network of Abortion Funds
BEAVERTON, OR
$73KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Supports reproductive health care and reproductive decisions
Tewa Women United
SANTA CRUZ, NM
$60KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Supporting indigenous women from indigenous communities in the areas of environmental wellness and reproductive justice
Planned Parenthood Federation of Am
WASHINGTON, DC
$58KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Promotes issues related to birth control
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (39 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Cowles Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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