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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-0721105

Rowe Family Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $1.6 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,584,388

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $34,956,970

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,630,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $34,124,941

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,935,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $34,244,390

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,790,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $35,317,388

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,640,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $36,196,184

  • Tax year 2020

    $815,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $33,281,902

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,390,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $33,381,848

  • Tax year 2018

    $475,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $33,694,874

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    For the benefit of the Department of Health Policy in the School of Medicine

    $250,000
  2. Carroll School CorpLincoln, MA

    For the support of the Carroll/ Public School Partnership Program

    $150,000
  3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY

    Rowe Family Fellowship fund in Movement Disorders

    $150,000
  4. Museum of the City of New YorkNew York, NY

    For the support of the Lenape exhibit

    $105,000
  5. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center IncBoston, MA

    Bladder Cancer Research Program Fund

    $100,000
  6. Lincoln Center TheaterNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  7. New York Yacht Club FoundationNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  8. The Carpenters Boat ShopPemaquid, ME

    General & Unrestricted

    $100,000
  9. Urban InstituteWashington, DC

    annual fund

    $100,000
  10. Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME

    Kent Island Postdoctoral Scholar program

    $96,388
  11. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of NewNew York, NY

    For the benefit of the Linda P Fried Scholarship Fund at the Mailman School of Public Health

    $83,000
  12. Harvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA

    Annual fund

    $50,000
  13. New York Academy of MedicineNew York, NY

    For support of the Gala event

    $50,000
  14. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    For the benefit of the Stanford Center on Longevity

    $50,000
  15. Trustees of Columbia University in the City of NewNew York, NY

    For the benefit of the Research Support Fund of the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Mailman School

    $50,000
  16. University of RochesterRochester, NY

    George Eastman Circle Scholarship funds- Warner School of Education and Human Development

    $40,000
  17. Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT

    In support of early childhood development programs

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education6 grants $736,38861% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $205,00017% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $100,0008% of the total
  4. Social science1 grant $100,0008% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $50,0004% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $10,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York8 grants $678,000
  2. California2 grants $300,000
  3. Massachusetts3 grants $300,000
  4. Maine2 grants $196,388
  5. District of Columbia1 grant $100,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Abigail M RoweVP, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • John W RowePres, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Meredith L RoweVP, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rebecca J RoweVP, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Valerie A RoweSec, Treas, Dir Hours 1Pay $0

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