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Private foundation (trust)EIN 752641436Est. 1996-10

JAMES AND ELIZABETH SOWELL FOUNDATION

DALLAS, TX 75201

Total Assets

$1.6M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

6

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$259K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$10K–$644K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$572K

Total Expenses

$1.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.6M

Distributable Amount

$97K

Min. Investment Return

$105K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

6 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $10K through median $201K to maximum $644K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $2.4M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

20 grants

CITYSQUARE
$3.6M
5 grants
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION
$1.2M
3 grants
EYE CORPS INC
$1.1M
3 grants
EISENHOWER HEALTH
$1M
2 grants
EYE CORPS
$450K
1 grant
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
$100K
1 grant
MASTERS TOURNAMENT FOUNDATION INC
$25K
1 grant
WEST TEXAS MATADOR CLUB INC
$25K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

20 grants

<$10K
2
grants
$10–50K
3
grants
$50–250K
2
grants
$250K–1M
12
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

4 states

Texas
$6.5M
86% of total
California
$1M
13% of total
Georgia
$25K
0% of total
Florida
$15K
0% of total

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