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Betty R McGowin Charitable Trust

Name: Betty R McGowin Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

106
grants reported: $353,108
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.

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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.

Waterford Concert Series3 grants · $30,388
Piedmont Enviromental Council4 grants · $27,500
Aspen Music Festival and School4 grants · $24,000
Dublin International Piano Competition4 grants · $24,000
Stevenson School4 grants · $20,000
Maderira School4 grants · $17,800
Music Academy of the West4 grants · $17,500
The Order of St John4 grants · $16,278
Equal Justice Initiative4 grants · $15,500
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $13,000

Giving over time

$93,342

2022

$85,578

2023

$87,300

2024

$86,888

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 106 grants.

$14,000
Waterford Concert Series · Waterford, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$13,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2022
Charitable contribution
$12,000
Waterford Concert Series · Waterford, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Trinity Episcopal Church · Mobile, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$8,000
Piedmont Enviromental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$8,000
The Order of St John · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable contribution
$7,000
Gulf Coast Steinway Society · Mobile, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$6,500
Piedmont Enviromental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$6,500
Piedmont Enviromental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$6,500
Piedmont Enviromental Council · Warrenton, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Dublin International Piano Competition · 2025
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Gulf Coast Steinway Society · Mobile, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Dublin International Piano Competition · 2024
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Dublin International Piano Competition · 2023
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Dublin International Piano Competition · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,800
Maderira School · McLean, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Waterford Foundation · Waterford, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Waterford Foundation · Waterford, VA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Stevenson School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$4,500
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$4,500
Maderira School · McLean, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$4,388
Waterford Concert Series · Waterford, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$4,000
American Friends of the Trasimeno Music Festical · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Maderira School · McLean, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,778
The Order of St John · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,500
Maderira School · McLean, VA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$3,121
Air Artists · Andalusia, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
The Nature Conservancy Alabama Chapter · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$3,000
The Nature Conservancy Virginia Chapter · Arlington, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$3,000
The Order of St John · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024
Charitable contribution
$3,000
American Friends of the Trasimeno Music Festical · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
English Speaking Union · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Shenandoah University · Winchester, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
American Friends of the Trasimeno Music Festical · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Shenandoah University · Winchester, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy Alabama Chapter · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy Virginia Chapter · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy Alabama Chapter · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy Virginia Chapter · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,500
English Speaking Union · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
St Thomas Episcopal Church · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy Alabama Chapter · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy Virginia Chapter · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,400
Trinity Episcopal Church · Mobile, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,300
Forest History Society · Durham, NC · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,300
Forest History Society · Durham, NC · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Alabama Public Radiouniversity of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Auburn Ubiversity Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
English Speaking Union · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Greenville Library · Greenville, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Heifetz International Music Institute · Staunton, VA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
American Friends of the Trasimeno Music Festical · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,000
English Speaking Union · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Greenville Library · Greenville, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Greenville Library · Greenville, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Greenville Library · Greenville, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Foundation for the New Media · Sone Ridge, NY · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Friends of Alabama Archives · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Friends of Gaineswood · Demopolis, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Air Artists · Andalusia, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Auburn Ubiversity Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Air Artists · Andalusia, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Auburn Ubiversity Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Mobile Botanical Gardens · Mobile, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Auburn Ubiversity Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Foundation for New Media · Stone Ridge, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Friends of Alabama Archives · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,500
The Order of St John · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,021
Busheymashey Creek Vol Fire · Greenville, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montgomery Chamber Music Organization · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Alabama Public Radiouniversity of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Foundation for the New Media · Sone Ridge, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Friends of Alabama Archives · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Friends of Gaineswood · Demopolis, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montgomery Chamber Music Organization · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
St Thomas Episcopal Church · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Academy of Music Project - Montgomery Symphony Orchestra · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Friends of Alabama Archives · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Friends of Gaineswood · Demopolis, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Mobile Museum of Art · Mobile, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montgomery Chamber Music Organization · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution

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