Funding search · EIN 810866529 · Ann Arbor, MI

The Northern Lights Family Foundation

Name: The Northern Lights Family 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.

92
grants reported: $764,500
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

human services health education environment equality women arts

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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.

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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.

World Central Kitchen6 grants · $100,000
Venture Forward2 grants · $50,000
Leelanau Conservancy3 grants · $45,000
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $34,000
Leelanu Conservancy1 grant · $25,000
Violence Policy Center2 grants · $20,000
Direct Relief2 grants · $20,000
California Community Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Tart Trails2 grants · $20,000
Planned Parenthood (Check #000161)2 grants · $15,500

Giving over time

$160,500

2022

$205,000

2023

$169,000

2024

$230,000

2025

Grant history

All 92 reported grants, largest first.

$38,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Human services
$25,000
Leelanu Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2025
Environment
$25,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2024
Environment
$25,000
Venture Forward · Eugene, OR · 2024
Human services
$25,000
Venture Forward · Eugene, OR · 2023
Human services
$20,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Human services
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Human services
$19,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Human services
$15,000
Planned Parenthood · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Health
$10,500
Planned Parenthood (Check #000161) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Women's equality
$10,000
American Red Cross La Region · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Health
$10,000
Ap Radio Orgksdp · Sand Point, AK · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
California Fire Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Environment
$10,000
Cet Public Media Connect · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
Friends in Deed · Ypsilanti, MI · 2025
Human services
$10,000
Hope Clinic - Ypsilanti · Ypsilanti, MI · 2025
Health
$10,000
Hopi Foundationkuyi Radio · Kykotsmovi, AZ · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
Kdna Org · Granger, WA · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
Kexp · Seattle, WA · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
Krwg Public Media · Las Cruces, NM · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
Marfa Public Radio Krts · Marfa, TX · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
Planned Parenthood · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Health
$10,000
Skagit Valley Foundation · Mt Vernon, WA · 2025
Human services
$10,000
West Michigan Community Help Network · Muskegon, MI · 2025
Civic engagement
$10,000
Wnmu Public Radio · Marquette, MI · 2025
Education & arts
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Human services
$10,000
Aclu Development · Detroit, MI · 2024
Civic engagement
$10,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Environment
$10,000
Catholic Relief Services · Harlan, IA · 2023
Human services
$10,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Human services
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Health
$10,000
Every Town for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023
Human services
$10,000
In Our Own Voice National Black Women Reproductive Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Human rights
$10,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Naral Pro-Choice America · Washington, DC · 2023
Human rights
$10,000
Spread the Vote · Los Angelos, CA · 2023
Civic engagement
$10,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Environment
$10,000
Violence Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Civic engagement
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Human services
$10,000
Brady Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Health and human services
$10,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Health and human services
$10,000
Every Town for Gun Safety Support · New York, NY · 2022
Health and human services
$10,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2022
Environmental protection
$10,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2022
Health and human services
$10,000
Violence Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Health and human services
$5,000
Ann Arbor Community Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Human services
$5,000
Ann Arbor Community Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Human services
$5,000
Aclu Developmental Fund · Detroit, MI · 2023
Civic engagement
$5,000
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Human services
$5,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Civic engagement
$5,000
East West Food Rescue · Woodinville, WA · 2023
Human services
$5,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023
Human services
$5,000
Fos Feminist · New York, NY · 2023
Human rights
$5,000
Mary'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2023
Human services
$5,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Environment
$5,000
Northwest Harvest · Spokane Valley, WA · 2023
Human services
$5,000
Outreach Program · Haverhill, MA · 2023
Human services
$5,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2023
Environment
$5,000
Aclu · Detroit, MI · 2022
Education
$5,000
Catholic Relief Services · Harlan, IA · 2022
Health and human services
$5,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Health and human services
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Health and human services
$5,000
Fos Feminista · New York, NY · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
Indigineous Women Rising · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
Midwest Access Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
Naral Pro-Choice America (Check #000162) · Washington, DC · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
National Black Women'S Reproductive · Washington, DC · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
National Network of Abortion · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
Planned Parenthood (Check #000161) · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Women's equality
$5,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2022
Environmental protection
$5,000
Tart Trails (Check #000153) · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Health and human services
$5,000
Yosemite Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Environmental protection
$4,000
East West Food Rescue · Woodinville, WA · 2024
Human services
$4,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment
$4,000
Planned Parenthood · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Health
$4,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2024
Environment
$4,000
United Way of North Carolina · Cary, NC · 2024
Human services
$3,000
Boston Health for the Homeless · Boston, MA · 2024
Health
$3,000
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Health
$3,000
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Civic engagement
$3,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Women's equality
$3,000
The Outreach Program · Haverhill, MA · 2022
Underserved communitites
$3,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Underserved communitites
$2,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2024
Human services
$2,000
Mary'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2024
Human services
$2,000
Northwest Harvest · Spokane Valley, WA · 2024
Human services
$2,000
Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2022
Underserved communitites
$2,000
Mary'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2022
Underserved communitites
$2,000
Northwest Harvest · Spokane Valley, WA · 2022
Underserved communitites
$1,000
The Afiya Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Human rights
$1,000
Interlochen Public Radio · Interlochen, MI · 2024
Education & arts

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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.