Funding search · EIN 261627225 · Phoenix, AZ

The Cowley Family Foundation

Name: The Cowley Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

72
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
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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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.

Teach for America2 grants · $160,000
Asu Foundation3 grants · $153,000
Maricopa County Community Colleges Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Maricopa County Community Colleges Founda1 grant · $100,000
Teach for America1 grant · $80,000
Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation1 grant · $75,000
Az Brainfood2 grants · $59,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Arizona Brainfood1 grant · $35,000
Michael J Fox Foundation1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$334,500

2022

$370,366

2023

$354,000

2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Maricopa County Community Colleges Founda · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$100,000
Maricopa County Community Colleges Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$80,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable Donation
$80,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable Donation
$80,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable Donation
$75,000
Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$51,500
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$51,500
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$50,000
Asu Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$35,000
Arizona Brainfood · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$29,500
Az Brainfood · Mesa, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$29,500
Az Brainfood · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$25,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable Donation
$25,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable Donation
$25,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable Donation
$18,866
Forever Young Foundation · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Keys To Change · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Human Services Campus · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Human Services Campus · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$8,000
Susan Stanton Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable Donation
$7,500
Operation Underground Railroad · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Maricopa County Fair · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$5,000
National Ms Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$5,000
St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Maricopa County Fair · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$5,000
National Ms Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$5,000
St Mary'S Food Bank Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$5,000
Maricopa County Fair · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$5,000
National Ms Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$5,000
St Mary'S Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$4,500
Operation Underground Railroad · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Charitable Donation
$4,000
Chandler Firefighter Charities · Chandler, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
American Diabetes Association · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Healthy Screen Habits · Moorpark, CA · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Manes & Miracles · San Tan Valley, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Md Dogs · Nicholasville, KY · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Paz De Cristo · Mesa, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
The Emily Effect · Riverton, UT · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
The Foster Alliance · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Uvu Foundation · Orem, UT · 2024
Charitable Donation
$3,000
American Diabetes Association · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Broadmoor Pta · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Child Find of America · New Paltz, NY · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Hope Foundation · Queen Creek, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Millenial Choirs and Orchestras (McO) · Queen Creek, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Uvu Foundation · Orem, UT · 2023
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
Chandler Firefighter Charities · Chandler, AZ · 2022
Charitable Contribution
$3,000
Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,000
The Emily Effect · Riverton, UT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$2,500
Congregation Beth Tefillah · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$2,500
Tossin' Away Als · Mesa, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$2,500
Tossin' Away Als · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Charitable Donation
$2,500
Footsteps for Fertility Foundation · Draper, UT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$2,500
Tossin' Away Als · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$2,000
The Emily Effect · Riverton, UT · 2023
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Chandler Cadet Charities · Chandler, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Chandler Firefighter Charities · Chandler, AZ · 2024
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2024
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Operation Underground Railroad · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2023
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Footsteps for Fertility Foundation · Draper, UT · 2023
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Prevent Child Abuse America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Anasazi Foundation · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Charitable donation
$1,500
Broadmor Pta · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation
$1,500
Prevent Child Abuse America · Prescott Valley, AZ · 2022
Charitable Contribution
$1,500
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT · 2022
Charitable Donation
$1,000
Ishikawa Elementary Pto · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Charitable Donation

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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.