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Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 38-6058513 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$2.7M
Grants reported
53
Typical grant
$40K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: HERBERT H AND BARBARA C DOW 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 yearGrants paidAmount
202528$1.5M
202425$1.2M

Where Herbert H and Barbara C Dow 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.

Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Foundation and Munson Healthcare Foundation

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

$175KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Siemens multix impact c x-ray unit

Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Foundation and Munson Healthcare Foundation

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

$150KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Siemens multix impact c x-ray unit

Munson Healthcare Foundation

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

$150KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Munson orthopedic: surgical equipment

Munson Healthcare Foundation

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

$150KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Munson orthopedic: surgical equipment

Grand Traverse Bay Ymca(west)

TRAVERSE CITY, MI

$150KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Building campaign-phase ii

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (53 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Herbert H and Barbara C Dow 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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