Funding search · EIN 387066627 · Big Sky, MT

Dowd Family Foundation

Name: Dowd Family Foundation 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.

43
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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.

Chase Animal Rescue Sanctuary3 grants · $945,000
Gallatin Ice Foundation2 grants · $550,000
Big Sky Community Organization1 grant · $110,000
Eagle Mount Bozeman4 grants · $110,000
Yellowstone Club Community Foundation3 grants · $102,500
Mt 64 Hockey Association1 grant · $100,000
Spanish Peaks Community Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Big Sky School District Pto2 grants · $60,830
Village of Birchwood Wi1 grant · $50,000
Miracle League of Northampton2 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$288,700

2022

$520,150

2023

$492,680

2024

$1.0M

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$525,000
Gallatin Ice Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Support
$445,000
Chase Animal Rescue Sanctuary · Webster, FL · 2023
Support
$300,000
Chase Animal Rescue Sanctuary · Webster, FL · 2025
Support
$200,000
Chase Animal Rescue Sanctuary · Webster, FL · 2024
Support
$110,000
Big Sky Community Organization · Big Sky, MT · 2022
Support
$100,000
Mt 64 Hockey Association · Memphis, TN · 2024
Support
$50,680
Big Sky School District Pto · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2024
Support
$50,000
Eagle Mount Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Support
$50,000
Village of Birchwood Wi · Birchwood, WI · 2025
Support
$50,000
Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Support
$27,500
Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Support
$25,000
Miracle League of Northampton · Easton, PA · 2025
Support
$25,000
Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Big Sky, MT · 2025
Support
$25,000
Alex'S Lemonade Stand Foundation · Wynnewood, PA · 2024
Support
$25,000
Eagle Mount Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Support
$25,000
Gallatin Ice Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Support
$25,000
Eagle Mount Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Support
$25,000
Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Big Sky, MT · 2023
Support
$25,000
Saginaw Community Foundation · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Support
$25,000
Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Big Sky, MT · 2022
Support
$25,000
Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Support
$15,000
Samuel Cozen Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support
$10,150
Big Sky School District Pto · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2023
Support
$10,000
The Billy Poole Foundation · Anaconda, MT · 2025
Support
$10,000
The Weitzman · Tampa, FL · 2024
Support
$10,000
Big Sky Bravery · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Support
$10,000
Big Sky Community Food Bank · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2022
Support
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Support
$10,000
Eagle Mount Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Support
$10,000
Glen Ellyn Foord Bank · Glen Ellyn, IL · 2022
Support
$10,000
Miracle League of Northampton · Easton, PA · 2022
Support
$10,000
Team Gleason Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support
$10,000
The Billy Poole Foundation · Anaconda, MT · 2022
Support
$5,000
Miracle League of Joliet · Joliet, IL · 2024
Support
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
Support
$5,000
Big Sky Community Library · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2023
Support
$5,000
Birchwood Four Corners Emergency Service District · Birchwood, WI · 2023
Support
$5,000
Miracle League of Joliet · Joliet, IL · 2022
Support
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Support
$2,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
Support
$1,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2025
Support
$1,000
Pink Heals Joliet Area Chapter · Channahon, IL · 2022
Support
$200
Big Sky School District Pie Auction · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2022
Support

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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.