Funding search · EIN 843804239 · Erie, CO

Friends of Kowak

Name: Friends of Kowak grants, 2022–2025
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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.

49
grants reported: $227,580
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,702
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

indigent school purchase supplies tuition students fees payments

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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.

Kowak Girls Secondary School5 grants · $77,554
Kowak Hospital5 grants · $47,864
Various Individuals5 grants · $28,576
Baraton School Ltd5 grants · $19,450
St Brigita Catholic Church5 grants · $11,999
Girango-Nyansincha Schools2 grants · $11,302
Sister Tasiana Maliana5 grants · $8,338
Sengerema Health Training Inst4 grants · $7,028
Angel House School5 grants · $5,324
Loreto Secondary School4 grants · $5,142

Giving over time

$35,651

2022

$91,300

2023

$44,799

2024

$55,830

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$23,539
Kowak Girls Secondary School · 2025
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$17,738
Kowak Girls Secondary School · 2024
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$14,240
Kowak Hospital · 2025
Advancing public health in the form of financial assistance for indigent pediatric patients of Kowak Hospital new neonatal care unit financial and volunteer support for hospital infrastructure maintenance and improvemen… read allAdvancing public health in the form of financial assistance for indigent pediatric patients of Kowak Hospital new neonatal care unit financial and volunteer support for hospital infrastructure maintenance and improvements. less
$13,005
Kowak Girls Secondary School · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$13,005
Kowak Girls Secondary School · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$12,300
Kowak Hospital · 2024
Advancing public health in the form of financial assistance for indigent pediatric patients of Kowak Hospital financial and volunteer support for hospital infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
$10,267
Kowak Girls Secondary School · 2022
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary students chosen by school administration based on need.
$8,622
Kowak Hospital · 2023
Advancing public health in the form of financial assistance for indigent pediatric patients of Kowak Hospital financial and volunteer support for hospital infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
$8,622
Kowak Hospital · 2023
Advancing public health in the form of financial assistance for indigent pediatric patients of Kowak Hospital financial and volunteer support for hospital infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
$6,302
Various Individuals · 2025
Grants to assist with poverty relief health and education of indigent students and individuals referred by school officials church leaders and community leaders.
$6,117
Various Individuals · 2022
Grants to assist with poverty relief health and education of indigent students; individuals referred by school officials church leaders and community officials.
$6,068
Various Individuals · 2023
Grants to assist with poverty relief health and education of indigent students and individuals referred by school officials church leaders and community leaders.
$6,068
Various Individuals · 2023
Grants to assist with poverty relief health and education of indigent students and individuals referred by school officials church leaders and community leaders.
$5,651
Girango-Nyansincha Schools · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel.
$5,651
Girango-Nyansincha Schools · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel.
$5,394
St Brigita Catholic Church · 2025
Payment of fuel supplement for use of automobile for ministers to visit outlying churches Church Building Renovations and Youth Retreats
$4,612
Baraton School Ltd · 2022
To assist with cost of tuition other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent primary school children as administered by the school personnel.
$4,472
Baraton School Ltd · 2024
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent primary school students as administered by school personnel.
$4,080
Kowak Hospital · 2022
Public Health: Financial assistance for indigent hospital pediatric patients. Purchase of medical laboratory equipment.
$4,021
Various Individuals · 2024
Grants to assist with poverty relief health and education of indigent students and individuals referred by school officials church leaders and community leaders.
$3,484
Baraton School Ltd · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent primary school students as administered by school personnel.
$3,484
Baraton School Ltd · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent primary school students as administered by school personnel.
$3,398
Baraton School Ltd · 2025
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent primary school students as administered by school personnel. 3
$2,885
Girango Secondary School · 2022
To assist with tuition payments others fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students an administered by school personnel.
$2,702
Sengerema Health Training Inst · 2023
Financial assistance for a medical training college to be used for an indigent student for tuition room board and purchase of school supplies.
$2,702
Sengerema Health Training Inst · 2023
Financial assistance for a medical training college to be used for an indigent student for tuition room board and purchase of school supplies.
$2,470
St Brigita Catholic Church · 2022
Religious organization;
$2,178
Sister Tasiana Maliana · 2022
Financial assistance for member of religious order for nursing training.
$2,158
Sister Tasiana Maliana · 2023
Financial assistance for member of a womens religious order for nursing training.
$2,158
Sister Tasiana Maliana · 2023
Financial assistance for member of a womens religious order for nursing training.
$1,735
St Brigita Catholic Church · 2024
Payment of fuel supplement for use of automobile for ministers to visit outlying churches Church Building Renovations and Youth Retreats
$1,573
Sister Tasiana Maliana · 2024
Financial assistance for member of a womens religious order for nursing training.
$1,401
Loreto Secondary School · 2025
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$1,285
Angel House School · 2025
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel. 2
$1,282
Loreto Secondary School · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$1,282
Loreto Secondary School · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$1,256
Wanzita Julius · 2022
Educational Expenses and Poverty Relief
$1,240
Angel House School · 2024
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel.
$1,200
St Brigita Catholic Church · 2023
Payment of fuel supplement for use of automobile for ministers to visit outlying churches
$1,200
St Brigita Catholic Church · 2023
Payment of fuel supplement for use of automobile for ministers to visit outlying churches
$1,177
Loreto Secondary School · 2024
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students chosen by school administration based on need.
$1,081
Sengerema Health Training Inst · 2022
Financial assistance for a medical training college to be used for an indigent student for tuition room board and purchase of school supplies.
$1,047
Angel House School · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel.
$1,047
Angel House School · 2023
To assist with tuition payments other fees and purchase of school supplies for indigent secondary school students as administered by school personnel.
$705
Angel House School · 2022
Financial assistance to the school to be used for an indigent student for tuition room board and purchase of school supplies.
$543
Sengerema Health Training Inst · 2024
Financial assistance for a medical training college to be used for an indigent student for tuition room board and purchase of school supplies.
$431
Wanzita Julius · 2023
Poverty relief and educational expense
$431
Wanzita Julius · 2023
Poverty relief and educational expense
$271
Sister Tasiana Maliana · 2025
Financial assistance for member of a womens religious order for nursing training and pharmacy exam prep.

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