Funding search · EIN 510152562 · Midland, MI

Allen Foundation

Name: Allen 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.

183
grants reported: $6.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
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

food research nutrition farm comm education kitchen health

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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.

1 grant matching “unrestircted” · $20,000

$20,000
Feed Your Soul With Comm Resources · Copemish, MI · 2025
Unrestircted for programs

Top recipients

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

Brigham & Womens Hospital4 grants · $378,078
The Bridge Food Center3 grants · $330,856
Boston Children'S Hospital2 grants · $300,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota2 grants · $218,246
Michigan State University3 grants · $216,256
Food Rescue2 grants · $200,000
Northwest Education Services4 grants · $193,398
Interlochen Center for the Arts4 grants · $175,000
Inland Seas Education Center4 grants · $154,500
Acta Non Verba Urban Youth Farm1 grant · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.8M

2022

$1.6M

2023

$1.6M

2024

$1.8M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 183 grants.

$200,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Research
$150,000
Acta Non Verba Urban Youth Farm · Oakland, CA · 2024
Youth empowermt
$128,246
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research
$128,246
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Research gacterial intest gut modification
$127,928
The Bridge Food Center · Midland, MI · 2024
Expansion project
$127,928
The Bridge Food Center · Midland, MI · 2023
Food ctr expansion
$108,775
University of Vienna · 2022
Research macronutrients restriction
$100,000
Food Rescue · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Access to fruits and veg for low income
$100,000
Hidden Harvest · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Hunger solutn ctr expansion
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Research
$100,000
Food Rescue · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Low income fruits and veg access
$100,000
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Research
$100,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Research iron transport in the placenta
$99,718
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Research
$90,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Research
$86,530
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Growing healthy eaters
$86,530
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Str local fruit vegie access
$82,000
Nemcsa Food Programs · Alpena, MI · 2023
Food program expansion
$79,988
Ascension St John Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Improving breastfeeding outcomes
$78,360
Brigham & Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Research micronutrient of human milk
$75,000
The Bridge Food Center · Midland, MI · 2025
Back up power for food ctr
$75,000
Botanical Gardent Soc of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Childrens nutritional health
$67,000
Traverse Area Public Schools · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Hs greenhouse project
$62,470
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2025
Research
$61,064
Celiac Disease Program Boston Child Hosp · Boston, MA · 2023
Research
$61,000
Eagle Village · Hersey, MI · 2024
Revovation ed and safety
$60,000
Grand Traverse Area Children'S Gardent · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Bloom where you are planted
$60,000
Nmc Exteded Education & Training · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Comm nutrition educatn
$60,000
Univeristy of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancing culinary medicine
$57,180
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2023
Research
$57,180
University of Maine · Orono, ME · 2022
Research effecs of brocolli sprout dient
$55,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
Gardening nutrition education
$54,459
University of Queensland · 2024
Research
$54,459
University of Queensland · 2023
Research
$54,000
United Way of Midland County · Midland, MI · 2025
Kitchen expansion regrow together
$51,074
Northwest Education Services · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Farm to school program
$51,074
Northwest Education Services · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Sustanblty farm to school
$50,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2025
Blaster chiller for cafeteria
$50,000
Microbine Hlth Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Research
$50,000
Starfish Family Services · Inkster, MI · 2025
Nutrition support for families
$50,000
Botanical Garden Society of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Promote hlthyy foods
$50,000
Microbine Hlth Research Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Research
$50,000
Botanical Garden Society of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Promoting healthy foods
$50,000
