Funding search · EIN 910689268 · Spokane, WA
Harriet Cheney Cowles 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.
- 32
- grants reported
- $2.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $2,750
- 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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1 grant matching “ahana” · $50,000
- $50,000
Multi-Ethnic Business Association (Ahana) · Spokane, WA · 2024
Capital campaign
Grant history
All 32 reported grants, largest first.
- $750,000
Hub Sports Center · Greenacres, WA · 2023
Capital campaign
- $500,000
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2022
Capital campaign
- $300,000
Washington State University Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2022
Capital campaign
- $250,000
Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2024
Capital campaign
- $125,000
Maddie'S Place · Spokane, WA · 2022
Capital campaign
- $120,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County · Spokane, WA · 2024
Capital campaign
- $100,000
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy · Spokane, WA · 2024
Capital campaign
- $50,000
Multi-Ethnic Business Association (Ahana) · Spokane, WA · 2024
Capital campaign
- $30,000
Carl Maxey Center · Spokane, WA · 2022
Capital campaign
- $25,000
Seattle Children'S Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capital campaign
- $25,000
Village Cohousing Works · Spokane, WA · 2024
General funding
- $10,000
Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $7,800
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $5,000
Jackson Hole Center for the Arts · Jackson, WY · 2022
General funding
- $5,000
Mt Spokane 2000 · Mead, WA · 2022
General funding
- $3,000
Co-Lab Projects · Austin, TX · 2022
General funding
- $2,500
Mainspring Schools · Austin, TX · 2022
General funding
- $2,500
Washington Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
General funding
- $2,400
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Idaho · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $2,250
Legal Foundation of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
General funding
- $2,250
Northwest Harvest E M M · Seattle, WA · 2022
General funding
- $2,200
Life Services of Spokane · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $2,000
Cobalt Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
General funding
- $2,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2022
General funding
- $1,800
University of Redlands · Redlands, CA · 2022
General funding
- $1,700
Ywca · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $1,300
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2022
General funding
- $1,000
The Thacher School · Ojai, CA · 2023
General funding
- $1,000
Create Your Statement · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $900
Central Texas Food Bank · Austin, TX · 2022
General funding
- $600
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Idaho · Spokane, WA · 2022
General funding
- $200
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
General funding
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