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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 32-6176805

The Stowers Foundation

A private foundation in Leawood, KS. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 27 grants and $6.8 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending May 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.

How to apply

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $6,832,873

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $204,045,463

  • Tax year 2023

    $6,211,103

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $88,857,548

  • Tax year 2022

    $5,433,003

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $81,781,932

  • Tax year 2021

    $4,693,163

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $87,524,351

  • Tax year 2020

    $4,564,303

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $90,279,699

  • Tax year 2019

    $4,909,835

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $68,772,164

  • Tax year 2018

    $4,314,205

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $72,373,088

Grants paid in 2024

27 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas City, MO

    To fund communication and outreach activities at the school.

    $1,027,770
  2. Operation BreakthroughKansas City, MO

    Gift to endowment in honor of sisters berta and corita

    $1,000,000
  3. VPKJL FundKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $1,000,000
  4. Children's Mercy HospitalKansas City, MO

    Kids first pediatric genomic project

    $500,000
  5. VPKJL FundKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $500,000
  6. Gordon Parks Elementary SchoolKansas City, MO

    To fund operation of the school.

    $450,000
  7. Rose BrooksKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $300,000
  8. Operation BreakthroughKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $300,000
  9. Warren VillageDenver, CO

    To fund general operations

    $250,000
  10. Scripps Translational Science InstituteLa Jolla, CA

    To fund mygene rank development

    $250,000
  11. Valley Hope FoundationNorton, KS

    To fund bridge to recovery program

    $250,000
  12. First CallKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations-civic.

    $175,000
  13. VPKJL FundKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $150,000
  14. Operation BreakthroughKansas City, MO

    To fund capital campaign for purchase of new building & funding of general operations.

    $133,103
  15. Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope FundKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $100,000
  16. Kansas City Farm School at Gibbs RoadKansas City, MO

    To fund farmers on the rise program

    $100,000
  17. Higgins Brothers Sugicenter for Hope FundKansas City, MO

    To fund security services for campus

    $50,000
  18. The PhoenixDenver, CO

    To fund capital campaign

    $50,000
  19. Forging Youth ResilienceDenver, CO

    To fund camp fyr program

    $50,000
  20. Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas City, MO

    Grant to pay for portrait of founders

    $38,000
  21. Kansas Missouri Mental Health CollaborativePrairie Village, KS

    To fund general operations

    $30,000
  22. Elevate Metro Kansas CityOverland Park, KS

    General operations

    $25,000
  23. United WeKansas City, MO

    Womens' economic development initiatives

    $25,000
  24. PawsperityKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $25,000
  25. Denver South PtsaDenver, CO

    To fund giving grocery program

    $20,000
  26. Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas City, MO

    Grant to pay for portrait of murdered institute members

    $19,000
  27. UmkcKansas City, MO

    To fund general operations

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education4 grants $1,883,10350% of the total
  2. Medical research3 grants $1,084,77029% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $500,00013% of the total
  4. Human services2 grants $275,0007% of the total
  5. Crime and legal aid1 grant $50,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri19 grants $5,907,873
  2. Colorado4 grants $370,000
  3. Kansas3 grants $305,000
  4. California1 grant $250,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Linda StowersTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Wendy B MarvinTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathleen Stowers PotterTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0
  • James E Stowers IIITRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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