Open Foundations · West Virginia

Ethel N Bowen Foundation Inc

Bluefield, West Virginia · EIN 237010740. 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 $657K across 297 grants in 2023, a median of $2K each.

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$657K
paid in 2023
297
grants paid
$2K
median grant
31%
to first-time recipients
$14.6M
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
ETHEL N BOWEN FOUNDATION CO SUMMIT
Address
525 FEDERAL STREET, BLUEFIELD, WV, 24701
Phone
3043243246
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION CAN BE REQUESTED AT SUMMIT COMMUNITY BANK. STUDENTS MUST SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS BEFORE EACH SEMESTER. NO PARTICULAR APPLICATION IS NECESSARY FOR ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING GRANTS.
Submission deadline
NONE FOR ORGANIZATIONS; SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY APRIL 30.
Restrictions on awards
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GENERALLY LIMITED TO STUDENTS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202423199349103872. 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 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 297 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Virginia Athletics FoundationVA$22,000ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
2City of BluefieldWV$20,000POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
3Blessings in a BackpackKY$10,000FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
4Westminster at Wade LlcWV$5,000MISSION DORMITORY MATTRESSES
5Kolbe AustinVA$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
6Stephanie YoungWV$4,000SCHOLARSHIP
7Emma LargenWV$3,500SCHOLARSHIP
8Abigail PetersonVA$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
9Abigail ShoemakerVA$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
10Abigail StovallWV$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
11Abigail WhittakerVA$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
12Adison LuskWV$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
13Aidan StoutVA$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
14Anna PauleyVA$3,000SCHOLARSHIP
15Arwen NicolauWV$3,000SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020270$553K
2021266$594K
2022294$686K
2023297$657K

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
West Virginia52%
Virginia47%
Kentucky0%
Indiana0%
South Carolina0%

Who decides

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

B K SatterfieldTREASURER · 2023
Frank W WilkinsonPRESIDENT · 2023
Henry C BowenBOARD MEMBER · 2023
James R HypesVICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY · 2023

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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