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William G McGowan Charitable Fund

Name: William G McGowan Charitable Fund grants, 2021–2024
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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.

900
grants reported: $30.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

mcgowan family internal staff board matching discretionary sponsorship

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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.

Rush University Medical Center3 grants · $4.3M
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation10 grants · $1.7M
The Scranton Area Community Foundation17 grants · $1.1M
King'S College21 grants · $797,400
Commission On Economic Opportunity25 grants · $694,586
Warren Village4 grants · $625,000
The Luzerne Foundation13 grants · $561,201
Bishop Miege High School14 grants · $505,000
Rochester Area Community Foundation1 grant · $500,000
Rockhurst High School6 grants · $472,500

Giving over time

$7.7M

2021

$8.2M

2022

$7.1M

2023

$7.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 900 grants.

$1.6M
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2021
Workforce development (to meet 5% required distribution)
$1.5M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
A national trial of the elm lifestyle program and remission of the metabolic syndrome - year 5
$1.5M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
A national trial of the elm lifestyle program and remission of the metabolic syndrome - year 4
$1.3M
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
A national trial of the elm lifestyle program and remission of the metabolic syndrome - year 6
$1.0M
The Scranton Area Community Foundation · Scranton, PA · 2022
Workforce development
$500,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
General operations
$500,000
Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester, NY · 2023
Daf contribution
$500,000
The Luzerne Foundation · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Workforce development
$350,000
Commission On Economic Opportunity · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Monsignor andrew j. Mcgowan center for healthy living expansion project
$250,000
Foodlink · Rochester, NY · 2024
General operations
$250,000
The Luzeme Fund · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
General operations
$225,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2022
Breaking the cycle of poverty through a two-generation approach
$150,000
Allied Services Foundation · Clarks Summit, PA · 2024
General operations
$150,000
Commission On Economic Opportunity · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
General operations
$150,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$150,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2021
Support staff to increase continuity of care in a free clinic setting
$140,000
Bishop Miege High School · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2024
General operations
$130,000
Literacy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operations
$130,000
Rockhurst High School · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operations
$130,000
Bishop Miege High School · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2023
The helping hand tuition fund
$130,000
Literacy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Adult education & literacy
$130,000
Rockhurst High School · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Challenge: hurtado scholars program
$125,000
Bishop Ward High School · Kansas City, KS · 2024
General operations
$125,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Vibrant Health (Turner House Clinic Inc) · Kansas City, KS · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2024
General operations
$125,000
Commission On Economic Opportunity · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2023
Ceo's weinberg regional food bank
$125,000
Community Linc · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Community linc's housing programs
$125,000
Vibrant Health (Turner House Clinic Inc) · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Challenge: charitable care for low-income individuals & families
$125,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2023
Building economic and personal sustainability for unstably housed single-parent families
$125,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations of the organization & academic coaching program
$125,000
Warren Village · Denver, CO · 2021
Self sufficiency programming to empower low-income, single parents
$105,000
New Moms · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations of the organization, academic coaching program
$100,000
Allone Charities · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas · Overland Park, KS · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Colorado Homeless Families Inc Dba Beyondhome · Arvada, CO · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Cristo Rey Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Crosspurpose · Denver, CO · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Growing Futures Early Education Center · Overland Park, KS · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Icstars · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Pawsperity · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Bishop Ward High School · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Creating the student in the urban core- the cyclone center
$100,000
Center for Youth Services · Rochester, NY · 2023
Creating safety nets; restoring justice
$100,000
Bishop Miege High School · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2022
The helping hand tuition fund
$100,000
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2022
Birth to third grade
$100,000
Community Linc · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Community lincs housing program
$100,000
Cristo Rey Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
College ready. Career prepared. There is no time to waste.
