Funding search · EIN 316652818 · Norwell, MA

The Owens Family Foundation

Name: The Owens 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.

36
grants reported: $9.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $100,000
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.

Grant history

All 36 reported grants, largest first.

$1.6M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
The college fund
$1.6M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
The college fund
$1.5M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
The college fund
$1.4M
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
The college fund
$389,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
Scientific research
$292,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
Scientific research
$256,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
Scientific research
$250,000
Wellington Management Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
To support organization's mission
$167,500
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
To support organization's mission
$167,500
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
To support organization's mission
$164,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2025
Scientific research
$125,000
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Scientific research
$100,000
Nvna & Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2025
Gerry sanderson education fund
$100,000
Wellington Management Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
To support organization's mission
$100,000
Nvna & Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2024
Gerry sanderson education fund
$100,000
Wellington Management Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
To support organization's mission
$100,000
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Scientific research
$100,000
Nvna & Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2023
Gerry sanderson education fund
$100,000
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research
$100,000
Mass Audubon Sacred Hearts · Wareham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribtuion
$100,000
Nvna & Hospice · Norwell, MA · 2022
Gerry sanderson education fund
$100,000
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scientific research
$50,000
South Shore Health System Foundation · South Weymouth, MA · 2025
To support organization's mission
$50,000
South Shore Health System Foundation · South Weymouth, MA · 2024
To support organization's mission
$50,000
South Shore Health System Foundation · South Weymouth, MA · 2023
To support organization's mission
$50,000
South Shore Health System Foundation · South Weymouth, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$25,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2025
To support organization's mission
$25,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2024
To support organization's mission
$25,000
Focused Ultrasound Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$25,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Harvard business school hbs fund
$10,000
Historic New England · Boston, MA · 2025
To support organization's mission
$10,000
Historic New England · Boston, MA · 2024
To support organization's mission
$10,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2023
To support organization's mission
$10,000
Historic New England · Boston, MA · 2023
To support organization's mission
$10,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition · New Bedford, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution
$10,000
Historic New England · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted contribution

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