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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-3696010

Adams Cowan Foundation

A private foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 41 grants and $127,170 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jan 31, 2026), 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $127,170

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $15,538

  • Tax year 2024

    $91,430

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $52,437

  • Tax year 2023

    $70,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $21,415

  • Tax year 2022

    $53,200

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $24,084

  • Tax year 2021

    $53,500

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $16,856

  • Tax year 2020

    $69,900

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $10,681

  • Tax year 2019

    $62,750

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $3,598

  • Tax year 2018

    $32,900

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $15,823

Grants paid in 2025

41 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Partnership for Los Angeles SchoolsLos Angeles, CA

    Educational

    $10,000
  2. Individual

    Community benefit

    $10,000
  3. Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA

    Educational

    $10,000
  4. American Academy of Arts SciencesCambridge, MA

    Promote art

    $7,000
  5. Individual

    Educational

    $6,500
  6. Common Sense MediaSan Francisco, CA

    Educational

    $5,000
  7. Muse IquePasadena, CA

    Educational

    $5,000
  8. Alliance for Children's RightLos Angeles, CA

    To support the foundation's operations.

    $5,000
  9. Bluedot InstituteWestlake VLG, CA

    Educational

    $5,000
  10. Individual

    Promote art

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    Educational

    $5,000
  12. The Center for Early EducationW Hollywood, CA

    Educational

    $3,500
  13. Individual

    educational

    $3,500
  14. California Art ClubPasadena, CA

    Promote art

    $2,500
  15. LA Theatre WorksVenice, CA

    Promote art

    $2,500
  16. Individual

    To support the foundation's operations.

    $2,500
  17. Covenant House CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Community benefit

    $2,500
  18. Individual

    Educational

    $2,500
  19. MV Community ServicesVineyard Haven, MA

    Community benefit

    $2,500
  20. The Leonard I Beerman FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Community benefit

    $2,500
  21. Holocaust Museum LALos Angeles, CA

    community benefit

    $2,500
  22. The Wallis Annenberg CenterBeverly Hills, CA

    Educational

    $2,500
  23. Feminist Majority FoundationBeverly Hills, CA

    Community benefit

    $2,500
  24. The La LocalLos Angeles, CA

    Community benefit

    $2,500
  25. Individual

    Promote art

    $1,940
  26. City of HopeDuarte, CA

    Health care

    $1,500
  27. Empowered NetworkNew London, CT

    Community benefit

    $1,500
  28. The Institute for Nonviolence LALos Angeles, CA

    Community benefit

    $1,250
  29. Individual

    Educational

    $1,200
  30. Individual

    Educational

    $1,000
  31. Individual

    Human rights protector

    $1,000
  32. Individual

    To provide essential equipment, training and youth programs to the lapd.

    $1,000
  33. Temple Beth HillelValley Village, CA

    Religious

    $1,000
  34. Individual

    Educational

    $1,000
  35. The Ashmere Project IncBrookline, MA

    Community benefit

    $1,000
  36. YWCAGlendale, CA

    Community benefit

    $1,000
  37. Boston Health Care for the HomelessBoston, MA

    Community benefit

    $1,000
  38. Individual

    Community benefit

    $1,000
  39. Latino Muslim UnityAnaheim, CA

    Community benefit

    $1,000
  40. Museum of Latin American ArtLong Beach, CA

    Promote art

    $900
  41. USC Center for the Political FutureLos Angeles, CA

    Educational

    $880

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $23,50041% of the total
  2. Arts and culture8 grants $21,90038% of the total
  3. Environment1 grant $5,0009% of the total
  4. Human services3 grants $4,5008% of the total
  5. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $2,5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California21 grants $61,030
  2. Massachusetts5 grants $21,500
  3. Connecticut1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • L Geoffrey CowanChairman Hours 2Pay $0
  • Aileen AdamsPresident Hours 2Pay $0

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