$100,000
Foodlink · Rochester, NY · 2022
Foodlink career fellowship
$100,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation (Dba Icstars) · Chicago, IL · 2022
I.c.stars: launching future-focused technology careers for underserved young adults
$100,000
Literacy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Adult education & literacy
$100,000
Rockhurst High School · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Challenge grant: hurtado scholars program
$100,000
Vibrant Health (Turner House Clinic Inc) · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Challenge grant: equitable access to healthcare and improved outcomes for low-income
$100,000
Beyondhome (Formerly Known As Colorado Homeless Families) · Arvada, CO · 2021
Beyondhome self sufficiency program and scholar program
$100,000
Bishop Miege High School · Shawnee Mission, KS · 2021
The helping hand tuition fund
$100,000
Bishop Ward High School · Kansas City, KS · 2021
Align
$100,000
Community Linc · Kansas City, MO · 2021
[challenge] interim housing, community housing access, and home for good program
$100,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation (Dba Icstars) · Chicago, IL · 2021
Closing the racial mobility gap and promoting economic success for underserved young adults
$100,000
Literacy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2021
Adult education & literacy: adult basic education,hse,english as a second language,workforce
$100,000
Rockhurst High School · Kansas City, MO · 2021
[challenge] hurtado scholars
$100,000
Vibrant Health (Turner House Clinic Inc) · Kansas City, KS · 2021
[challenge] increased equitable access to primary care and better health outcomes for uninsured
$90,000
Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach · Rochester, NY · 2024
General operations
$88,300
Columbia University Columbia Business School · New York City, NY · 2024
Scholarships
$86,550
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Scholarships
$85,370
University of Pennslyvania Wharton School of Business · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow john connolly
$84,496
Columbia University Columbia Business School · New York City, NY · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow jackson gorman
$84,200
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management · Cambridge, MA · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow ruben guzman
$83,830
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Scholarships
$83,610
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2024
Scholarships
$81,015
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow diego escobar
$80,620
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2024
Scholarships
$80,472
Columbia University Columbia Business School · New York City, NY · 2022
2023 mcgowan fellow christoper deitrick
$80,400
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management · Cambridge, MA · 2022
2023 mcgowan fellow gauri seth
$80,000
Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach · Rochester, NY · 2023
New beginnings
$80,000
Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach · Rochester, NY · 2021
New beginnings
$79,730
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Mcgowan fellows tuition
$78,954
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Mcgowan fellows tuition
$78,362
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarships
$78,362
University of Michigan Ross School of Business · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Scholarships
$78,276
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2022
2023 mcgowan fellow connor bellows
$77,925
Duke University Fuqua School of Business · Durham, NC · 2024
Scholarships
$77,520
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow benjamin marshall
$77,520
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2022
2023 mcgowan fellow catherine wetlinski
$77,520
Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2021
Mcgowan fellows tuition
$77,500
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
2023 mcgowan fellow grace eun ko
$77,376
Columbia University Columbia Business School · New York City, NY · 2021
Mcgowan fellows tuition
$75,724
University of Michigan Ross School of Business · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow sophia kahn
$75,400
University of Virginia Darden School of Business · Charlottesvle, VA · 2022
2023 mcgowan fellow praveen kumar krishnamurthy
$75,014
University of Virginia Darden School of Business · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Scholarships
$75,000
Notre Dame De Sion · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Colorado Homeless Families Inc Dba Beyondhome · Arvada, CO · 2023
Beyondhome self sufficiency program
$75,000
Duke University Fuqua School of Business · Durham, NC · 2023
2024 mcgowan fellow binuk kodituwakku
$75,000
Fire Foundation Aka Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Fired up to learn: enriching resources for economically disadvantaged students with disabilities
$75,000
King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
King's college mcgowan hispanic outreach program
$75,000
Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2023
Lofts on arthington resident services
$75,000
Notre Dame De Sion · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Humann scholars program
$75,000
Pawsperity · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Challenge: pawsperity grooming school: unleashing human potential through pet care
$75,000
Restoration House of Greater Kansas City · Harrisonville, MO · 2023
Rehope trauma-informed continuum of care for adult sex-trafficking victims in the kansas city metro
$75,000
Mercy Housing Lakefront · Chicago, IL · 2022
Lofts on arthington resident services
$75,000
Bayaud Enterprises · Denver, CO · 2021
Bayaud's center for opportunity, rehabilitation, and employment (core)
$75,000
Safe Harbors of the Finger Lakes · Geneva, NY · 2021
Transitional housing for domestic violence victims

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