Jack and Annis Bowen Foundation
Private foundation · Houston, TX · EIN 76-0181972 · reported 2023–2025
88grants reported
$3,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$257Ktotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 88 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $15K 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
1927 Portsmouth St
Houston, TX 77098-4203
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.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Finnegan Counseling Center | Houston, TX | $6,000 |
| The Shepherd School of Music - Rice University | Houston, TX | $6,000 |
| Urban Harvest | Houston, TX | $6,000 |
| Rose Bounty Stratford Street United Church | West Roxbury, MA | $6,000 |
| Sixty-Six Theater Co | West Hollywood, CA | $6,000 |
| Urban Harvest | Houston, TX | $6,000 |
| The Beacon | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Amistad Mission | Nashville, TN | $5,000 |
| Camp for All Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Gulf Coast Literary Journal | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Magikids | Rochester, MN | $5,000 |
| Nameless Sound | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Nick Finnegan Counseling Center | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| The Beacon | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| The Villages Charter Middle School | The Villages, FL | $5,000 |
| The Women's Home | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Watercolor Art Society of Houston | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Amistad Mission | Nashville, TN | $5,000 |
| Camp for All Foundation | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Magikids | Rochester, MN | $5,000 |
| The Beacon | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| The Women's Home | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Waquoit Bay Nat'l Estuarine Research Reserve | Waquoit, MA | $5,000 |
| Amistad Mission | Nashville, TN | $3,000 |
| Care Partners the Gathering | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Los Angeles County Fire Department | Commerce, CA | $3,000 |
| Magikids | Rochester, MN | $3,000 |
| Menil Collection | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Nameless Sound | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| New Hope Housing | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Philanthropy Kids | Dallas, TX | $3,000 |
| Rose Bounty Food Pantry United Church | West Roxbury, MA | $3,000 |
| Sixty-Six Theater Co | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 |
| The Rock at Hope Lutheran Church | The Villages, FL | $3,000 |
| Theatre Under the Stars | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Waquoit Bay Reserve Foundation | Waquoit, WA | $3,000 |
| Wildwood Food Pantry | Wildwood, FL | $3,000 |
| Houston Youth Symphony | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| The Growhaus | Denver, CO | $3,000 |
| Theatre Under the Stars | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Buffalo Scholarship Foundation | Middleton, FL | $3,000 |
| Gulf Coast Journal | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Houston Area Women's Center | Dallas, TX | $3,000 |
| Nick Finnegan Counseling Center | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Rose Bounty Stratford Street United Church | West Roxbury, MA | $3,000 |
| The Growhaus | Denver, CO | $3,000 |
| The Villages Charter Middle School | The Villages, FL | $3,000 |
| Theatre Under the Stars | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| Camp for All Foundation | Houston, TX | $2,000 |
| Denver Urban Gardens | Denver, CO | $2,000 |
| Elizabeth F Gamble Garden | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000 |
| Grow Haus | Denver, CO | $2,000 |
| Pacific Art League | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000 |
| People for Bikes Foundation | Boulder, CO | $2,000 |
| The Women's Club of Palo Alto | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000 |
| Care Partners the Gathering | Houston, TX | $2,000 |
| Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter | LA Grange, TX | $2,000 |
| Sixty-Six Theater Co | West Hollywood, CA | $2,000 |
| Zoo New England | Boston, MA | $2,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Washington County | Brenham, TX | $2,000 |
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