Funding search · EIN 541685754 · Warrenton, VA

Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation

Name: Margaret Spilman Bowden Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

44
grants reported: $450,500
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,100
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

12 grants matching “fauquier” · $114,000

$50,000
Fauquier Spca · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$25,000
Fauquier Family Shelter Services · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$12,000
Fauquier Fish · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
Fauquier County Public Library · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
Fauquier Spca · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
Boy & Girls Club of Fauquier · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,000
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Fauquier Family Shelter Services · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Fauquier Family Shelter Services · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Fauquier Spca · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable

Top recipients

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

Fauquier Spca3 grants · $52,500
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation3 grants · $47,950
St John'S Catholic School1 grant · $44,000
Friends of Weston3 grants · $44,000
Warrenton Volunteer Fire Dept3 grants · $36,700
Reserva the Youth Land Trust3 grants · $35,750
Foothills Housing Corporation3 grants · $33,700
Fauquier Family Shelter Services3 grants · $26,000
Catlett Volunteer Fire and Rescue2 grants · $18,500
The Hill School3 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$16,500

2022

$21,000

2023

$413,000

2024

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Fauquier Spca · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$44,000
St John'S Catholic School · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$44,000
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$42,000
Friends of Weston · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$34,000
Reserva the Youth Land Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$32,000
Warrenton Volunteer Fire Dept · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$30,000
Foothills Housing Corporation · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$25,000
Fauquier Family Shelter Services · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$18,000
Catlett Volunteer Fire and Rescue · Catlett, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$14,000
The Hill School · Middleburg, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$12,000
Fauquier Fish · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
Fauquier County Public Library · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
Finleys Green Leap Forward · Broad Run, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
Highland School · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
St James Episcopal Church · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$10,000
The Clifton Institute · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$8,000
Piedmont Regional Orchestra · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,700
St James Episcopal Church · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,500
Warrenton Volunteer Fire Dept · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,200
Highland School · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,200
Warrenton Volunteer Fire Dept · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
Boy & Girls Club of Fauquier · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
Fauquier Spca · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
Foothills Housing Corporation · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
Highland School · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
St James Episcopal Church · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
The Hill School · Middleburg, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$2,000
The Hill School · Middleburg, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,950
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,700
Foothills Housing Corporation · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,000
Friends of Weston · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,000
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,000
Reserva the Youth Land Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$1,000
Friends of Weston · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$750
Reserva the Youth Land Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Catlett Volunteer Fire and Rescue · Catlett, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Fauquier Family Shelter Services · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Piedmont Regional Orchestra · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Fauquier Family Shelter Services · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Fauquier Spca · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable
$500
Piedmont Regional Orchestra · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant / charitable

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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.