Helen Houston Owen Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 85-2678484 · reported 2023–2025
23grants reported
$35Kmedian award
$25Klower quartile
$11Ksmallest grant
$978Ktotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 23 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $90K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 95672
Chicago, IL 60694-5672
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 131 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 |
| Bsa Greater LA Area Council | Los Angeles, CA | $95,000 |
| Bsa Greater LA Area Council | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 |
| Pasadena Unified School District | Pasadena, CA | $65,000 |
| Pasadena Guild of Children's Hospital | Pasadena, CA | $60,000 |
| Pasadena Guild of Children's Hospital | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 |
| Pasadena Guild of Children's Hospital | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 |
| Pasadena Unified School District | Pasadena, CA | $50,000 |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $46,500 |
| St Francis High School | Lacanada, CA | $36,000 |
| St Francis High School | Lacanada, CA | $35,000 |
| St Francis High School | Lacanada, CA | $35,000 |
| First African Methodist Church of Pasa | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 |
| First African Methodist Episcopal | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 |
| First African Methodist Episcopal | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 |
| Project Restore | Glen Carbon, IL | $29,000 |
| Pasadena Museum of History | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 |
| Pasadena Museum of History | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 |
| City of Los Angeles - Hollyhock House | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Pasadena Museum of History | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 |
| City of Los Angeles - Hollyhock House | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 |
| Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 |
| Clifford Swan Investment Counsel | Pasadena, CA | $11,389 |
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