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Adams Cowan Foundation

Name: Adams Cowan Foundation 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.

126
grants reported: $338,800
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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

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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.

UCLA Development2 grants · $19,000
Alliance for Children'S Right3 grants · $17,500
American Academy of Arts Sciences4 grants · $15,500
Bluedot Institute2 grants · $15,000
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools3 grants · $13,500
Common Sense Media3 grants · $12,500
Martha'S Vineyard Fishermen'S Perse1 grant · $10,000
Smith College1 grant · $10,000
March for Our Lives Foundation2 grants · $10,000
Muse Ique3 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$49,700

2022

$70,500

2023

$91,430

2024

$127,170

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 126 grants.

$12,500
UCLA Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Martha'S Vineyard Fishermen'S Perse · Menemsha, MA · 2025
Community benefit
$10,000
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Educational
$10,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2025
Educational
$10,000
Bluedot Institute · Westlake Village, CA · 2024
Educational
$10,000
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Educational
$7,500
Alliance for Children'S Right · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the foundation's operations.
$7,000
American Academy of Arts Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Promote art
$6,500
UCLA Development · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Alliance for Children'S Right · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support the foundation's operations.
$5,000
Bluedot Institute · Westlake Village, CA · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Educational
$5,000
International Women'S Media Foundat · Washington, DC · 2025
Promote art
$5,000
Muse Ique · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Uc Merced · Merced, CA · 2025
Educational
$5,000
Alliance for Children'S Right · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the foundation's operations.
$5,000
March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Community Benefit
$5,000
California Science Center Foundatio · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
March for Our Lives Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community Benefit
$5,000
Mercy Housing · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community benefit
$5,000
Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
The Rape Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
to support victims of rape
$4,500
Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Promote art
$4,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
Health care
$3,600
Temple Beth Hillel · Valley Village, CA · 2024
Religious
$3,500
The Center for Early Education · West Hollywood, CA · 2025
Educational
$3,500
Voices of Justice · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
educational
$3,500
American Academy of Arts Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Promote art
$3,200
Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community benefit
$3,000
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Educational
$2,500
California Art Club · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Promote art
$2,500
Campbell Hall · Studio City, CA · 2025
Educational
$2,500
Covenant House California · Hollywood, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$2,500
Feminist Majority Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$2,500
Holocaust Museum La · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
community benefit
$2,500
La Theatre Works · Venice, CA · 2025
Promote art
$2,500
Manifest Works · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
To support the foundation's operations.
$2,500
Mv Community Services · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
Community benefit
$2,500
The La Local · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$2,500
The Leonard I Beerman Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$2,500
The Wallis Annenberg Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2025
Educational
$2,500
American Indian Community Council · Monrovia, CA · 2024
Community benefit
$2,500
California Art Club · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Promote art
$2,500
Cast · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community benefit
$2,500
Children'S Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
medical
$2,500
Common Sense Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Communities in Schools of Los Angel · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Service · Culver City, CA · 2024
Community benefit
$2,500
Martha'S Vineyard Community Foundat · West Tisbury, MA · 2024
Community benefit
$2,500
Muse Ique · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Mv Community Services · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Community benefit
$2,500
The Archer School for Girls · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Educational
$2,500
The Leonard I Beerman Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Community benefit
$2,500
American Academy of Arts Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Promote art
$2,500
Archer School for Girls · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Educational
$2,500
California Art Club · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Promote art
$2,500
Catalyst California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community benefit
$2,500
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational - history
$2,500
Leonard Beerman Foudation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
educational
$2,500
Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community benefit
$2,500
Muse Ique · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Educational
$2,500
Advancement Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Human rights protector
$2,500
Alliance for Children'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Protect/defend human rights
$2,500
American Academy of Arts Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Promote art
$2,500
California Art Club · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To promote art
$2,500
Integrity Initiatives International · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Human rights protector
$2,500
Martha'S Vineyard Community Foundat · West Tisbury, MA · 2022
Community benefit
$2,500
Mayor'S Fund for Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Community benefit
$2,500
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$2,500
Partnership Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educational
$2,500
The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educational
$2,500
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Educational
$2,130
International Women'S Media Foundat · Washington, DC · 2024
Promote art
$2,000
The Center for Early Education · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Educational
$1,940
Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Promote art
$1,500
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2025
Health care
$1,500
Empowered Network · New London, CT · 2025
Community benefit
$1,500
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2024
Health care
$1,500
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022
Health care
$1,500
Constitutional Rights Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Protect/defend human rights
$1,500
La Theatre Works · Venice, CA · 2022
To promote art
$1,250
The Institute for Nonviolence La · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$1,250
Integrity Initiatives International · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Human rights protector
$1,250
La Theatre Works · Venice, CA · 2024
Promote art
$1,250
Giffords Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Educational
$1,250
Martha'S Vineyard Community Foundat · West Tisbury, MA · 2023
Community benefit
$1,250
Pasadena Playhouse · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Community benefit
$1,250
The Int'L Women'S Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$1,200
Court Appointed Special Advocates · Monterey Park, CA · 2025
Educational
$1,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless · Boston, MA · 2025
Community benefit
$1,000
Integrity Initiatives International · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Human rights protector
$1,000
Latino Muslim Unity · Anaheim, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$1,000
Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundati · Van Nuys, CA · 2025
To provide essential equipment, training and youth programs to the lapd.
$1,000
Pico La · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$1,000
Temple Beth Hillel · Valley Village, CA · 2025
Religious
$1,000
The Ashmere Project · Brookline, MA · 2025
Community benefit
$1,000
The Jester Pharley Phund · Palos Verdes Estates, CA · 2025
Educational
$1,000
The San Joaquin Community Foundatio · Stockton, CA · 2025
Educational
$1,000
Ywca · Glendale, CA · 2025
Community benefit
$1,000
Cambodian Children'S Fund · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Educational

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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.