Funding search · EIN 516019469 · Kensington, MD

John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation

Name: John Edward Fowler Memorial 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.

292
grants reported: $11.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
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.

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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.

Building Bridges Across the River4 grants · $825,000
Washington School for Girls3 grants · $580,000
Dc Central Kitchen3 grants · $335,000
Glenbrook Cooperative Nursery School1 grant · $300,000
So What Else4 grants · $265,000
One World Education4 grants · $225,000
Rockville Community Nursery School1 grant · $200,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington2 grants · $200,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington2 grants · $200,000
Arlington Free Clinic3 grants · $180,000

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$2.9M

2023

$2.9M

2024

$2.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 292 grants.

$325,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$325,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$300,000
Glenbrook Cooperative Nursery School · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Gen ops
$290,000
Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$250,000
Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$200,000
Rockville Community Nursery School · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating
$170,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Gen ops
$150,000
Junior Achievement of Gw · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$125,000
Lisner Home for Aged Women · Washington, DC · 2024
Gen ops
$100,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$100,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2025
General Operating
$100,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$100,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$100,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$100,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$80,000
Washington Ballet · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$75,000
Building Bridges Across the River · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$75,000
One World Education · Washington, DC · 2024
Gen ops
$75,000
So What Else · Rockville, MD · 2024
General Operating
$75,000
So What Else · Rockville, MD · 2023
General Operating
$75,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless · Rockville, MD · 2022
General Operating
$75,000
So What Else · Rockville, MD · 2022
General Operating
$70,000
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operating
$65,000
Central Union Mission · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$65,000
Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$65,000
Friendship Place · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$65,000
Wesley Housing Corporation of N Va · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General Operating
$65,000
Wesley Housing Corporation of N Va · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General Operating
$60,000
Bright Beginnings · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$60,000
Housing Unlimited · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Gen ops
$60,000
Food and Friends · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$60,000
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Operating
$60,000
Housing Unlimited · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General Operating
$55,000
Aspire Afterschool Learning · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operating
$55,000
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries · Chantilly, VA · 2024
General Operating
$50,000
Barker Adoption Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General operating
$50,000
Fair Chance · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$50,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating
$50,000
One World Education · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$50,000
St Ann'S Center · Hyattsville, MD · 2025
General operating
$50,000
Barker Adoption Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Fair Chance · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$50,000
Kitchen of Purpose · Arlington, VA · 2024
Gen ops
$50,000
St Ann'S Center · Hyattsville, MD · 2024
Gen ops
$50,000
Thrive Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
Gen ops
$50,000
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Bright Beginnings · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Central Union Mission · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Fair Chance · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Friendship Place · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless · Rockville, MD · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
One World Education · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$50,000
Barker Adoption Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
La Cocina Va · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
N Street Village · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
One World Education · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
Samaritan Ministry of Gw · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
Thrive Dc · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
Voices for Children Montgomery · Rockville, MD · 2022
General Operating
$50,000
Wendt Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$45,000
For Love of Children · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$45,000
For Love of Children · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Beacon House · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Calvary Women'S Services · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
District Alliance for Safe Housing · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Future Link · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Kitchen of Purpose · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Mobile Medical Care · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Neighborhood Health · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
So What Else · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating
$40,000
The Dance Institute of Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
The Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Wendt Center Loss and Healing · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Arlington Thrive · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Doorways for Women and Families · Arlington, VA · 2024
Gen ops
$40,000
Greater Washington Diaper Bank · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General Operating
$40,000
Nova Scripts Central · Falls Church, VA · 2024
General Operating
$40,000
Washington School for Girls · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$40,000
Wendt Center Loss and Healing · Washington, DC · 2024
Gen ops
$40,000
Arlington Pediatric Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Aspire After School Learning · Arlington, VA · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Beacon House · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Calvary Women'S Services · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Dance Institute of Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Mary House · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
New Endeavors By Women · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Nick'S Place · Beltsville, MD · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Samaritan Ministry of Gw · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries · Chantilly, VA · 2023
General Operating
$40,000
Arlington Pediatric Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Operating
$40,000
Arlington Thrive · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Operating
$40,000
Dance Institute of Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$40,000
Iona Senior Services · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$40,000
Lisner Home for Aged Women · Washington, DC · 2022
General Operating
$40,000
St Ann'S Center for Children Youth Family · Hyattsville, MD · 2022
General Operating
$36,000
Storybook Treasures · Ashburn, VA · 2022
General Operating
$35,000
Bishop Walker School for Boys · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.