Funding search · EIN 436052617 · Dallas, TX

Louetta M Cowden Foundation

Name: Louetta M Cowden Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

65
grants reported: $2.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

youth health home learn comprehensive linwood social arts

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Harry S Truman Children'S4 grants · $220,000
Mosaic Life Care Foundation1 grant · $200,000
Liberty Memorial Association1 grant · $200,000
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City4 grants · $200,000
Kansas City Community Gardens4 grants · $190,000
National Wwi Museum & Memorial2 grants · $175,000
Charlotte Street Foundation4 grants · $165,000
Alphapointe3 grants · $140,000
Bridging the Gap3 grants · $110,000
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater2 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$668,500

2022

$615,000

2023

$600,000

2024

$647,000

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Mosaic Life Care Foundation · St Joseph, MO · 2023
Support cancer survivorship
$200,000
Liberty Memorial Association · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support a second century:
$100,000
National Wwi Museum & Memorial · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support a second century:
$75,000
National Wwi Museum & Memorial · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Digitizing the first world
$60,000
Harry S Truman Children'S · Independence, MO · 2023
Health support for
$60,000
Girls Scouts of Ne Kansas & · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support girl scout outreach
$60,000
Harry S Truman Children'S · Independence, MO · 2022
Health support for
$55,000
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support audience
$55,000
Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Museum school & community
$55,000
Metropolitan Arts Council of Greater · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support audience
$50,000
Alphapointe · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Comprehensive
$50,000
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Project learn: academic
$50,000
Harry S Truman Children'S · Independence, MO · 2025
Healthy support for
$50,000
Alphapointe · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Comprehensive vision
$50,000
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support project learn:
$50,000
Harry S Truman Children'S · Independence, MO · 2024
Healthy support for
$50,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support for home &
$50,000
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support project learn:
$50,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support for home &
$50,000
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support project learn:
$50,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support for home &
$45,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Unrestricted general
$45,000
Assistance League of Kansas City · Gladstone, MO · 2024
Program renovation &
$40,000
Bridging the Gap · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support for water & energy
$40,000
Kansas City Community Gardens · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support for home &
$40,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Unrestricted general
$40,000
Girls Scouts of Ne Kansas & · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support girl scout staff
$40,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Unrestricted general
$40,000
Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support arts education
$40,000
Alphapointe · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Comprehensive vision
$40,000
Charlotte Street Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted general
$35,000
Midwest Innocence Project · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support for social work
$35,000
Bridging the Gap · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Unrestricted general
$35,000
Bridging the Gap · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted general
$30,000
Englewood Arts · Independence, MO · 2025
Support for expanding
$25,000
Drumm Center for Children · Independence, MO · 2025
Unrestricted general
$25,000
Powell Gardens · Kingsville, MO · 2025
Midwest center for
$25,000
The Farmer'S House · Platte City, MO · 2025
Art & social enrichment
$25,000
Truman Heartland Community Foundation · Independence, MO · 2022
Support "community through
$25,000
Ymca of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Linwood y - youth
$20,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support 2025-2026 youth
$20,000
Northland Early Education Center · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Ymca of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Aspire youth development
$20,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support 2024-2025 youth
$20,000
Mid-America Arts Alliance · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Diversity in the arts
$20,000
Midwest Innocence Project · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support for social work
$20,000
Northland Early Education Center · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Unrestricted general
$20,000
Ymca of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Linwood y - youth
$20,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support 2022-2023 youth
$20,000
Ymca of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Linwood y - youth
$20,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support 2022-2023 youth
$16,000
Plaza Academy · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Mental health & special
$15,000
Global One Urban Farming · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Capacity building for
$15,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Twilight stem:expanded real
$15,000
Plaza Academy · Kansas City, MO · 2025
After school tutoring &
$15,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Helping urban teens earn
$15,000
Plaza Academy · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Mental health & special
$15,000
The Farmer'S House · Platte City, MO · 2024
Art programs for
$15,000
Hillcrest Platte County · Riverside, MO · 2022
Support for counseling
$15,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Real world learning: impact
$10,000
Harry S Truman Library Institute · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Truman & kansas city sports
$7,500
Williams-Henry Contemporary Dance · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support 2022-2023
$7,000
Ensemble Iberica · Kansas City, MO · 2025
2025-2026 concert season
$5,000
Base Academy of Music · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted general
$5,000
Global One Urban Farming · Kansas City, MO · 2022
New expansion of land and

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