Funding search · EIN 844063180 · Hayfork, CA
The Bower Charitable Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 50
- grants reported
- $511,000
- total given
- 2021–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Environmental Protection Info Cente5 grants · $123,000
- North Coast Environmental Center5 grants · $110,500
- Klamath Forest Alliance5 grants · $108,000
- Alliance for Global Justice4 grants · $20,000
- Solar Cookers International4 grants · $20,000
- Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology4 grants · $20,000
- Shasta Environmental Alliance4 grants · $17,500
- Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands3 grants · $15,000
- Madre'2 grants · $10,000
- Forest Service Employees for Env Et2 grants · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 50 reported grants, largest first.
- $32,500
North Coast Environmental Center · Arcata, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $30,000
Environmental Protection Info Cente · Arcata, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $30,000
Klamath Forest Alliance · Arcata, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $29,000
Environmental Protection Info Cente · Arcata, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $29,000
Environmental Protection Info Cente · Arcata, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function.
- $29,000
Environmental Protection Info Cente · Arcata, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function.
- $24,000
Klamath Forest Alliance · Arcata, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $24,000
North Coast Environmental Center · Arcata, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $24,000
Klamath Forest Alliance · Arcata, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $24,000
North Coast Environmental Center · Arcata, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $24,000
Klamath Forest Alliance · Arcata, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $24,000
North Coast Environmental Center · Arcata, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $6,000
Environmental Protection Info Cente · Arcata, CA · 2024
To fund exempt function
- $6,000
Klamath Forest Alliance · Arcata, CA · 2024
To fund exempt function
- $6,000
North Coast Environmental Center · Arcata, CA · 2024
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Alliance for Global Justice · Tuscon, AZ · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Forest Service Employees for Env Et · Eugene, OR · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology · Mount Shasta, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Salmon River Restoration Council · Sawyers Bar, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Save Calif Salmon · Orleans, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Solar Cookers International · Sacramento, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
All Relations · McKinleyville, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Alliance for Global Justice · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Forest Service Employees for Env Et · Eugene, OR · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands · Ashland, OR · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Madre · New York, NY · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology · Mount Shasta, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Salmon River Restoration Council · Sawyers Bar, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Save Calif Salmon · Orleans, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Shasta Environmental Alliance · Redding, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Solar Cookers International · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Alliance for Global Justice · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Forest Service Employees for Env Et · Eugene, OR · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands · Ashland, OR · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Madre' · New York, NY · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology · Mount Shastaq, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Salmon River Restoratiion Council · Sawyers Bar, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Shasta Environmental Alliance · Redding, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Solar Cookers International · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Alliance for Global Justice · Tuscon, AZ · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Forest Service Employees for Env Et · Eugene, OR · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands · Ashland, OR · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Madre' · New York, NY · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology · Mount Shastaq, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Salmon River Restoratiion Council · Sawyers Bar, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Shasta Environmental Alliance · Redding, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $5,000
Solar Cookers International · Sacramento, CA · 2021
To fund exempt function
- $2,500
Shasta Environmental Alliance · Redding, CA · 2025
To fund exempt function
- $2,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To fund exempt function
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