Funding search · EIN 386083080 · Traverse City, MI

Oleson Foundation

Name: Oleson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

378
grants reported: $7.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

directors oleson director food purchase families capital campaign

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Grand Traverse Bay Ymca4 grants · $352,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy5 grants · $329,000
Tart Trails5 grants · $274,000
Directors Fund2 grants · $180,000
Inland Seas Education Center5 grants · $170,000
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan3 grants · $157,900
Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse4 grants · $156,000
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation5 grants · $150,000
Women'S Resource Center5 grants · $145,500
Nonprofit Rentals2 grants · $140,422

Giving over time

$978,175

2022

$1.4M

2023

$3.2M

2024

$1.6M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 378 grants.

$200,000
Grand Traverse Bay Ymca · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for splash program
$90,000
Directors Fund · Providence, RI · 2024
Directors fund
$90,000
Directors Fund · Providence, RI · 2024
Directors fund
$85,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Acquisition of the ridge property
$85,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Acquisition of the ridge property
$77,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Three mile trail and director's fund
$76,000
Traverse Bay Children'S Advocacy Center · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Work with children who are victims of assault and general support
$75,000
Nw Mi Food Coalition · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Food for families in need
$75,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Construction of 5-miles of trail around sleeping bear dunes, support safe routes to schools trail on hammond road
$75,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Construction of 5-miles of trail around sleeping bear dunes, support safe routes to schools trail on hammond road
$70,211
Nonprofit Rentals · Okemos, MI · 2024
Zonta ($34,171) and the festival foundation ($36,040)
$70,211
Nonprofit Rentals · Okemos, MI · 2024
Zonta ($34,171) and the festival foundation ($36,040)
$62,000
Conservation Resource Alliance · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Road stream crossing improvement and director's fund
$57,900
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Capital campaign: purchase street outreach vehicle and director's fund
$55,000
Grace Episcopal Church · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Jubilee house support and director's fund
$55,000
United Way Nw Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for dental program for children & directors fund marty oleson
$54,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2025
The ridge expansion and director's fund
$54,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for improvements at oleson preserve & directors fund don oleson & richard ford. 2023 grant.
$52,000
Grand Traverse Bay Ymca · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Capital campaign: child watch center upgrades and director's fund
$51,000
Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for hvac upgrades for sh
$51,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Mitchell creek trails year 2 installment
$50,000
Grass River Natural Area · Bellaire, MI · 2025
Capital campaign: boardwalk construction
$50,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2025
Suttons bay forest
$50,000
Friends of Fife Lake Public Library · Fife Lake, MI · 2024
Capital project - two-story addition at fife lake public library
$50,000
Friends of Fife Lake Public Library · Fife Lake, MI · 2024
Capital project - two-story addition at fife lake public library
$50,000
Friends of Gt Conservation District · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Boardman crossing footbridge construction
$50,000
Friends of Gt Conservation District · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Boardman crossing footbridge construction
$50,000
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2024
New box truck for food rescue program operations
$50,000
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2024
New box truck for food rescue program operations
$50,000
Grand Traverse Bay Ymca · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Capital campaign to expand ymca facilities
$50,000
Grand Traverse Bay Ymca · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Capital campaign to expand ymca facilities
$50,000
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2024
Matching funds for capital campaign
$50,000
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2024
Matching funds for capital campaign
$50,000
Mount Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Redesign and purchase snowmaking infrastructure
$50,000
Mount Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Redesign and purchase snowmaking infrastructure
$50,000
New Community Vision · Okemos, MI · 2024
Purchase timber shores property for public recreational use
$50,000
New Community Vision · Okemos, MI · 2024
Purchase timber shores property for public recreational use
$50,000
Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Year-round operations
$50,000
Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Year-round operations
$50,000
Thompsonville Area Revitalization Project · Thompsonville, MI · 2024
Capital campaign - construct new trailhead and visitor center
$50,000
Thompsonville Area Revitalization Project · Thompsonville, MI · 2024
Capital campaign - construct new trailhead and visitor center
$50,000
United We Smile · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Dental treatment for people experiencing domestic violence
$50,000
United We Smile · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Dental treatment for people experiencing domestic violence
$50,000
Botanical Gardens of Northwest Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Historic barns upgrades
$50,000
Discovery Center Great Lakes · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for phase 1b upgrades
$50,000
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Grant for major campus expansion
