William and ELLA Owens Medical Research Foundation
EIN 742884415 Private FoundationTotal Given 2020–2024
$10.6M
59 grants · $2.1M avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$100K
typical big bets · $100K–$100K
grant size
19%
balanced · 3/16 multi-year
repeat
$56.0M
Assets (2024)
16
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
Unknown
Contact Person
WILLIAM C OWENS JR TRUSTEE WILLIAM
Phone
(210) 698-2162
Deadlines
JULY 1 (EXTENSIONS MAY BE GRANTED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS)
How to Apply
FOLLOW THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (N.I.H.) FORMAT AND REQUIRED INFORMATION
Restrictions
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ON THE CAUSE, CURE, TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF HUMAN DISEASES OR DISORDERS, INCLUDING BASIC RESEARCH, APPLIED RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS.
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | N/A | $48.8M | $1.5M | N/A |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $45.6M | $1.3M | 49 |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $51.7M | $1.5M | 4 |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $53.0M | $1.7M | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.6M | $56.0M | $1.7M | 2 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 59 grants on record
Minimum
$54K
25th Pctl
$100K
Median
$100K
Average
$180K
75th Pctl
$100K
Maximum
$1.5M
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
74.6% of US grants
· Rank #1 of 6 states
$8.6M across
44 grants
4 of 254 counties
Top 4 counties
- 1 Bexar
- 2 Harris
- 3 Travis
- 4 Bell
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (59 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) Off of Institut Advncmt -Msc 7835 | San Antonio, TX | $1,500,000 | BLOCK GRANT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTSSELECTED BY THE UNIVERSITY WITH HIGHPOTENTIAL. | 2022 |
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) Off of Institut Advncmt -Msc 7835 | San Antonio, TX | $1,500,000 | BLOCK GRANT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTSSELECTED BY THE UNIVERSITY WITH HIGHPOTENTIAL. | 2023 |
| UT Health - San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $1,500,000 | BLOCK GRANT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS | 2024 |
| U of South Florida Fndtn Co Mildred Acevedo-Duncan | Tampa, FL | $250,000 | DETERMINE IF ICA-1 CAN TREATBRAIN CANCER BY NEUTRALIZINGTHE CARCINOGEN PKC-IOTA | 2020 |
| U of South Florida Fndtn | Tampa, FL | $250,000 | DETERMINE IF ICA-1 CAN TREATCHILDHOOD BRAIN CANCER BYNEUTRALIZING THE CARCINOGEN PKC-IOTA | 2022 |
| U of South Florida Fndtn | Tampa, FL | $250,000 | SUPPORT FOR MEDULLOBLASTOMARESEARCH PROGRAM. | 2023 |
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) | San Antonio, TX | $200,000 | RESEARCH TUMOR-INTRINSIC PD-L1SIGNALS TO DEVELOP MEANS TOCONTROL CANCER STEM CELL FORMATION | 2020 |
| UNIV of Tennessee Foundation | Memphis, TN | $150,000 | KIDNEY AND LUNG CANCER TREATMENT BYTARGETING DPITHELIAL-TO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION(EMI) ASSOCIATED WITH RAPALOG... | 2020 |
| U Maryland Med SYST Fndtn | Baltimore, MD | $140,204 | TREATING PANCREATIC CANCER WITHTARGETED HYPERTHERMIA THROUGH FOCUSEDULTRASOUND TO ENHANCE IMMUNOTHERAPY AND... | 2020 |
| UNIV of Tennessee Foundation | Memphis, TN | $129,927 | EVALUATION OF AUTOTAXIN INHIBITORS ASNEW CANCER THERAPIES IN PATIENT-DERIVEDORGANOID AND XENOGRAFT MODELS | 2020 |
| UNIV of Tennessee Foundation | Memphis, TN | $126,421 | CHARACTERIZING A NOVEL STAT3INHIBITOR TO TREAT GLIOBLASTOMA (BRAIN CANCER) | 2020 |
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) | San Antonio, TX | $100,705 | TARGETING CASPASE-2 FOR AUGMENTINGBONE STRENGTH | 2020 |
| The Menninger Clinic Foundation | Houston, TX | $100,000 | REDUCING SUICIDE WITH A NEWSLEEP TREATMENT FOR INPATIENTPSYCHIATRY (COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY) | 2020 |
| TEX Biomed RES Institute | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | TUMOR-CAUSING MUTATIONS CAUSEDBY THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TOVIRUSES WITHIN OUR DNA | 2020 |
| U CONN Health Center | Farmington, CT | $100,000 | IODINE NANOPARTICLE-ENHANCEDRADIATION TREATMENT COMBINEDCHEMOTHERAPY TO TREAT BRAIN CANCER | 2020 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $100,000 | DISCOVERY OF A NEW DRUG THATKILLS CANCER CELLS BY DIRECTACTIVATION OF THE TET2 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR | 2020 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $100,000 | USE OF SMALL LIVER XRECEPTOR MODULATORS TO KILL PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS | 2020 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $100,000 | DRUGGING THE UNDRUGGABLE:3 DIMENSIONAL (3D) PEPTOIDS TO TARGET MUTANT RAS PROTEINS IN CANCER | 2020 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $100,000 | TREATING AGGRESSIVE MELANOMA BYATTENUATING MIR-424/-503 (POTENTIALLYTO TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA BRAIN CANCER)) | 2020 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $100,000 | KNOCK-OUT OF NUCLEAR HNRNPA2B1WITH CRISPR-CAS 9 TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIONOF ONCOLYTIC HSV IN VITRO | 2020 |
| U Oklahoma Health Sci CEN | Oklahoma City, OK | $100,000 | PANCREATIC CANCER TREATMENT:IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEMOTHERAPYBY USING SHRNA TO LOWER THE ZINC TRANSPORTER ZIP4 | 2020 |
| UNIV of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $100,000 | APPLICATION OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINEWITH A NEW THERAPY TARGETINGGLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME (BRAIN CANCER TREATMENT) | 2020 |
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | DEVELOP NON OPIOD DRUGS TOTREAT PAIN AT THE SOURCE | 2020 |
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | IMPROVE ISCHEMIC STROKE TREATMENT | 2020 |
| U T Health - San Antonio (Uthsc-Sa) | San Antonio, TX | $100,000 | RESEARCH MIR-124,-128, AND -137TO DEVELOP METHODS TO PREVENTBRAIN DEGENERATION | 2020 |
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