Data / Foundation grants / The Owens Family Foundation
The Owens Family Foundation: 8 grants to organizations, $2.1 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Owens Family Foundation, a private foundation in Norwell, MA, paid 8 grants to organizations totaling $2,148,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 8, 2026. The largest was $1,574,500 to University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA for the college fund.
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every private foundation's Form 990-PF as the IRS publishes it, and this page is that reading. Ask for the foundations that fund your cause in your state, with the amounts and purposes, and new grants arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as the returns are filed.
- EIN
- 316652818
- Based in
- Norwell, MA
- Assets
- $38,337,241
- Grants paid
- $2,148,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 8, 2026, IRS object ID 202631289349100848. It reported $2,148,500 in grants paid; 8 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | The college fund | $1,574,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marine Biological Lab | Woods Hole, MA | Scientific research | $164,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | Cambridge, MA | Scientific research | Medical research | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nvna & Hospice | Norwell, MA | Gerry sanderson education fund | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wellington Management Foundation | Boston, MA | To support organization's mission | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Shore Health System Foundation | South Weymouth, MA | To support organization's mission | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | New Bedford, MA | To support organization's mission | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Historic New England | Boston, MA | To support organization's mission | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 9, 2025, IRS object ID 202511299349102921. It reported $2,440,500 in grants paid; 9 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | The college fund | $1,596,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marine Biological Lab | Woods Hole, MA | Scientific research | $292,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | Boston, MA | To support organization's mission | $167,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nvna & Hospice | Norwell, MA | Gerry sanderson education fund | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wellington Management Foundation | Boston, MA | To support organization's mission | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | Cambridge, MA | Scientific research | Medical research | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Shore Health System Foundation | South Weymouth, MA | To support organization's mission | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | New Bedford, MA | To support organization's mission | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Historic New England | Boston, MA | To support organization's mission | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Medical research | $225,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $200,000 |
| Environment | $50,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Virginia | $3,170,500 |
| Massachusetts | $1,418,500 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds medical research in Massachusetts
- Who funds philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations in Massachusetts
- Who funds environment in Massachusetts
Updated May 8, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.