Funding search · EIN 133321706 · Sheffield, MA

The Velmans Foundation

Name: The Velmans 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.

60
grants reported: $200,691
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Renaissance Charitable Foundation I2 grants · $55,036
Spm Disability Justice Fund1 grant · $30,000
Netherlands America Fdn1 grant · $30,000
Naf2 grants · $27,500
Spm Disability Brillance Fund1 grant · $15,000
Pollinate Group1 grant · $10,000
Non Profit Center of the Ber1 grant · $5,000
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Ctr1 grant · $2,500
Close Encounters With Music2 grants · $2,000
Construct2 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$65,505

2022

$134,936

2023

$250

2024

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
Renaissance Charitable Foundation I · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Support charitable activities
$30,000
Netherlands America Fdn · New York, NY · 2023
Support charitable activities
$30,000
Spm Disability Justice Fund · Emeryville, CA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$25,000
Naf · New York, NY · 2022
Support charitable activities
$15,000
Spm Disability Brillance Fund · Emeryville, CA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$10,000
Pollinate Group · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$5,000
Non Profit Center of the Ber · Williamstown, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$2,500
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Ctr · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$2,500
Naf · New York, NY · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Close Encounters With Music · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Construct · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Empower Generation · Lancaster, CA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Flying Cloud Institute · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Sheffield Land Trust · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Town of Sheffield · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Triplex Cinema · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Close Encounters With Music · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Construct · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Fairview Hospital Fund · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterd · Port Washington, NY · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Mill Pond Assn · Orleans, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Sheffield Land Trust · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$1,000
Wamc · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$500
Berkshire Community Land Trust · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$500
Berkshire Grown · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$500
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundat · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$500
Fairview Hospital · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$500
Planned Parenthood Federation · Boston, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$500
Sheffield Food Assistance Program · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$500
Chp · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$500
Flying Cloud Institute · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$500
Hevreh of Southern Berkshire · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$500
Literacy Network · Lee, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Friends of the Sheffield Senior Cen · Sheffield, MA · 2024
Support charitable activities
$250
Ashley Falls Village Imrpove · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Friends of the Busnell Sage Library · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Friends of the Sheffield Senior Cen · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Hands in Outreach · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Literacy Network · Lee, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Southern Berkshire Ambulance · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
The People'S Pantry · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Vim Berkshires · Great Barrington, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$250
Berkshire South Community Center · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Dewey Hall · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Friends of the Busnell Sage Library · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Friends of the Sheffield Senior Cen · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Habitat for Humanity · North Adams, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
New World Endowment Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Sheffield Cultural Council · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Sheffield Food Assistance Program · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$250
Wmht · Troy, NY · 2022
Support charitable activities
$200
Pine Grove Cemetery Association · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$200
Sheffield Historical Society · Sheffield, MA · 2023
Support charitable activities
$165
The Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$140
Christ Trinity Church · Sheffield, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$100
Planned Parenthood · Boston, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$100
Southern Berkshire Ambulance · Great Barrington, MA · 2022
Support charitable activities
$36
Renaissance Charitable Foundation I · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Support 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.