The Bower Foundation

What they fund

healthcareworkforceadvancingnursingnursebldgbudgetbaby

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.

2 grants matching “suppt” · $200,000

• $100,000

  Ms Public Health Institute · Madison, MS · 2025

  Suppt communications & develop dir

• $100,000

  Ms Public Health Institute · Madison, MS · 2024

  Suppt communications & develop dir

Top recipients

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

• University of Ms Medical Center13 grants · $3.7M
• Center for Mississippi Health Polic3 grants · $1.6M
• University of Southern Mississippi4 grants · $1.1M
• Direct Grant Expenses - V4 grants · $1.1M
• Mississippi University for Women4 grants · $1.0M
• Singing River Health Systems3 grants · $809,458
• Ms News and Information Corp2 grants · $753,357
• Center for Mississippi He2 grants · $722,906
• Boston Medical Center6 grants · $674,224
• Mha Health Research and Education3 grants · $615,672

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 146 grants.

• $2.0M

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Bldg strong future for nursing in ms

• $902,195

  Center for Mississippi Health Polic · Ridgeland, MS · 2025

  Funding grant 2024-2026

• $780,495

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Bldg strong future for nursing in ms

• $656,806

  Center for Mississippi Health Polic · Ridgeland, MS · 2024

  Funding grant 2024-2026

• $615,575

  Women'S Foundation of Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Training & grad health care wrkforce

• $595,000

  University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024

  Accel bachelor of science fellowship

• $550,138

  Singing River Health Systems · Gautier, MS · 2024

  Healthcare academy equip & apprentic

• $510,432

  Ms News and Information Corp · Ridgeland, MS · 2024

  Enhancing health and health policy

• $500,000

  Converge · Ridgeland, MS · 2025

  Birth control educat & engagement

• $449,947

  University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2025

  Enhance access to autism disorder ev

• $445,859

  Center for Mississippi He · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Funding grant for cmhp mission

• $360,000

  Women'S Foundation of Ms · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Ms women's policy institute

• $345,000

  Mississippi State University Founda · Starkville, MS · 2025

  Accel master of science-nursing

• $339,000

  University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2025

  Accel bachelor of science in nursing

• $330,000

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Maternal & neonatal training equip

• $318,006

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Center for advance youth expan iii

• $317,000

  Converge · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Family planning via clin pl/teleheal

• $315,880

  Copiah-Lincoln Community College Fn · Wesson, MS · 2025

  Modernizing healthcare training

• $312,836

  Mha Health Research and Education · Madison, MS · 2025

  Ms student nurse mentorship

• $311,448

  Direct Grant Expenses - V · Jackson, MS · 2025

  Expenses related to direct grants

• $277,047

  Center for Mississippi He · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Funding grant for cmhp mission

• $267,836

  Mha Health Research and Education · Madison, MS · 2024

  Ms student nurse mentorship

• $265,000

  Ms State University Foundation · Starkville, MS · 2024

  Nursing graduate student scholarship

• $255,380

  Direct Grant Expenses - V · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Expenses related to direct grants

• $250,000

  Mississippi University for Women · Columbus, MS · 2025

  Muw nurse scholarships

• $250,000

  Mississippi University for Women · Columbus, MS · 2024

  Muw nurse scholarships

• $250,000

  Mississippi University for Women · Columbus, MS · 2023

  Muw nurse scholarships

• $250,000

  Mississippi University for Women · Columbus, MS · 2022

  Muw nurse scholarships

• $248,674

  Direct Grant Expenses - V · Jackson, MS · 2024

  Expenses related to direct grants

• $244,839

  Direct Grant Expenses - V · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Expenses related to direct grants

• $242,925

  Ms News and Information Corp · Ridgeland, MS · 2023

  Enhancing health and health policy

• $232,000

  Phi Theta Kappa Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2025

  Trnsf schlrships nursing students-ds

• $225,000

  Jones County Junior College · Ellisville, MS · 2023

  3d human anatomy technology

• $216,000

  Singing River Health Systems · Gautier, MS · 2025

  Healthcare academy equip & apprentic

• $198,902

  Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023

  Sustaining baby friendly init-v 2

• $191,694

  Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022

  Sustaining baby friendly init-v 2

• $168,710

  Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024

  Sustaining baby friendly init-v 2

• $142,973

  Mha Health Research Educ Foundati · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Hs nurse aid mentorship 2017-2022

• $139,243

  University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2025

  Usm pathways to bsw 2.0

• $139,000

  Delta State University · Cleveland, MS · 2022

  Summer nursing profession prog

• $120,000

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Culinary medicine teaching kitchen

• $106,002

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Center for advance youth expan iii

