Funding search · EIN 201511055 · Hillsborough, CA

Cynthia and Merrill Magowan Family

Name: Cynthia and Merrill Magowan Family 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.

93
grants reported: $561,586
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,500
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.

The Marine Mammal Center4 grants · $81,086
Addiction Education Society2 grants · $54,750
Mayo Clinic2 grants · $50,000
San Francisco Zoological Society4 grants · $47,000
Peninsula Family Service4 grants · $30,000
Special Ops Sv2 grants · $22,500
Deerfield Academy3 grants · $21,000
Cathedral School Alumni Association1 grant · $20,000
Friends of Coos County Animals4 grants · $18,125
San Francisco Symphony3 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$113,000

2022

$137,500

2023

$174,086

2024

$137,000

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$52,250
Addiction Education Society · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Support 501(c)3 organization
$30,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Saualito, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
Support 501(c)3 organization
$25,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$25,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Saualito, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
Cathedral School Alumni Association · Clinton, MD · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$17,000
San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$16,086
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$15,000
Special Ops Sv · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$12,500
Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Deerfield Academy · Clinton, MD · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Support 501(c)3 organization
$10,000
James Merrill House Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2024
Support Exempt Organization
$10,000
San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Ethel Weber School · Sandy Springs, GA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$8,500
Deerfield Academy · Clinton, MD · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$7,500
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$7,500
Friends of Coos County Animals · Coos Bay, OR · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$7,500
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$7,500
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$7,500
Special Ops Sv · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Alleycats Aristrocrats · Medina, OH · 2025
Support Exempt Organization
$5,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Alleycats Aristrocrats · Medina, OH · 2024
Support Exempt Organization
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Hillsborough Beautification Foundat · Hillsborough, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)3 organization
$5,000
Bakers Institute · Houston, TX · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Hillsborough Beautification Foundat · Hillsborough, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Naval Institute Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Fine Arts Museums Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Friends of Coos County Animals · Coos Bay, OR · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Hillsborough Beautification Foundat · Hillsborough, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Fou · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$4,000
Peninsula Humane Society Spca · Burlingame, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$3,750
Friends of Coos County Animals · Coos Bay, OR · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$3,750
Naval Institute Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$3,500
Kidsave International · Culver City, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$3,000
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Bakers Institute · Houston, TX · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Call Primerose · Burlingame, CA · 2025
Support Exempt Organization
$2,500
Fine Arts Museums Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Hillsborough Beautification Foundat · Hillsborough, CA · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Peninsula Family Service · San Mateo, CA · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Call Primerose · Burlingame, CA · 2024
Support Exempt Organization
$2,500
Deerfield Academy · Clinton, MD · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Fine Arts Museums Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$2,500
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Wood Island Life Saving · Kittery Point, ME · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Addiction Education Society · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)3 organization
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Grace Epis Church · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Mule Team · San Antionio, TX · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
School Choice Wisconsin · Wast Allis, WI · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Wood Island Life Saving · Kittery Point, ME · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Meals On Wheels of Contra Costa · Martinez, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Primrose Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
The Naval Institute Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,500
Wood Island Life Saving Station Ass · Kittery Point, ME · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$2,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$2,000
The Gilder Lehrman Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,875
Friends of Coos County Animals · Coos Bay, OR · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,875
Naval Institute Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,750
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,750
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Support Exempt Organization
$1,750
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,750
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Support Exempt Organization
$1,000
Aim High · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$1,000
Filoli Center · Woodside, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)3 organization
$1,000
St Bernard'S Academy Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2024
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)3 organization
$1,000
Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)3 organization
$1,000
Savenatureorg · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,000
St Andrews Dune Chruch · Southhampton, NY · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,000
St Bernard'S Academy Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,000
Golden Gate National Parks Conserva · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$1,000
St Bernard'S Academy Foundation · Eureka, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$750
International Elephant Foundation · Azle, TX · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$750
Kidsave International · Culver City, CA · 2023
Support 501(c)(3) organization
$500
Elephant Coop · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Support Exempt Organization
$500
Savenatureorg · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support 501(c)(3) organization

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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.