How to know the Column name which contains some value?

Suppose if a table contains 30 columns, and I want to know the name of the Column that contains my search text(Value).
For Eg. I have a Table named Allowances contains 20 columns for referencing 20 types of allowances. The columns are named like Allw_1,Allw_2,...etc..I know the allowance name(Like "Incentive") and I want to know the Column name on which this allowance name presents.
Pls. help me.

Change your DB model.
A Table with columns called allw_1, allw_2, ... begs to be normalized.

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