Funding search · EIN 386058512 · Midland, MI

Alden and Vada Dow Fund

Name: Alden and Vada Dow Fund 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.

121
grants reported: $3.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $21,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Alden and Vada Dow Creativity Foundation2 grants · $246,090
Chippewa Nature Center1 grant · $190,000
Greater Midland Community Center1 grant · $125,000
Interlochen Arts Academy2 grants · $100,000
Interlochen Arts Academy2 grants · $95,000
Inland Seas Education Association2 grants · $75,000
Family & Children'S Services2 grants · $65,024
Greater Midland Coleman Family Cent2 grants · $60,000
Shelterhouse2 grants · $60,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region2 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$668,000

2022

$805,334

2023

$740,000

2024

$770,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

$233,390
Alden and Vada Dow Creativity Foundation · Midland, MI · 2024
Operating
$190,000
Chippewa Nature Center · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$125,000
Greater Midland Community Center · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$50,000
Interlochen Arts Academy · Interlochen, MI · 2024
Operating
$50,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Operating
$50,000
Interlochen Arts Academy · Interlochen, MI · 2023
Operating
$50,000
Interlochen Arts Academy · Interlochen, MI · 2022
Operating
$45,000
Interlochen Arts Academy · Interlochen, MI · 2025
Operating
$40,024
Family & Children'S Services · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Operating
$36,000
Family and Children'S Services · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Operating
$35,000
Planned Parenthood of Mi · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Operating
$35,000
Child & Family Services of Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$30,000
Can Council Great Lakes Bay Region · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Operating
$30,000
Mymichigan Health Foundation · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$30,000
West Midland Family Center · Shepherd, MI · 2025
Operating
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region · Midland, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
Child & Family Services of Sagianw · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
East Side Soup Kitchen · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
Greater Midland Coleman Family Center · Coleman, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
Greater Midland North Family Center · Midland, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
Shelterhouse - Council of Domestic Violence · Midland, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
The Little Forks Conservancy · Midland, MI · 2024
Operating
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Greater Midland Coleman Family Cent · Coleman, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Greater Midland North Family Center · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Mymichigan Health Foundation · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Shelterhouse · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
The Little Forks Conservancy · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$30,000
Botanical Garden Society of Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Operating
$30,000
Greater Midland Coleman Family Cent · Coleman, MI · 2022
Operating
$30,000
Greater Midland North Family Center · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$30,000
Shelterhouse · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$28,000
Greater Midland Coleman Family Center · Coleman, MI · 2025
Operating
$28,000
Greater Midland North Family Center · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$28,000
Shelterhouse - Council of Domestic Violence · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$27,000
Child & Family Services of Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Operating
$26,000
The Legacy Center · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$25,000
The Arc of Midland County · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$25,000
The Little Forks Conservancy · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$25,000
Great Lakes Discovery Ctr & Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Operating
$25,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2024
Operating
$25,000
Underground Railroad · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$25,000
Ywca Great Lakes Bay Region · Bay City, MI · 2024
Operating
$25,000
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospit · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Operating
$25,000
Underground Railroad · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Operating
$25,000
Ywca Great Lakes Bay Region · Bay City, MI · 2023
Operating
$25,000
Arc of Midland · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$25,000
Bay Area Women'S Center · Bay City, MI · 2022
Operating
$25,000
Family & Children'S Services · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Operating
$25,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2022
Operating
$25,000
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospit · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Operating
$25,000
River House · Grayling, MI · 2022
Operating
$23,000
Bay Area Women'S Center · Bay City, MI · 2025
Operating
$23,000
Grace · Grayling, MI · 2025
Operating
$23,000
River House · Grayling, MI · 2025
Operating
$22,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2025
Operating
$22,000
Underground Railroad · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Operating
$21,210
Mary Free Bed Rehalibilitation Hospital · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$21,000
Northern Michigan Assessment Center · Roscommon, MI · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Hidden Harvest · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Raven Hill Discovery Center · East Jordan, MI · 2025
Operating
$20,000
Can Council Great Lakes Bay Region · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Respite Volunteers of Shiawassee · Owosso, MI · 2024
Operating
$20,000
The Rock Center for Youth Development · Midland, MI · 2024
Operating
$20,000
Can Council Great Lakes Bay Region · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Operating
$20,000
Gladwin Community Services Corp · Gladwin, MI · 2023
Operating
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Mi · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Operating
$20,000
Can Council Great Lakes Bay Region · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Operating
$20,000
The Legacy Center · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Underground Railroad · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Ywca Great Lakes Bay Region · Bay City, MI · 2022
Operating
$18,000
Chippewa Nature Center · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$17,450
Arc of Mid-Michigan · Owosso, MI · 2022
Operating
$17,400
Listening Ear Crisis Center · Mount Pleasant, MI · 2024
Operating
$16,000
The Rock Center for Youth Development · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Great Lakes Discovery Ctr & Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Respite Volunteers of Shiawassee · Owosso, MI · 2025
Operating
$15,000
The Arc of Shiawassee · Owosso, MI · 2025
Operating
$15,000
Michigan Forensic Examiners · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$15,000
Kalamazoo Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operating
$15,000
Listening Ear Crisis Center · Mount Pleasant, MI · 2023
Operating
$15,000
The Legacy Center · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$14,000
Studio 23the Arts Center · Bay City, MI · 2025
Operating
$13,700
Listening Ear Crisis Center · Mount Pleasant, MI · 2022
Operating
$12,700
Alden and Vada Dow Creativity Foundation · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
First Baptist Church · Midland, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Muskegon Community College Foundation · Muskegon, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
New Dimensions · Essexville, MI · 2025
Operating
$10,000
Read Association of Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Operating
$10,000
American National Red Cross · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$10,000
Holy Family Episcopal Church · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$10,000
King'S Daughters Christmas Closet · Midland, MI · 2023
Operating
$10,000
Rayola · West Branch, MI · 2023
Operating
$10,000
Read Association of Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Operating
$10,000
American National Red Cross · Midland, MI · 2022
Operating
$10,000
Eagle Village · Hersey, MI · 2022
Operating
$10,000
Glen Arbor Arts Center · Glen Arbor, MI · 2022
Operating

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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.