• $105,947

  Mha Health Research Educ Foundati · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Hs nurse aid mentorship 2017-2022

• $101,000

  Ms Gulf Coast Community College · Perkinston, MS · 2025

  New technical & healthcare workforce

• $101,000

  Ms Gulf Coast Community College · Perkinston, MS · 2024

  New technical & healthcare workforce

• $101,000

  Ms Gulf Coast Community College · Perkinston, MS · 2023

  New technical & healthcare workforce

• $100,519

  University of Southern Ms · Hattiesburg, MS · 2024

  Bldg pathway to licensure & employ

• $100,000

  Ms Public Health Institute · Madison, MS · 2025

  Suppt communications & develop dir

• $100,000

  Ms Public Health Institute · Madison, MS · 2024

  Suppt communications & develop dir

• $100,000

  Inspire Health · Ridgeland, MS · 2022

  Operating budget

• $100,000

  Ms Gulf Coast Community College · Perkinston, MS · 2022

  New technical & healthcare workforce

• $97,500

  Mississippi Department of Education · Jackson, MS · 2025

  Move to learn 2025-2026

• $92,500

  Mississippi Department of Education · Jackson, MS · 2024

  Move to learn 2024-2025

• $90,000

  University of Ms Medical Center · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Elementary ed degree with health em

• $86,309

  Ms State University Foundation · Starkville, MS · 2024

  Social work pathways

• $86,109

  University of Southern Ms · Hattiesburg, MS · 2023

  Bldg pathway to licensure & employ

• $85,000

  Mississippi Dept of Education · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $81,500

  Mississippi Dept of Education · Jackson, MS · 2024

  Building programmatic capacity

• $81,500

  Ms Public Health Institute · Madison, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $80,000

  Mississippi Department of Education · Jackson, MS · 2022

  Move to learn 2022-2023

• $77,613

  University of Southern Ms · Hattiesburg, MS · 2022

  Bldg pathway to licensure & employ

• $72,848

  Inspire Health · Ridgeland, MS · 2022

  Operations

• $70,100

  Center for Mississippi Health Polic · Ridgeland, MS · 2023

  Funding grant 2024-2026

• $69,975

  Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022

  Plan mass distr breastfeeding/h med

• $58,800

  Northwest Ms Community College Fnd · Senatobia, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $55,000

  Inspire Health · Ridgeland, MS · 2023

  Operating budget 2022-2023

• $51,500

  Phi Theta Kappa Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2025

  Membership for healthcare scholars

• $50,000

  Phi Theta Kappa Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2024

  Membership for healthcare scholars

• $50,000

  Phi Theta Kappa Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Membership for healthcare scholars

• $48,000

  Itawamba Community College Foundati · Fulton, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $44,000

  Alcorn State University · Lorman, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Coahoma Community College · Clarksdale, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Copiah-Lincoln Community College · Wesson, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Delta State University · Cleveland, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  East Ms Community College Foundati · Scooba, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Hinds Community College Foundation · Raymond, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Holmes Community College Fnd · Goodman, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Itawamba Community College Fnd · Fulton, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Jones County Junior College · Ellisville, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Meridian Community College Fnd · Meridian, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Northeast Ms Community College Fnd · Booneville, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Northwest Ms Community College Fnd · Senatobia, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $44,000

  Pearl River Community College Found · Poplarville, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $43,320

  Singing River Health Systems · Gautier, MS · 2025

  Academy website design & deployment

• $40,000

  Holmes Community College Foundation · Goodman, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $35,000

  Mha Health Research and Education · Madison, MS · 2023

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $34,000

  East Ms Commun College Fnd · Scooba, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $33,212

  Inspire Health · Ridgeland, MS · 2022

  Nutrition and chronic illness

• $29,998

  Inspire Health · Ridgeland, MS · 2023

  Operating budget

• $28,800

  Jones County Junior College · Ellisville, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $25,000

  President and Fellows of Harvard Co · Boston, MA · 2025

  Health coverage fellowship 2025

• $25,000

  Inspire Health · Ridgeland, MS · 2024

  Operating budget 2022-2023

• $24,943

  Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022

  Sustaining baby friendly hosp init

• $21,600

  Meridian Community College Foundati · Meridian, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $21,600

  Northeast Ms Community College Fnd · Booneville, MS · 2025

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce 3.

• $21,000

  Coahoma Community College · Clarksdale, MS · 2024

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $21,000

  East Central Ms Commun College Fnd · Scooba, MS · 2024

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $21,000

  Holmes Community College Fnd · Goodman, MS · 2024

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $21,000

  Itawamba Community College Fnd · Fulton, MS · 2024

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

• $21,000

  Jones County Junior College · Ellisville, MS · 2024

  Advancing ms healthcare workforce

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