A letter from board member Mary McGowan Swartz Dear Friends, My uncle Bill, William G. McGowan, was my dad’s older brother. He set up the foundation in the regions where his brothers lived, with the goal of doing the most good in those particular communities....
A letter from board director Mark Rosica Dear Friends, I spent considerable time with Bill McGowan when he was building the company and in the early days of MCI. When I was in graduate school, I would go down and visit him for weeks at a time, and he was just this...
Letter from the 2024 Annual Report As we interviewed this year’s grantees, a theme quickly presented itself. Every organization we spoke with relayed to us how important partnership had been in their work, especially in the post-COVID years. All highlighted the...
A letter from board member Marianne Rosica-Brand. Dear Friends, For as long as I can remember, the unspoken message from my parents about “Uncle Bill” was that they admired his thirst for knowledge and his entrepreneurial spirit. Because of this, for me, it is both an...
A letter from board secretary A. Joseph Rosica. Dear Friends, Though our board members share similar goals like striving to ease the effects of poverty and ensuring our local children are kindergarten ready, part of what makes our board unique is that our approaches,...
Letter from the 2023 Annual Report Dear Friends, 2023 marked a milestone for the McGowan Fund—30 years of impactful philanthropy. Since our inception in 1993, we have evolved from filling gaps to strategically addressing community needs with a keen focus on three...