$50,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2023
Major trail projects
$50,000
Petoskey Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2023
Year 1 for lofts at lumber square project & grant for workforce housing year 2
$50,000
The Rock of Kingsley · Kingsley, MI · 2023
Building addition & second payment for june grant
$50,000
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity · Harbor Springs, MI · 2022
Grant for 42 new homes 2nd payment
$42,500
Norte · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Bicycle pump track and director's fund
$42,000
Women'S Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Counselling services & fire damange
$40,000
Nw Michgian Rural Housing Partnership · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for housing ready program
$39,000
Norte · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Van and trailer, walkie talkes & director's fund samantha oleson & directors fund richard ford
$36,500
Women'S Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Directors choice grant samantha oleson, jerry oleson, brad oleson. Grant for advocacy services, programs & support
$36,040
The Festival Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2025
In-kind rental
$35,990
Cherry Festival Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Fmv of rent concession
$35,000
Cherryland Humane Society · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Animal care and dog intake wing
$35,000
Child & Family Services Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Renovation of youthwork training and educational center
$35,000
Child & Family Services Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Renovation of youthwork training and educational center
$35,000
Tbays Youth Soccer · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for new and updated training equipment for new fields
$34,940
Cherry Festival Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Fmv of rent concession
$34,171
Zonta Club of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2025
In-kind rental
$34,171
Zonta Club of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Fmv of rent concession
$34,171
Zonta Club of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Fmv of rent concession
$34,000
The Watershed Center · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Bay shoreline mapping and surveying
$32,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Fmv of rent concession
$31,000
Conservation Resource Alliance · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Jordan river improvements year 2 installment
$30,000
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Audio tech building and oleson center upgrades
$30,000
Salvation Army Emmet County · Petoskey, MI · 2025
Emergency assistance and support for families in need
$30,000
The Rock of Kingsley · Kingsley, MI · 2025
Technology for youth programs
$30,000
North Central Michigan College Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2024
Medical and health education facility construction
$30,000
North Central Michigan College Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2024
Medical and health education facility construction
$30,000
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Nmc student mobile food pantry and oleson center updates
$30,000
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Nmc student mobile food pantry and oleson center updates
$30,000
Traverse Bay Children'S Advocacy Center · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Expansion and support of organizational changes
$30,000
Traverse Bay Children'S Advocacy Center · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Expansion and support of organizational changes
$30,000
Groundworks Center · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Food security staff for char/em
$30,000
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Grant for projects/programs
$30,000
Salvation Army Emmet County · Petoskey, MI · 2023
New community center
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Support and home builds
$30,000
Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Grant for purchase and distribution of local farm produce for food insecure people
$30,000
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Grant for outdoor lighting near west hall
$30,000
Old Town Playhouse · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Grant for facilities expansion
$29,000
Child & Family Services Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Directors fund richard ford
$27,000
Women'S Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Helen's house staff support and director's fund
$27,000
Single Momm · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Therapy for parents and children
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Middle school mentorship program and director's fund
$25,000
Elk Rapids District Library · Elk Rapids, MI · 2025
Library capital campaign
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Construct homes in new waves community
$25,000
Long Lake Township · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Twin lakes dorm bathroom renovations
$25,000
The Salvation Army - Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Emergency rental assistance and support for people in need
$25,000
Traverse Symphony Orchestra · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Audience chairs for new theater
$25,000
City Opera House Heritage Association · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Support and programs
$25,000
City Opera House Heritage Association · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Support and programs
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Start building 4 new homes in new waves community
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Start building 4 new homes in new waves community
$25,000
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
Support and programs
$25,000
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
Support and programs
$25,000
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
Completion of 46 affordable homes by 2025

View all 378 grants →

Who else funds this kind of work

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.