Food Bank of Central and Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nutrition eduction
$50,000
Groundworks Center · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Comm teaching kitchen
$50,000
Northwest Mi Comm Action Agency · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Meals on wheels
$50,000
Oregon State Univesity Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2023
Hope grows here education
$50,000
Botanical Garden Society of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Promoting healthy foods and food choices
$50,000
Groundworks Center · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Community teaching kitchen
$50,000
North County Health Project · San Marcos, CA · 2022
Dietician health education
$50,000
Northwest Mi Comm Action Agency · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Meals on wheels
$50,000
Oregon State Univesity Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Comm based gardending and nutrition education
$50,000
The Giving Grove · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Little orchards big impace
$47,210
Agape Community Transformation · Midland, MI · 2025
Act hands heal self sustainability
$45,625
Northwest Education Services · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Farm to schl programming
$45,625
Northwest Education Services · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Farm to school programing
$44,668
Royal Melbourne Inst of Tech University · 2022
Food accept in children
$43,196
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Youth ed detroit partnership for food, learning, innovation
$41,256
Sagniw Valley State University · University Center, MI · 2022
Group prenatal care
$40,000
Lundquist Inst UCLA Med Center · Torrance, CA · 2025
Research
$40,000
Sr Services Midland Co Council On Aging · Midland, MI · 2025
Sr dining ctr kitchen updates
$40,000
West Midland Family Center · Midland, MI · 2025
Early childhood nutrition
$40,000
Lundquist Inst UCLA Med Center · Torrance, CA · 2024
Research
$40,000
West Midland Family Center · Midland, MI · 2024
Early childhood nutrtn
$40,000
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Healthy meals under sail
$40,000
Viviendas Leon · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Capacity, food security and nutrition devel
$39,690
Seeds Ecology and Education Ctrs · Traverse City, MI · 2025
School food waste project
$38,870
Seed Programs International · Asheville, NC · 2025
Food security for refugee women in uganda
$38,500
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2022
Healthy meals under sail
$38,000
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2025
Ed youth nutritious meals
$38,000
Inland Seas Education Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2024
Youth eductn hlthy meals
$37,500
Groundwork Ctr for Resiliant Comms · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Culinary ed and comm engmt
$36,420
Greater Flint Health Coalition · Flint, MI · 2025
Cookiing with kids
$36,000
Huntsville Hospital Foundation · Huntsville, AL · 2024
Comm nutrtn program
$35,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2024
Grdng nutrtn edctn
$35,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2023
Grdng nutrition education
$35,000
Agape Comm Transformation · Midland, MI · 2022
Permagarden nutrition project
$35,000
Growing Lives Foundation · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Growing chefs
$32,500
Abundant Harvest Comm Garden Outreach · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Aquaculture
$32,500
Abundant Harvest Comm Garden Outreach · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Aquaculture support
$32,343
Hearth To Hearth Ministries · Lake Ann, MI · 2024
Farm and education
$31,047
Univeristy of Chester · 2024
Research
$31,047
Univeristy of Chester · 2023
Research
$31,047
Univeristy of Chester · 2022
Research effects of insect protein
$30,550
Macquarie University · 2024
Nutriboost resrch
$30,550
Macquarie University · 2023
Research
$30,550
Macquarie University · 2022
Biotech tools to fight hidden hunger
$30,000
Pheonix Community Farm · Midland, MI · 2025
Adding mechaniztn for efficency
$30,000
Sustainable Liberia · Decatur, GA · 2025
Drip irrigation system
$30,000
Zion Lutheran Church · Hemlock, MI · 2025
Gods helping hands
$30,000
More Health · Tampa, FL · 2024
Nutrition education
$30,000
Sustainable Liberia · Decatur, GA · 2024
Drip irrigtn system
$26,000
Roscommon Co Food Pantry · Houghton Lake, MI · 2024
Project hope
$25,500
Roscommon Co Food Pantry · Houghton Lake, MI · 2023
Food assistance
$25,187
Westview Presbyterian Church · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Sonrise soup kitchen
$25,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Comm garden irrigation
$25,000
The Inga Foundation · Evington, VA · 2025
From abandon to abundant
$25,000
Usana Foundation · West Valley City, UT · 2025
Sustainable gardends
$25,000
Mil Milagros · Somerville, MA · 2024
Reduce malnutrn
$25,000
The Society of St Andrew · Jackson, MS · 2024
Feeding hungry

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