Funding search · EIN 382449838 · Traverse City, MI

Les & Ann Biederman Foundation

Name: Les & Ann Biederman 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.

137
grants reported: $1.8M
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

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Funding pattern

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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.

Nmc Foundation4 grants · $200,000
Mt Holiday4 grants · $120,000
Mayo Clinic4 grants · $120,000
Nmc-Scholarships4 grants · $110,000
Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $80,000
Inland Seas Education Association4 grants · $75,000
Child & Family Services4 grants · $54,066
Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Pk2 grants · $50,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts4 grants · $50,000
Gt Regional Land Conservancy2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$436,411

2022

$410,017

2023

$443,081

2024

$489,284

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 137 grants.

$50,000
Nmc Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$50,000
Nmc Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$50,000
Nmc Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$50,000
Mt Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$50,000
Nmc Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$30,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
Charitable activities
$30,000
St Clair Butterfly Foundation · Auburn Hills, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$30,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Charitable activities
$30,000
Nmc-Scholarships · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$30,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Charitable activities
$30,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Charitable activities
$30,000
Nmc-Scholarships · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$25,000
Food Rescue (Goodwill Industries) · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$25,000
Gt Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$25,000
Nmc-Scholarships · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$25,000
Vfw - Lake Leelanau · Lake Leelanau, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$25,000
Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Pk · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$25,000
Gt Ymca · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$25,000
Mt Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$25,000
Peninsula Township · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$25,000
Single Momm · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$25,000
Traverse Symphony Orchestra · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activity
$25,000
Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Pk · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$25,000
Grand Traverse Industries · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$25,000
Gt Regional Land Conservancy · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$25,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$25,000
Mt Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$25,000
Nmc-Scholarships · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$23,665
US Coast Guard · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$20,000
Mt Holiday · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$20,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$20,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$16,810
Child & Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$15,256
Child & Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$15,000
Hospice of Michigan · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$15,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$15,000
Montana State University · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable contributions
$15,000
Thompsonville Area Revitalization · Thompsonville, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$15,000
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$15,000
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight · Mecosta, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$15,000
Habitat for Humanity · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$15,000
Habitat for Humanity · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$13,689
Womens Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$12,500
Womens Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$12,500
Benzie Area Christian Neighbors · Benzonia, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$12,500
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$12,500
Traverse Bay Childrens Adv Center · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$12,500
Women'S Resouce Center · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$12,100
Tbays (Youth Soccer) · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$12,000
Child & Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$11,692
Traverse Area District Library · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,500
Salvation Army · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,500
Salvation Army · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,500
Salvation Army · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$10,485
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear · Empire, MI · 2022
Chartiable activities
$10,000
Fife Lake Public Library · Fife Lake, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,000
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight · Mecosta, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,000
Old Town Playhouse · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,000
Womens Resource Center · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$10,000
Big Brothersbig Sisters Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
Child & Family Services · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
Dream Team · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
Great Lakes Children'S Museum · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$10,000
Big Brothersbig Sisters Nw Mi · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
Great Lakes Children'S Museum · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
Leelanau County Cancer Foundation · Northport, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight · Mecosta, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
Newton'S Road Nw · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
The Friendship Community Center · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$10,000
Traverse Symphony Orchestra · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activity
$10,000
Great Lakes Children'S Museum · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$10,000
Mid-Michigan Honor Flight · Mecosta, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$10,000
Parallel 45 Theater · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$10,000
Traverse Symphony Orchestra · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activity
$10,000
Vasa Ski Club · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$9,839
Generations Ahead · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$9,355
Generations Ahead · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$9,215
Generations Ahead · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$8,592
Salvation Army · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$8,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$7,500
Flow (for Love of Water) · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$7,500
Flow (for Love of Water) · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$6,300
Traverse City Public Schools · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable activities
$6,300
Traverse City Public Schools · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable activities
$6,000
Traverse City Public Schools · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$5,915
Central Day Care Center · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$5,650
Kids On the Go Traverse City · St Clair Shores, MI · 2022
Charitable activities
$5,000
Bayside - Coast Guard · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$5,000
Father Fred Foundation · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$5,000
Nw Mi Ballet Theatre · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activites
$5,000
Peace Ranch · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$5,000
Seeds · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Charitable activities
$5,000
Sharecare of Leelanau · Suttons Bay, MI · 2025
Charitable activities

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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.