Funding search · EIN 382269431 · Novi, MI

Americana Foundation

Name: Americana Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

141
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,900
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community food tollgate michigan detroit garden american farm

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Michigan State University17 grants · $559,626
Thomas Jefferson Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation3 grants · $99,184
Make Food Not Waste5 grants · $63,514
Earth University Foundation3 grants · $60,000
Huron Pines4 grants · $53,500
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House3 grants · $51,000
United Way of Northeast Michigan2 grants · $50,000
Asbury Community Development Corporation2 grants · $50,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$683,939

2021

$788,393

2022

$598,332

2023

$646,674

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 141 grants.

$130,360
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
2022 msu tollgate farm operations & programs grant
$130,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
2024 programming and operations
$130,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
2023 programming and operations
$116,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2021
2021 msu tollgate farm & education center operations & program support
$50,000
Historic New England · Saunderstown, RI · 2022
Recovering new england's voices
$50,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Hear me now: the black potters of old edgefield, south carolina
$50,000
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
The contemplative site
$50,000
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
Monticello curatorial internship
$47,184
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2021
From african american hands
$35,000
Keep Growing Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Organic farmer training scholarship program
$32,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Worlds collide: archaeology and global trade in 18th-century williamsburg
$30,000
Asbury Community Development Corporation · Flint, MI · 2024
Asbury farm incubator project
$30,000
United Way of Northeast Michigan · Alpena, MI · 2024
Continuing to foster a circular economy rooted in regional food systems
$30,000
Worcester Art Museum (Wam) · Worcester, MA · 2023
The price of luxury in american art. Re-envisioning the worcester art mesum's presentation of its early american paintings and decorative arts collection
$30,000
Greening of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Building nursery capacity to support detroit reforestation
$30,000
Southwest Detroit Enviornmental Vision · Detroit, MI · 2022
Growing thriving communities (gtci): summer youth internship and produce distribution program
$30,000
Washtenaw County Conservation District · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Washtenaw county land link: connecting legacy farmland owners with the next generation of farmers
$30,000
Diplomatic Reception Rooms · Washington, DC · 2021
Objective-based learning training videos
$27,000
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Developing a pfas community science monitoring and education program in oscoda, mi
$25,000
Citizens for a Safe and Clean Lake Superior · Marquette, MI · 2024
Educating and advocating for wetland protections in marquette county
$25,000
Clinton River Watershed Council · Rochester, MI · 2024
Assessing high priority restoration, green infrastructure, and impactful water quality improvement projects in the clinton river watershed
$25,000
Concord Antiquarian Society · Concord, MA · 2024
Whose revolution
$25,000
Eastern Market Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Eastern market microloan revolving fund
$25,000
Fair Food Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Michigan good food fund seed awards
$25,000
Freshwater Future · Petoskey, MI · 2024
Increasing capacity of northern michigan environmental groups to ensure long-term efforts to protect the health of the great lakes
$25,000
Growing Hope · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Cultivating accessibility and sustainability in ypsilanti's food system
$25,000
Huron Pines · Gaylord, MI · 2024
Catalyzing community action to protect lake huron
$25,000
Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Legacies of 1619: law and race at jamestown
$25,000
Make Food Not Waste · Detroit, MI · 2024
The 2030 project
$25,000
Muskegon River Watershed Assembly · Big Rapids, MI · 2024
Friends of the muskegon river
$25,000
Valley Forge Park Alliance · King of Prussia, PA · 2024
Unveiling the untold: illuminating african american stories at valley forge
$25,000
Black To the Land Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit sugarbush prject- design and film
$25,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2023
Conservation intern program
$25,000
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House · Grosse Pointe Shores, MI · 2023
Invisible labor project
$25,000
Historic Deerfield · Deerfield, MA · 2023
Unnamed figures: black presence and absense in the early american north
$25,000
Historic Locust Grove · Louisville, KY · 2023
Outdoor interpretive signage: reducing barriers to historic resources and expanding outreach
$25,000
Michigan History Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2023
Drum circle for gchi mshiikenh deh minising / heart of the great turtle island
$25,000
Michigan Sustainable Business Forum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Benton harbor justice 40 initiative: building sustainability capacity in a community impacted by emergency management
$25,000
Soo Locks Childrens Museum · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2023
Development of interactive tree exhibits for the museum's nature-themed section
$25,000
Huron Pines · Gaylord, MI · 2022
Inspiring community action for natural resource protection
$25,000
Legacy Land Conservancy · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Expansion communications and outreach in lenawee county
$25,000
Micah 6 Community Coleman · Pontiac, MI · 2022
Room sponsorship at webster community center
$25,000
Crooked Tree Arts Council · Traverse City, MI · 2021
Michigan: an american portrait film project
$25,000
Earth University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Covid relief
$25,000
Edible Flint · Flint, MI · 2021
Edible flint educational farm and garden starters
$25,000
Kalamazoo Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2021
An interpretation program to honor the legacy of native american and black farmers by explaining and demonstrating their agricultural crops and practices at delano homestead
$25,000
Old Sturbridge Village · Sturbridge, MA · 2021
Heritage farming program for middle school youth (journey through food)
