Funding search · EIN 161527078 · Elma, NY

Elsie P and Lucius B McCowan Private Foundation

Name: Elsie P and Lucius B McCowan Private 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.

423
grants reported: $861,790
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,200
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.

Outdoor U4 grants · $74,250
Baptist Health Foundation3 grants · $40,400
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Foundation4 grants · $36,000
Wings Flights of Hope7 grants · $35,650
Childrens Hospital of Buffalo Foundation4 grants · $20,800
St Paul'S Lutheran Church4 grants · $20,500
Just Buffalo Literary Center4 grants · $20,000
Sisters of St Mary of Namur4 grants · $18,000
Heart Love & Soul4 grants · $18,000
Niagara Hospice4 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$189,200

2022

$451,190

2023

$221,400

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 423 grants.

$21,350
Outdoor U · Lackawanna, NY · 2024
General operations
$20,625
Outdoor U · Lackawanna, NY · 2023
General operations
$20,625
Outdoor U · Lackawanna, NY · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Scotia, NY · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Scotia, NY · 2023
General operations
$11,650
Outdoor U · Lackawanna, NY · 2022
General operations
$11,000
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2022
General operations
$10,400
Baptist Health Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Foundation · East Aurora, NY · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Research Foundation for Suny · Syracuse, NY · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Foundation · East Aurora, NY · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Foundation · East Aurora, NY · 2023
General operations
$7,500
Greater Niagara Frontier Council · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$7,000
St Joseph Collegiate Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$7,000
The Franciscan Heritage Fdn · Blasdell, NY · 2022
General operations
$6,075
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General operations
$6,075
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General operations
$6,000
American Legion Post 113 · Rotonda West, FL · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Canisius University · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$6,000
Iroquois Youth Sportsmans Foundation · East Aurora, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,500
St Paul'S Lutheran Church · Elma, NY · 2024
General operations
$5,200
Childrens Hospital of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$5,200
Childrens Hospital of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,200
Childrens Hospital of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,200
Childrens Hospital of Buffalo Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Just Buffalo Literary Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Womens Board Wolfson Childrens Hospital · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Canisius College · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Canisius College · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Heart Love & Soul · Niagara Falls, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Heart Love & Soul · Niagara Falls, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Historical Assoc of Lewiston · Lewiston, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Historical Assoc of Lewiston · Lewiston, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Just Buffalo Literary Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Just Buffalo Literary Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Niagara Hospice · Lockport, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Niagara Hospice · Lockport, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
St Paul'S Lutheran Church · Elma, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
St Paul'S Lutheran Church · Elma, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
The General Pulaski · Cheektowaga, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
The General Pulaski · Cheektowaga, NY · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Canisius College · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Heart Love & Soul · Niagara Falls, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Just Buffalo Literary Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Niagara Hospice · Lockport, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,000
St Paul'S Lutheran Church · Elma, NY · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2022
General operations
$4,500
Sisters of St Mary of Namur · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$4,500
Sisters of St Mary of Namur · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$4,500
Sisters of St Mary of Namur · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$4,500
Sisters of St Mary of Namur · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$4,000
Historical Assoc of Lewiston · Lewiston, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,500
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,500
Ebeneezer United Church of Christ · West Seneca, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,200
St John the Baptist Church · Alden, NY · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Buffalo Museum of Science · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Elma Cemetery Association · Orchard Park, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Heart Love & Soul · Niagara Falls, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Niagara Hospice · Lockport, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Shakespeare in Delaware Park · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Wilson Community Food Pantry · Wilson, NY · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Elma Cemetery Association · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Elma Cemetery Association · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Friends of Lewiston Library · Lewiston, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Friends of Lewiston Library · Lewiston, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission · Niagara Falls, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Niagara Gospel Rescue Mission · Niagara Falls, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Shakespeare in Delaware Park · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Shakespeare in Delaware Park · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Wilson Community Food Pantry · Wilson, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Wilson Community Food Pantry · Wilson, NY · 2023
General operations
$3,000
Elma Cemetery Association · Orchard Park, NY · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Friends of Lewiston Library · Lewiston, NY · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Historical Assoc of Lewiston · Lewiston, NY · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Shakespeare in Delaware Park · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Wilson Community Food Pantry · Wilson, NY · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Ed Tech of Wny · Hamburg, NY · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Lockport Cares · Lockport, NY · 2024
General operations
$2,500
St Joseph Collegiate Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Kavinoky Theater · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Kavinoky Theater · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Lockport Cares · Lockport, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Lockport Cares · Lockport, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
St Joseph Collegiate Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
St Joseph Collegiate Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Wings Flights of Hope · Orchard Park, NY · 2023
General operations
$2,500
American Legion Post 113 · Rotonda West, FL · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Buffalo Zoo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Feedmore of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Lockport Cares · Lockport, NY · 2022
General operations
$2,400
Boys & Girls Club of Elma Marilla & Wales · Elma, NY · 2022
General operations
$2,300
American Indian Relief Council · Rapid City, SD · 2024
General operations
$2,300
Blinded Veterans Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations

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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.