Funding search · EIN 266337639 · Mears, MI

William R Lathers Charitable Trust

Name: William R Lathers Charitable Trust grants, 2021–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

86
grants reported: $472,960
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $4,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

museum melanoma patient area campaign capital closet food

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Oceana County Communication1 grant · $50,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy6 grants · $40,000
Mary Free Bed Rehab Hospital4 grants · $30,000
Feeding America3 grants · $26,000
Rogel Cancer Center3 grants · $25,000
Ochgs2 grants · $23,000
Oceana Mason County Inmate &4 grants · $21,500
Well House4 grants · $17,500
Oceana County Cedar Point Project3 grants · $16,500
Mears United Methodist Church2 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$117,000

2021

$105,000

2022

$68,500

2023

$88,960

2024

$93,500

2025

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Oceana County Communication · Pentwater, MI · 2025
Donor advised fund
$18,000
Ochgs · Hart, MI · 2022
New roof museum house
$11,000
Shelby Public Schools · Shelby, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy · Hart, MI · 2025
Museum complex - garden & tree renov
$10,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy · Hart, MI · 2025
General fund donation
$10,000
Mary Free Bed Rehab Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General
$10,000
Rogel Cancer Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Patient melanoma fund
$10,000
Feeding America · Comstock Park, MI · 2023
General
$10,000
Feeding America · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General
$10,000
Oceana Mason County Inmate & · Hart, MI · 2022
General
$10,000
Rogel Cancer Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2021
General
$10,000
Hart Community Performing Arts · Hart, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
Mary Free Bed Rehab Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
Mayo Clinic Dept of Development · Rochester, MN · 2021
General
$10,000
Mears United Methodist Church · Mears, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
Oceana County Cedar Point Project · Hart, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
St Jude'S Children'S Research Hospi · Memphis, TN · 2021
General
$10,000
Well House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
General
$7,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy · Hart, MI · 2025
Old town hall heating proposal
$7,000
Muskegon Rescue Mission · Muskegon, MI · 2022
General
$6,000
Feeding America · Comstock Park, MI · 2024
General
$6,000
Oceana County · Hart, MI · 2023
Ada picnic area
$6,000
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2021
General
$5,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy · Hart, MI · 2025
Museum renovations and repairs
$5,000
Alzheimers Association · Okemos, MI · 2024
General
$5,000
Ladder Community Center · Shelby, MI · 2024
General
$5,000
Momentum Center · Grand Haven, MI · 2024
General
$5,000
Muskegon Civic Theater · Muskegon, MI · 2024
General
$5,000
Oceana Mason County Inmate & · Hart, MI · 2024
General
$5,000
Ludington Animal Friends · Ludington, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Mary Free Bed Rehab Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Nokomos Cultural Heritage Center · Okemos, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Rogel Cancer Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Patient melanoma fund
$5,000
Stony Creek Therapeutic · New Era, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Cove · Ludington, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Harbor Hospice Foundation · Muskegon, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Hart Public Schools · Hart, MI · 2022
Mrs. Mullens closet
$5,000
Love · Shelby, MI · 2022
Capital campaign
$5,000
Mary Free Bed Rehab Hospital · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Mears United Methodist Church · Mears, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Ochgs · Hart, MI · 2022
Reprinting swifts's books
$5,000
Love · Shelby, MI · 2021
Capital campaign
$4,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy · Hart, MI · 2025
Plaque for museum
$4,000
Harbor Hospice Foundation · Muskegon, MI · 2024
General
$4,000
Oceana Cnty Historical & Genealogy · Hart, MI · 2024
General
$4,000
The Playhouse at White Lake · Whitehall, MI · 2024
General
$4,000
Oceana Mason County Inmate & · Hart, MI · 2023
General
$4,000
Salvation Army · Ludington, MI · 2021
General
$3,500
Oceana County Cedar Point Project · Hart, MI · 2022
General
$3,000
Ludington Schools Resource Center · Ludington, MI · 2025
General
$3,000
Community Found of Mason County · Ludington, MI · 2024
Lakeshore food for kids
$3,000
De'Gage Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General
$3,000
Household Hazardous Waste · Scottville, MI · 2024
General
$3,000
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024
General
$3,000
Ludington Schools Resource Center · Ludington, MI · 2024
General
$3,000
Paws for a Cause · Wayland, MI · 2024
General
$3,000
Well House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General
$3,000
Ladder Community Center · Shelby, MI · 2023
General
$3,000
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
General
$3,000
Oceana County Cedar Point Project · Hart, MI · 2023
General
$3,000
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2022
General
$3,000
Muskegon Rescue Mission · Muskegon, MI · 2021
General
$3,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Melanoma patient clinical fd
$2,500
Oceana Mason County Inmate & · Hart, MI · 2025
General
$2,500
Community Found of Mason County · Ludington, MI · 2023
Lakeshore food for kids
$2,500
Community Found of Mason County · Ludington, MI · 2023
Ludington area resource center
$2,500
Well House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General
$2,000
Arklight Ministries · Hart, MI · 2024
General
$2,000
De'Gage Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagertown, MD · 2023
General
$2,000
Muskegon Rescue Mission · Muskegon, MI · 2023
General
$2,000
Well House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General
$2,000
Harbor Hospice · Muskegon, MI · 2022
General
$2,000
Lakeshore Animal Friends · Ludington, MI · 2022
General
$2,000
Salvation Army · Ludington, MI · 2022
General
$2,000
De'Gage Ministries · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Ministry
$2,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General
$1,500
Hart Public Schools · Hart, MI · 2023
Mrs. Mullens closet
$1,000
Alzheimers Disease Research · Clarksburg, MD · 2025
General
$1,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General
$1,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General
$1,000
Oceana County Animal Shelter · Shelby, MI · 2024
General
$1,000
Aarp Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
General
$500
Tunnel of Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General
$460
Shelby Public Schools · Shelby, MI · 2024
General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.