Funding search · EIN 383501111 · Kalamazoo, MI

Wattles Family Foundation

Name: Wattles Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

45
grants reported: $622,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

campaign recitals rising stars advised campership health lake

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Kalamazoo Community Foundation6 grants · $226,000
Family & Children Services3 grants · $57,500
Kvcc Foundation2 grants · $55,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center1 grant · $50,000
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre3 grants · $26,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes1 grant · $25,000
Ymca of Greater Kalamazoo1 grant · $25,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Ctr1 grant · $25,000
Western Michigan University Fd2 grants · $23,500
The Gilmore3 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$29,000

2022

$173,500

2023

$197,500

2024

$222,500

2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$72,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General
$50,000
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center · Augusta, MI · 2025
Raise the roof campaign
$50,000
Kvcc Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Technical trades campaign
$48,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$39,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Wattles/wiley donor advised fund
$39,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Barnes donor advised fund
$30,000
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Sherman lake campership program
$25,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
General
$25,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Ctr · Augusta, MI · 2023
General
$25,000
Ymca of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Annual campaign
$24,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General
$21,000
Western Michigan University Fd · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Bullock music performance institute
$20,000
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$15,000
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Sherman lake campership program
$12,500
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$10,000
Intl Society Child Abuse Nelgect · Greenwood Village, CO · 2025
Ispcan next fund
$8,000
Pretty Lake Camp · Mattawan, MI · 2024
Annual fund
$7,000
Childfund International · Richmond, VA · 2024
General
$6,000
The Gilmore · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Rising stars recitals
$6,000
The Gilmore · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Rising stars recitals
$6,000
The Gilmore · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Rising stars recitals
$5,000
Bronson Hospital Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Patient assistance
$5,000
Kvcc Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Stg. Bill becker marine scholarship
$5,000
Pretty Lake Camp · Mattawan, MI · 2025
Annual fund
$5,000
Stoneleigh Burham School · Greenfield, MA · 2025
General
$5,000
Stoneleigh Burham School · Greenfield, MA · 2024
General
$5,000
Howe Military Academy · Howe, IN · 2022
General
$4,000
Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Academy for behavorial academic
$4,000
Stara Colloration · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
General
$4,000
Dream of Kalamazoo Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General
$4,000
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General
$4,000
Portage Public Safety Foundtation · Portage, MI · 2024
General
$4,000
Dream of Kalamazoo Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$3,000
Pikes Peak Habitat Humanity · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General
$3,000
Pikes Peak Habitat Humanity · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General
$3,000
Childfund International · Richmond, VA · 2023
General
$3,000
Pikes Peak Habitat Humanity · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General
$2,500
Dream of Kalamazoo Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
General
$2,500
Portage Public Safety Foundtation · Portage, MI · 2025
General
$2,500
Western Michigan University · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Rotc cadet fund
$2,500
Western Michigan University Fd · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Military science leadership
$2,000
Georgia State University Fd · Atlanta, GA · 2024
School of public health
$2,000
Georgia State University Fd · Atlanta, GA · 2023
School of public health
$2,000
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General
$2,000
Portage Public Safety Foundtation · Portage, MI · 2023
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.