Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc
Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc is a private foundation, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1K in total assets. Net investment income was $35.
Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,048
- +24.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $35
- -87.8% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $35
- +9.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,809
- +1461.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc funds
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Cities
How Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc gives
- 50% of 2020 grantees were also funded in 2019. Method
- In 2023 it paid out 279% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $276 (2023) to $12K (2020). In 2023 it reported $276 in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,048 | $35 | $3,809 | — | — | — | $35 | $47 |
| 2024 | $844 | $286 | $244 | — | — | — | $32 | $45 |
| 2023 | $970 | $1,183 | $3,249 | $276 | Total only | $276 | $19 | $99 |
| 2022 | $3,036 | $5,658 | $5,859 | $3,050 | Total only | $3,050 | $8 | $155 |
| 2021 | $3,237 | $10,000 | $8,814 | $6,000 | Total only | $6,000 | — | $130 |
| 2020 | $2,051 | $9,730 | $14,493 | $11,600 | 10 | — | $1 | $218 |
| 2019 | $6,814 | $15,802 | $10,740 | $7,900 | 10 | — | $16 | $211 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc reported a distributable amount of $47 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc is led by Janis Brodie, President on every filing since 2024; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Janis Brodie
President
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hannah Salem
Treasurer
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (2)
- Former: Ruth B. Cowan (2019–2023) — President
- Former: Sharon Ann Miller (2019–2023) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc
How large is Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc?
Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc reported $1K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $35.
Where does Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc operate?
Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc has awarded grants in California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New York, Washington.
How much is Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc required to give away each year?
Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc reported a distributable amount of $47 on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
What is Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc's EIN?
Morris & Ruth B Cowan Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-4067362. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 6, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 4, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 7, 2024)
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