$25,000
Six Rivers Land Conservancy · Rochester, MI · 2021
Six rivers land conservancy water quality impact pilot program
$25,000
St James Episcopal Church · Birmingham, MI · 2021
Memorial gift: mrs. Livy 2021
$25,000
Winterthur Museum Garden & Library · Winterthur, DE · 2021
Employing an early-career furniture conservator to conserve a late-17th cenrury kas
$22,500
Central Lake Superior Watershed Partners · Marquette, MI · 2021
Upper peninsula community native plant and seed bank project
$21,840
Partridge Creek Compost · Ishpeming, MI · 2024
Engaging upper peninsula communities in composting and food-system education
$20,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Black artists and artisans conference
$20,000
Edison Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Developing edible education in greenfield village
$20,000
Michigan Enviornmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2023
Community journalism training for detroit residents to report on land-based climate solutions and urban agriculture
$20,000
Regents of University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Programming at the university of michigan museum of art
$20,000
United Way of Northeast Michigan · Alpena, MI · 2023
Fostering a circular economy rooted in regional food systems
$20,000
Earth University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
2022 university scholarship fund
$20,000
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House · Grosse Pointe Shores, MI · 2022
Ford house conservation fellowship program
$20,000
Growing Hope · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Equitably equipping and empowering ypsilanti growers in the pursuit of food sovereignty
$20,000
Micah 6 Community Coleman · Pontiac, MI · 2022
Construction of new 4-season greenhouse
$20,000
The Stewardship Network · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Launching give back great lakes to create a sustainable great lakes environment, society, and economy
$20,000
Asbury Community Development Corporation · Flint, MI · 2021
Feed flint
$18,500
Detroit Hives · Detroit, MI · 2023
Go green botanitcal gardens
$18,500
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2021
Generating investments in pollinator habitat on protected michigan farmland through the expansion of the farmland pollinator protection program
$18,000
Ser Metro- Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Ser youth conservation corps program
$18,000
Wdet · Detroit, MI · 2021
Telling the stories of detroit's enviornmental unsung heroes
$17,500
Henry Ford Estate · Dearborn, MI · 2021
Funding for a collections specialist
$16,000
Headwaters Land Conservancy · Gaylord, MI · 2023
Landowner stewardship resources assistance series
$16,000
Michigan Enviornmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2022
Planet detroit enviornmental news hub guides
$15,900
Legacy Land Conservancy · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Protecting local water quality through permanent land protection
$15,000
Environmental Law and Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Michigan environmental preservation & protection project
$15,000
Made By US · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Civic season
$15,000
Rada Foundation · Ashville, NC · 2024
Disaster relief - support for the river arts district's recovery from hurricane helene
$15,000
Diplomatic Reception Rooms · Washington, DC · 2023
Project: mystery of the african american subject, the flutist
$15,000
Hessel School House Corporation · Hessel, MI · 2023
Nature discovery series - environmental education for all ages
$15,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
Filing knowledge gaps and raising the response -ability to conserve wild lands
$15,000
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy · Marquette, MI · 2022
Dead river community forest acquisition
$15,000
Earth University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Earth scholarship fund
$15,000
Historical Society of Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2021
Boosting participation of students of color and other underserved students in the metro detroit region in the yearlong michigan historic day acedemic competition program cordinated by the historical society of michigan
$15,000
Make Food Not Waste · Detroit, MI · 2021
The upcycling kitchen
$13,500
Make Food Not Waste · Detroit, MI · 2023
Reducing food waste on college campuses
$11,850
Alliance for Leadership Fellows · Houston, TX · 2022
A minute before midnight: global dialogues on the global climate crisis and for finding just solutions to its multiple social, economic and political implications
$10,000
Asheville Art Museum · Ashville, NC · 2024
Disaster relief - asheville strong: celebrating art and community after hurricane helene
$10,000
Live Zero Waste · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Reducing plastic waste in ypsilanti
$10,000
Genesee County Agricultural Society · Mt Morris, MI · 2022
Inspiration gardens and watch me grow projects
$10,000
Kid'S Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Kid's food basket farm: nourishing brighter futures in allegan and ottawa counties
$10,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2022
Whaleback restoration project
$10,000
National Wildlife Federation · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Echo_ early childhood healthy outdoors
$10,000
Six Rivers Land Conservancy · Rochester, MI · 2022
Sutherland nature sanctuary safety & habitat restoration project
$10,000
Central Lake Superior Watershed Partners · Marquette, MI · 2021
The most remote lighthouse in north america; a michigan model for community based historic preservation
$10,000
Charter Township of Calumet · Calumet, MI · 2021
Repair/repointing mortar
$10,000
Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology · Bellaire, MI · 2021
Restoring tribunal streams in the fruitbelt of northern michigan-a new documentary film
$10,000
Edison Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
New dramatic performance for the detroit central farmers market
$10,000
Health Unit On Davison Avenue · Detroit, MI · 2021
Huda urban garden rejuvenation
$10,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2021
2021 improving access for persons with limited mobility
$10,000
Village of Calumet · Calumet, MI · 2021
Drainage, paving, and driveway repairs at the rear entrance to the cc firefighters history museum building
$9,800
Make Food Not Waste · Detroit, MI · 2022
Pledge promotional campaign
$9,300
Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch · Petoskey, MI · 2023
The straits area migration station
$8,100
Slave Dwelling Project · Ladson, SC · 2024
Keynote at the 8th annual slave dwelling project conference featuring michael harriot

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