Funding search · EIN 760181972 · Houston, TX

Jack and Annis Bowen Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

120
grants reported
$321,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • The Beacon3 grants · $15,000
  • Nick Finnegan Counseling Center3 grants · $14,000
  • Amistad Mission3 grants · $13,000
  • Magikids3 grants · $13,000
  • Camp for All Foundation3 grants · $12,000
  • Urban Harvest2 grants · $12,000
  • Sixty-Six Theater Co3 grants · $11,000
  • The Women'S Home2 grants · $10,000
  • Rose Bounty Stratford Street United Church2 grants · $9,000
  • Nameless Sound3 grants · $9,000

Giving over time

$64,000
2022
$83,000
2023
$93,000
2024
$81,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 120 grants.

  • $6,000

    Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    The Shepherd School of Music - Rice University · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Sixty-Six Theater Co · West Hollywood, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Urban Harvest · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Rose Bounty Stratford Street United Church · West Roxbury, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Beacon · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Amistad Mission · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Camp for All Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Magikids · Rochester, MN · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Beacon · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Waquoit Bay Nat'L Estuarine Research Reserve · Waquoit, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Amistad Mission · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Camp for All Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Gulf Coast Literary Journal · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Magikids · Rochester, MN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nameless Sound · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Beacon · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Villages Charter Middle School · The Villages, FL · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Watercolor Art Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Amistad Mission · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Kanapaha Middle School · Gainsville, FL · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Rose Bounty Stratford Street United Church · West Roxbury, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Watercolor Art Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Amistad Mission · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Care Partners the Gathering · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Los Angeles County Fire Department · Commerce, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Magikids · Rochester, MN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Menil Collection · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nameless Sound · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    New Hope Housing · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Philanthropy Kids · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Rose Bounty Food Pantry United Church · West Roxbury, MA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Sixty-Six Theater Co · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Rock at Hope Lutheran Church · The Villages, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Waquoit Bay Reserve Foundation · Waquoit, WA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Wildwood Food Pantry · Wildwood, FL · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Buffalo Scholarship Foundation · Middleton, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Gulf Coast Journal · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Houston Area Women'S Center · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Rose Bounty Stratford Street United Church · West Roxbury, MA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Growhaus · Denver, CO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Villages Charter Middle School · The Villages, FL · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Houston Youth Symphony · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Growhaus · Denver, CO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Bicycle Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Camp for All Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Round Top Festival Institute · Round Top, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The Growhaus · Denver, CO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The John Fairey Garden Conservation Fdn · Hempstead, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Theatre Under the Stars · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Camp for All Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Denver Urban Gardens · Denver, CO · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Elizabeth F Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Grow Haus · Denver, CO · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Pacific Art League · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    People for Bikes Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Women'S Club of Palo Alto · Palo Alto, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Washington County · Brenham, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Care Partners the Gathering · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Denver Urban Gardens · Denver, CO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Foundation for Modern Music · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Gamble Garden · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Gulf Coast Literary Journal · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Pacific Art League · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Women'S Club of Palo Alto · Palo Alto, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Watercolor Art Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Care Partners the Gathering · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter · La Grange, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Sixty-Six Theater Co · West Hollywood, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Zoo New England · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter · La Grange, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Houston Hospice · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Lifehouston · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Parkway Ymca · West Roxbury, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Sixty-Six Theater Co · West Hollywood, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Star of Hope · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Shepherd School of Music · Houston, TX · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Zoo New England · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Houston Youth Symphony · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Menil Collection · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends for Life Animal Shelter · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Bicycle Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Big Bad Con · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of Pumpkin Park · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Nameless Sound · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    River Oaks Chamber Orchestra · Houston, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The John Fairey Garden Conservation Fdn · Hempstead, TX · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Bicycle Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Big Bad Con · New Llano, LA · 2023

    Unrestricted

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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.