Funding search · EIN 383334050 · Traverse City, MI

Mariel Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

109
grants reported
$2.6M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$12,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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

  • Water 1st4 grants · $322,638
  • Trout Unlimited3 grants · $250,000
  • Interlochen Center for the Arts4 grants · $222,000
  • Leelanau Conservancy4 grants · $215,789
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Aquar4 grants · $204,000
  • Groundwork Ctr for Resilient Comm4 grants · $173,250
  • Inland Seas Education Assoc4 grants · $144,000
  • Lansing Art Gallery3 grants · $98,010
  • Afraid of Bear-American Horse Tiosp3 grants · $97,500
  • Michigan Campaign Finance Network3 grants · $95,903

Giving over time

$600,000
2021
$600,000
2022
$660,847
2023
$701,020
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 109 grants.

  • $135,000

    Water 1st · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $100,000

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $73,550

    Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $72,000

    Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $69,138

    Water 1st · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $66,500

    Water 1st · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $66,000

    Mote Marine Laboratory Aquar · Sarasota, FL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $65,000

    Groundwork Ctr for Resilient Comm · Traverse City, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $62,000

    Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $56,000

    Mote Marine Laboratory Aquar · Sarasota, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $55,500

    Inland Seas Education Assoc · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $55,000

    Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $55,000

    Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Fdn · Sanibel, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $55,000

    Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $53,500

    Inland Seas Education Assoc · Suttons Bay, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $52,000

    Water 1st · Seattle, WA · 2021

    Charitable

  • $51,010

    Lansing Art Gallery · Lansing, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Sacred Healing Circle · Florence, AL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $50,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    Charitable

  • $45,000

    Afraid of Bear-American Horse Tiosp · Akwesasne, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $45,000

    Sacred Healing Circle · Florence, AL · 2021

    Charitable

  • $42,000

    Mote Marine Laboratory Aquar · Sarasota, FL · 2021

    Charitable

  • $40,000

    Groundwork Ctr for Resilient Comm · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $40,000

    Mote Marine Laboratory Aquar · Sarasota, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $39,000

    Michigan Campaign Finance Network · Lansing, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $38,009

    Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $37,500

    Groundwork Ctr for Resilient Comm · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $35,000

    Afraid of Bear-American Horse Tiosp · Akwesasne, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $32,230

    Leelanau Conservancy · Leland, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $32,144

    Para La Naturaleza · San Juan, PR · 2021

    Charitable

  • $30,789

    Michigan Campaign Finance Network · Lansing, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $30,750

    Groundwork Ctr for Resilient Comm · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $27,000

    Lansing Art Gallery · Lansing, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $26,114

    Michigan Campaign Finance Network · Lansing, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $22,500

    20fathoms · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $21,000

    Kalapa Media · Ocean Shores, WA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,994

    Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Fdn · Sanibel, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Lansing Art Gallery · Lansing, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Kalapa Media · Ocean Shores, WA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $20,000

    Kalapa Media · Ocean Shores, WA · 2021

    Charitable

  • $19,000

    National Writers Series · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $18,985

    Women'S Reproductive Rights Assista · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $17,500

    Afraid of Bear-American Horse Tiosp · Akwesasne, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $17,500

    Inland Seas Education Assoc · Suttons Bay, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $17,500

    Inland Seas Education Assoc · Suttons Bay, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    20fathoms · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Discovery Center · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    20fathoms · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Discovery Center · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $15,000

    Parallel 45 Theater Co · Traverse City, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $14,985

    Partners for World Health · Portland, ME · 2024

    Charitable

  • $12,500

    Discovery Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $12,000

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2021

    Charitable

  • $10,366

    Rainforest Trust · Vint Hill, VA · 2021

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Reach Studio Art Ctr · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Ripa Ladrang Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Reach Studio Art Ctr · Lansing, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Capital Region Community Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $9,500

    Undue Medical Debt · Boston, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Book Trust · Denver, CO · 2021

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Full Plates Full Potential · Brunswick, ME · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2022

    Charitable

  • $7,000

    Full Plates Full Potential · Brunswick, ME · 2021

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Portland Parks Conservancy · Portland, ME · 2023

    Charitable

  • $6,000

    Reach Studio Art Ctr · Lansing, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $5,500

    Glen Arbor Arts Center · Glen Arbor, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · N Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Northwestern Mich College Fdn · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Para La Naturaleza · San Juan, PR · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Fdn · Sanibel, FL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Capital Region Community Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Fawco · Naples, FL · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · N Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Northwestern Mich College Fdn · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Glen Arbor Arts Center · Glen Arbor, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · N Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Northwestern Mich College Fdn · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Reach Studio Art Ctr · Lansing, MI · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    20fathoms · Traverse City, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Grand Traverse Regional Land Conser · Traverse City, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Northwestern Mich College Fdn · Traverse City, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Fdn · Sanibel, FL · 2021

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Full Plates Full Potential · Brunswick, ME · 2023

    Charitable

  • $4,000

    Capital Region Community Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2021

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Flow · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Glen Arbor Arts Center · Glen Arbor, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Ganesa Study Center · Lancaster, OH · 2022

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Ganesa Study Center · Lancaster, OH · 2021

    Charitable

  • $2,851

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecolo · Bellaire, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Grand Traverse Regional Community F · Traverse City, MI · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Flow · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Glen Arbor Arts Center · Glen Arbor, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Grand Traverse Regional Community F · Traverse City, MI · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Flow · Traverse City, MI · 2022

    Charitable

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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.