Funding search · EIN 460986449 · Bellevue, WA

Gow Family Foundation

Name: Gow 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.

102
grants reported: $5.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $35,000
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.

Planned Parenthood3 grants · $600,000
Ywca of Seattlekingsnohomish County3 grants · $450,000
Yuan Tze Ren Xue Center3 grants · $450,000
Pottery Northwest3 grants · $380,000
Ifwhenhow Lawyering for Reproductive Justice3 grants · $300,000
Vancouver Foundation3 grants · $224,100
Center for Independent Documentary1 grant · $200,000
Pachamama Alliance3 grants · $150,000
Islandwood3 grants · $150,000
Life Enrichement Options3 grants · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$2.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

$220,000
Pottery Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$200,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024
General purposes
$200,000
Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$200,000
Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$200,000
Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$150,000
Yuan Tze Ren Xue Center · Orinda, CA · 2024
General purposes
$150,000
Ywca of Seattlekingsnohomish County · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$150,000
Yuan Tze Ren Xue Center · Orinda, CA · 2023
General purposes
$150,000
Ywca of Seattlekingsnohomish County · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$150,000
Yuan Tze Ren Xue Center · Orinda, CA · 2022
General purposes
$150,000
Ywca of Seattlekingsnohomish County · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$124,100
Vancouver Foundation · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Ifwhenhow Lawyering for Reproductive Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Ifwhenhow Lawyering for Reproductive Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Pottery Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Ifwhenhow Lawyering for Reproductive Justice · Oakland, CA · 2022
General purposes
$75,000
Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General purposes
$65,000
Pachamama Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purposes
$65,000
Pachamama Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purposes
$60,000
Pottery Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Life Enrichement Options · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Northwest Community Bail Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Northwest Immigration Rights Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Vancouver Foundation · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Washington Women in Need · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Life Enrichement Options · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Northwest Community Bail Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Northwest Immigration Rights Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Sugi Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Washington Women in Need · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Food Lifeline · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Islandwood · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Life Enrichement Options · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Northwest Community Bail Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Northwest Immigration Rights Project · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Rainier Scholars · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$50,000
Vancouver Foundation · 2022
General purposes
$40,000
Lifewire Fka Eastside Domestic Violence Program · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General purposes
$40,000
Recovery Cafe · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$40,000
Lifewire Fka Eastside Domestic Violence Program · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General purposes
$40,000
Recovery Cafe · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$40,000
Lifewire Fka Eastside Domestic Violence Program · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General purposes
$40,000
Recovery Cafe · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$35,000
Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$35,000
Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$35,000
Refugee Women'S Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Children'S Home Society of Washington Dba Akin · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$30,000
Children'S Home Society of Washington Dba Akin · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$30,000
Childhaven · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$30,000
Washington Women in Need · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Amara · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Bellevue Lifespring · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Camp Korey · Carnation, WA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Rainier Prep · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Amara · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Bellevue Lifespring · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Camp Korey · Carnation, WA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Rainier Prep · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Amara · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Bellevue Lifespring · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Camp Korey · Carnation, WA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Rainier Prep · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Ymca · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Cocoon House · Everett, WA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Delta Gamma Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Issaquah Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Pachamama Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Village Theatre · Everett, WA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Cocoon House · Everett, WA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Delta Gamma Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Issaquah Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Sexual Violence Law Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Village Theatre · Everett, WA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Cocoon House · Everett, WA · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Delta Gamma Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Issaquah Schools Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Sexual Violence Law Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Village Theatre · Everett, WA · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Wild Salmon Center · Portland, OR · 2022
General purposes
$20,000
Youthcare · Seattle, WA · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Housing Hope · Everett, WA · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Schack Art Center · Everett, WA · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
The Garage a Teen Cafe · Issaquah, WA · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Housing Hope · Everett, WA · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Schack Art Center · Everett, WA · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
The Garage a Teen Cafe · Issaquah, WA · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Housing Hope · Everett, WA · 2022
General purposes

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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.