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William K Bowes Jr Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 94-3148482 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$18M
Grants reported
48
Typical grant
$183.3K
Future commitments
$4.7M

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: WILLIAM K BOWES JR FOUNDATION

Where William K Bowes Jr 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.

Ucsf Foundation

San Francisco, CA

$5.8MTax year 2024

Establish the william k. Bowes, jr. Biomedical investigator program, ucsf discovery fellows, cardiology council, osher center research support, the neural code of speech

J David Gladstone Institutes

San Francisco, CA

$2MTax year 2024

To be used at the discretion of the president deepak srivastava, general support

The Exploratorium

San Francisco, CA

$1MTax year 2024

Exploratorium gallery renewal

Episcopal Diocese of California

San Francisco, CA

$1MTax year 2024

Expanding horizons campaign

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford, CA

$850KTax year 2024

William k. Bowes, jr. Foundation: stanford bio-x bowes fellows, ute and bill bowes, jr. Library and the department of art and art history in the school of humanities and sciences

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from William K Bowes Jr Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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