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Who does Cowles Charitable Trust fund?

Cowles Charitable Trust has awarded $6.5 million across 1,186 grants to 482 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,000 and $7,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $2,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$6.5M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
482
Grants
1,186
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 482 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
G Grasp $177K82020–20242024— —
F Fractured Atlas - Bridge Initiative $125K62021–20242024— —
Cambridge School of Weston INC $102K62020–20242024MA
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School $95K62020–20242024NJ
V Vanguard School $78K52020–20242024— —
U Universal Shaiva Fellowship $75K62020–20242024OR
Arts Mid-Hudson INC $65K62020–20242024NY
The Union of Concerned Scientists INC $62K52020–20242024MA
Creative Time INC $60K62020–20242024NY
Nu Deco Ensemble INC $60K52020–20242024FL
Museum of Modern Art $60K52020–20242024NY
Wassaic Project INC $59K62020–20242024NY
Gods Love We Deliver INC $58K52020–20242024NY
Sister Cities Essex Haiti INC $56K52020–20242024CT
D Doctors Without Borders $55K62020–20242024— —
Genesis Health Services INC $55K52020–20242024FL
The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley INC $55K32020–20222022NY
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $54K52020–20242024AL
W Womens Studio Workshop $52K32020–20222022— —
B Brooklyn Museum $50K52020–20242024— —
G Grant Foundation the $50K32020–20222022— —
M Multicultural Health Institute $50K52020–20242024— —
The Studio Museum in Harlem $50K42020–20242024NY
Mote Marine Laboratory $50K52020–20242024FL
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House INC $50K52020–20242024NY
New World Symphony INC $50K52020–20242024FL
N Nancy B Negley Artists Residency Program $50K42020–20232023TX
S Sarasota Suncoast Community Church INC $50K62020–20242024FL
R Reach and Teach Ministry $48K32020–20222022— —
New York Common Pantry $48K52020–20242024NY
A Artist Space $45K32020–20222022— —
New York Botanical Garden $42K52020–20242024NY
Women's Studio Workshop INC $40K32023–20242024NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art $40K42020–20242024NY
B Bard Graduate Center $40K52020–20242024— —
Whitney Museum of American Art $40K42020–20242024NY
G Guggenheim Museum $40K42021–20242024— —
Evident Change $40K42021–20242024WI
W Wolfsonian INC $40K42021–20242024FL
Ringling College of Art and Design INC $38K62020–20242024FL
Public Art Fund INC $38K52020–20242024NY
Citymeals-On-Wheels $36K42020–20232023NY
E Eaglebrook School $35K32020–20222022— —
Friends of the Underline INC $35K42020–20242024FL
Northside Center for Child Development INC $34K62020–20242024NY
Americas Society INC $33K62020–20242024NY
G Grant Foundation $32K32023–20242024— —
The Doe Fund INC $32K52020–20242024NY
Apollo Pact INC $32K62021–20242024NY
Miami City Ballet INC $30K52020–20242024FL
New Yorkers for Parks $30K42020–20242024NY
L Lowe Art Museum $30K32020–20222022— —
Bowdoin College $30K32020–20222022ME
World Central Kitchen Incorporated $30K22022–20242024DC
The Chinati Foundation $30K52020–20242024TX
A Art Effect of the Hudson Valley INC $30K32023–20242024— —
Saint George's School $30K22020–20212021WA
C Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment $30K32020–20222022— —
M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $30K32020–20222022— —
A American Red Cross $30K32023–20242024— —
Razom INC $30K32022–20242024NY
M Madeira Schoolthe $30K32020–20222022— —
P Public Theater $29K52020–20242024— —
Poets & Writers INC $28K52020–20242024NY
East Harlem Tutorial Program INC $28K42020–20242024NY
The Jewish Museum $28K42021–20242024NY
G Greyhound Advancement Center INC $27K42020–20232023FL
Lower East Side Tenement Museum $27K52020–20242024NY
Brooklyn Academy of Music INC $27K62020–20242024NY
Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education INC $26K72020–20242024DC
Second Chance Last Opportunity INC $26K62021–20232023FL
C City Parks Foundation $25K52020–20242024— —
Artists Space INC $25K32023–20242024NY
N New York Public Library $25K52020–20242024— —
I Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum $25K52020–20242024— —
Drawing Center INC $25K52020–20242024NY
L Learning Ally INC $25K52020–20242024NJ
Foundation for Contemporary Arts INC $25K42020–20242024NY
D Dia Art Foundation $25K42020–20232023— —
St George's School $25K32022–20242024RI
National Public Radio INC $25K52020–20242024DC
A Art Council INC $25K52020–20242024NY —
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting INC $25K52020–20242024NY
M Monmouth County SPCA $25K32020–20222022— —
Museum of the City of New York $25K32020–20222022NY
The Kitchen INC $24K52020–20242024MO
Central Park Conservancy INC $24K52020–20242024NY
New York Foundation for the Arts INC $24K52020–20242024NY
Vermont Studio Center INC $24K42020–20232023VT
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence $23K52020–20242024DC
New York City Center INC $23K52020–20242024NY
L Legal Aid Society $23K42020–20242024— —
New York City Ballet INC $23K42021–20242024NY
C Cumberlands University $22K32020–20222022— —
J Jewish Family and Children's Services of the Sunco $22K32020–20222022— —
Equal Justice USA INC $22K32020–20242024NY
F Fighting Chance $22K32020–20232023— —
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center INC $22K62020–20242024FL
A American Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter $22K32020–20222022— —
Storm King Art Center $22K42020–20232023NY

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