Funding search · EIN 331011426 · Traverse City, MI

Ames Family Foundation

Name: Ames Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

48
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Tuskegee University3 grants · $510,000
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy3 grants · $150,000
Seeds3 grants · $150,000
Tart Trails3 grants · $150,000
Northwestern Michigan College3 grants · $150,000
Soul Fire Farm3 grants · $150,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser3 grants · $150,000
Leelanau Conservancy3 grants · $150,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper3 grants · $140,000
The Atlanta Community Food Bank3 grants · $140,000

Giving over time

$825,000

2022

$735,000

2023

$865,000

2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$180,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$165,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$165,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee, AL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$70,000
Think of US · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Northwestern Michigan College · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2024
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy · Marquette, MI · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Northwestern Michigan College · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2023
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy · Marquette, MI · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Lagrange, GA · 2022
Charitiable contribution
$50,000
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Higher Purpose Co · Clarksdale, MS · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Northwestern Michigan College · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
The Atlanta Community Food Bank · East Point, GA · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Think of US · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable contributions
$50,000
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy · Marquette, MI · 2022
Charitable contribution
$45,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Smyrna, GA · 2024
Charitiable contribution
$45,000
The Atlanta Community Food Bank · East Point, GA · 2024
Charitable contributions
$45,000
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper · Lagrange, GA · 2023
Charitiable contribution
$45,000
The Atlanta Community Food Bank · East Point, GA · 2023
Charitable contributions
$40,000
One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2024
Charitable contributions
$35,000
Clarkston Community Center · Clarkston, GA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$35,000
Clarkston Community Center · Clarkston, GA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$35,000
One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2023
Charitable contributions
$35,000
Clarkston Community Center · Clarkston, GA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$35,000
One Hundred Miles · Brunswick, GA · 2022
Charitable contributions
$25,000
Detroit Black Community Food Sovere · Detroit, MI · 2024
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Grand Traverse Conservation Distric · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable contribution
$25,000
The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$25,000
The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Community Assistance Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Autism Improvised · Marietta, GA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Community Assistance Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Community Assistance Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Autism Improvised · Marietta, GA · 2023
Charitable contribution

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