Funding search · EIN 136090295 · Staten Island, NY

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Name: The Cowles Charitable Trust grants, 2021–2024
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.

987
grants reported: $5.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

arts education medical

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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.

Grasp7 grants · $147,000
Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative6 grants · $125,000
Lawrenceville School5 grants · $75,000
Cambridge School of Weston4 grants · $74,000
Vanguard School4 grants · $62,500
Universal Shaiva Fellowship5 grants · $60,000
Wassaic Project5 grants · $56,500
Union of Concerned Scientists4 grants · $47,500
Southern Poverty Law Center4 grants · $44,000
God'S Love We Deliver4 grants · $42,500

Giving over time

$1.3M

2021

$1.2M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 987 grants.

$45,000
Grasp · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Grasp · Indio, CA · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative · Hartsdale, NY · 2023
Charitable
$27,000
Cambridge School of Weston · Weston, MA · 2022
Education
$27,000
Cambridge School of Weston · Weston, MA · 2021
Education
$25,000
Vanguard School · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$25,000
Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative · Hartsdale, NY · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Grasp · Indio, CA · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
Dora Maar Cultural Center · Houston, TX · 2024
The arts
$20,000
Wassaic Project · Wassaic, NY · 2024
The arts
$20,000
Women'S Studio Workshop · Kingston, NY · 2024
The arts
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Grasp · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Nancy B Negley Artists Residency Program · Houston, TX · 2023
The arts
$20,000
Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative · Hartsdale, NY · 2022
Arts
$20,000
Grant Foundation the · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Medical
$20,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2022
Education
$20,000
Art Effect the · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2021
The arts
$20,000
Artist Space · New York, NY · 2021
The arts
$20,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2021
Education
$20,000
Saint George'S School · Middletown, RI · 2021
Education
$20,000
Womens Studio Workshop · Rosendale, NY · 2021
The arts
$18,000
Reach and Teach Ministry · Clearwater, FL · 2021
Charitable
$17,500
Grant Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Medical
$17,500
Vanguard School · Lake Wells, FL · 2024
Education
$17,500
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Charitable
$16,000
Sister Cities Essex Haiti · Essex, CT · 2022
Education
$15,000
Art Effect of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
The arts
$15,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2024
Education
$15,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$15,000
Sister Cities Essex Haiti · Essex, CT · 2024
Education
$15,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$15,000
Universal Shaiva Fellowship · Boring, OR · 2024
Education
$15,000
Lawrenceville School · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023
Education
$15,000
Vanguard School · Lake Wells, FL · 2023
Education
$15,000
Art Effect the · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
The arts
$15,000
Arts Mid-Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
The arts
$15,000
Reach and Teach Ministry · Clearwater, FL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Universal Shaiva Fellowship · Culver City, CA · 2022
Education
$15,000
Wassaic Project · Wassaic, NY · 2022
The arts
$15,000
Arts Mid-Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2021
The arts
$15,000
Creative Time · New York, NY · 2021
The arts
$15,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
Medical
$15,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
The arts
$15,000
Universal Shaiva Fellowship · Culver City, CA · 2021
Education
$13,500
Sister Cities Essex Haiti · Essex, CT · 2021
Education
$12,500
Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$12,500
Reach and Teach Ministries · Palm Bay, FL · 2024
Charitable
$12,500
St George'S School · Middletown, RI · 2024
Education
$12,500
God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$12,500
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County · Miami, FL · 2022
The arts
$12,500
Partnership for the Homeless the · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$12,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation (Nj and Ny Chapters) · New York, NY · 2024
Medical
$12,000
Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Charitable
$12,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2021
Charitable
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Bard Graduate Center · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$10,000
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Cambridge School of Weston · Weston, MA · 2024
Education
$10,000
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (Cases) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Cumberland University · Williamsburg, KY · 2024
Education
$10,000
Eaglebrook Schoolallen Chase Foundation · Deerfield, MA · 2024
Education
$10,000
Evident Change · Madison, WI · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, CT · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Underline · Miami, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Genesis Health Services · Parrish, FL · 2024
Medical
$10,000
God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Guggenheim Museum · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Jewish Family & Children'S Service · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Lowe Art Museum University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024
Medical
$10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Multicultural Health Institute · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Medical
$10,000
Museum of the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
New World Symphony · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
The arts
$10,000
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
New York Common Pantry · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Nu Deco Ensemble · Miami, FL · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024
Medical
$10,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
The arts
$10,000
Wolfsonian · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
The arts
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Art Effect of the Hudson Valley · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
The arts
$10,000
Artists Space · New York, NY · 2023
The arts
$10,000
Arts Mid-Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
The arts
$10,000
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
The arts
$10,000
Cambridge School of Weston · Weston, MA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (Cases) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Creative Time · New York, NY · 2023
The arts
$10,000
Cumberland University · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
Education
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Medical
$10,000
Eaglebrook Schoolallen Chase Foundation · Deerfield, MA · 2023
Education

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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.