Rowling Foundation

• Rowling Foundation's giving is wide-ranging, including Christian ministry, education, homelessness services, medical care, and public-policy and conservation work, so it is worth checking whether your organisation's work sits within one of these areas.
• On size, aim for a modest ask: about eight in ten of its 205 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $225,000, with half of those grants $50,000 or less, though the largest single grant was $2,850,000.
• There is no application process to use, as the foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations, does not accept unsolicited requests, and provides no route for seeking preselection.
• Giving looks relationship-led rather than open to new approaches: 67% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two previous filings.
• No geographic focus is stated, though its filings show grants mainly in Texas and Colorado.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Young Life · Support young people to the introduction of jesus christ and help them grow in faith
  $2,850,0002024 tax year
• Ut Southwestern Medical Foundation · Educating students in the delivery of medical services to the public, conducting biomedical research, and providing public service
  $1,500,0002024 tax year
• Highland Park Isd Education Foundation · Grant financial support to highland park isd for teachers, staff, and graduating seniors. we also operate the hphs alumni association and continue to grow an endowment to provide sustainable support for the long-term needs of the district
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Highlands College · To help train and send out workers for the institutional advancement of the college
  $833,3332024 tax year
• IF: Gathering · To gather a new generation of women, equip them with the tools to know god more deeply and live out their purposes and unleash a movement to promote healing and reconciliationaround the world
  $270,0002024 tax year
• East-West Ministries · Provide financial support to mobilize the body of christ among the world
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Alliance Defending Freedom · Committed to saving lives of unborn and ensuring that their mothers flourish
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Park Cities Presbyterian Church · Extend transforming presence of the kindom of jesus christ to dallas and the world
  $230,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.