Funding search · EIN 852125680 · Boulder, CO

Bowanabee Foundation

Name: Bowanabee Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

53
grants reported: $3.3M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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.

National Christian Foundation1 grant · $850,000
National Christian Charitable Foundation1 grant · $800,000
You Version1 grant · $500,000
The Signatry1 grant · $250,000
Campus Crusade for Christ3 grants · $236,050
Illuminations Foundation2 grants · $200,000
Ceo Forum3 grants · $100,000
Cu Buff Foundation1 grant · $50,000
United in Purpose2 grants · $50,000
Colorado University Buff Club1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2021

$252,880

2022

$1.6M

2023

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$850,000
National Christian Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2021
General operating
$800,000
National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
General operating
$500,000
You Version · Edmond, OK · 2023
General operating
$250,000
The Signatry · Overland Park, KS · 2021
General operating
$160,250
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2021
General operating
$100,000
Illuminations Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
General operating
$100,000
Illuminations Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2021
General operating
$50,000
Cu Buff Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Colorado University Buff Club · Boulder, CO · 2022
General operating
$41,900
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2023
General operating
$34,000
Ceo Forum · Highland Village, TX · 2021
General operating
$33,900
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2022
General operating
$33,000
Ceo Forum · Highland Village, TX · 2023
General operating
$33,000
Ceo Forum · Highland Village, TX · 2022
General operating
$26,500
Impact Investing Charitable Foundation I · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating
$25,000
United in Purpose · Southlake, TX · 2022
General operating
$25,000
Pvm Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2021
General operating
$25,000
United in Purpose · Southlake, TX · 2021
General operating
$15,400
Calvary Bible Church · Boulder, CO · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Harvest Prayer Ministries · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
General operating
$14,400
Calvary Bible Church · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating
$14,400
Calvary Bible Church · Boulder, CO · 2021
General operating
$11,000
Pastorserve · Monument, CO · 2023
General operating
$10,145
Boulder Library Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Boulder Police Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Christianity Today · Carol Streem, IL · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Rockside Ranch · Etna, CA · 2022
General operating
$10,000
The New York City Leadership Center · Winchester, VA · 2022
General operating
$7,772
Ecdusis Foundation · Estelline, SD · 2022
General operating
$5,179
Wrestle Like a Girl · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Boulder Library Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General operating
$3,324
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General operating
$2,604
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General operating
$2,400
Pds Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2023
General operating
$2,400
Pds Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022
General operating
$2,400
Pds Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2021
General operating
$2,300
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General operating
$2,244
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
General operating
$1,087
Beyond Pesticides · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating
$1,000
Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$1,000
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Young Life · Northglenn, CO · 2022
General operating
$600
Bible Study Fellowship · San Antontio, TX · 2023
General operating
$600
We Grow Dreams · West Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating
$600
Bible Study Fellowship · San Antontio, TX · 2022
General operating
$600
Bible Study Fellowship · San Antontio, TX · 2021
General operating
$500
Stadia Church · Akron, OH · 2023
General operating
$500
Colorado Beekeepers Assoc · Byers, CO · 2021
General operating
$500
We Grow Dreams · West Chicago, IL · 2021
General operating
$360
Beyond Pesticides · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$330
Beyond Pesticides · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$250
Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church · Estes Park, CO · 2021
General operating

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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.