Open Foundations · Michigan

Dow Company Foundation

Midland, Michigan · EIN 382314603. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $19.6M across 221 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.

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$19.6M
paid in 2024
221
grants paid
$10K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$250.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Bob Plishka
Address
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, 48674
Phone
9896387251
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
N/A
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503179349100510. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

community wellbeing

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 221 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Charities Aid FoundationVA$2,356,233COMMUNITY WELLBEING
2Midland Center for the ArtsMI$2,250,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
3Greater Midland CommunityMI$2,175,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
4California Institute of TechnoCA$2,000,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
5Regents of the UniversityMI$1,633,334COMMUNITY WELLBEING
6Mymichigan Health FoundationMI$1,340,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
7Midland Area CommunityMI$958,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
8United Way of Midland CountyMI$600,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
9For Inspiration and RecognitioNH$500,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
10Teach for All IncNY$400,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
11TempleartsMI$300,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
12Catalyst IncNY$250,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
13Saginaw Community FoundationMI$215,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING
14Louisiana Foundation forLA$204,200COMMUNITY WELLBEING
15Congressional Black CaucusDC$200,000COMMUNITY WELLBEING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$18.3M
2021219$17.3M
2022224$21.4M
2023208$21.0M
2024221$19.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Texas24%
Michigan13%
Louisiana12%
Pennsylvania10%
Kentucky10%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

A SreeramDIRECTOR · 2024
Alveda WilliamsDIRECTOR · 2024
Amy WilsonDIRECTOR · 2024
Andre ArgentonDIRECTOR · 2024
Bob PlishkaPRESIDENT · 2024
Don SheetsDIRECTOR · 2024
Gideon OshinTREASURER · 2024
Gus MakrisSECRETARY · 2024
Jeff TateCHAIRMAN · 2024
Karen CarterDIRECTOR · 2024
Kristen BovidEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Lisa BryantDIRECTOR · 2024
Marco Ten BruggencateDIRECTOR · 2024
Matias CampodonicoDIRECTOR · 2024
Matt MetcalfDIRECTOR · 2024
Puay Koon ChiaDIRECTOR · 2024
Rebecca BentleyDIRECTOR · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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