Funding search · EIN 351947845 · Carmel, IN

Wild Shore Foundation

Name: Wild Shore 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.

47
grants reported: $739,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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

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.

Little Traverse Conservancy2 grants · $405,000
Great Lakes Boat Building School4 grants · $59,000
Les Cheneaux Community Fdn2 grants · $40,000
Lake Superior State University Foundation3 grants · $36,000
Mackinac Straits Health System2 grants · $34,000
Les Cheneaux Culinary School4 grants · $32,000
Mackinac Straits Health System2 grants · $22,000
Little Traverse Conservancy2 grants · $20,000
Les Cheneaux Community Foundation1 grant · $20,000
Les Cheneaux Education Foundation1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$506,000

2022

$68,000

2023

$84,000

2024

$81,000

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Great Lakes Boat Building School · Cedarville, MI · 2022
General fund
$22,000
Mackinac Straits Health System · St Ignace, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$20,000
Les Cheneaux Community Foundation · Cedarville, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$20,000
Les Cheneaux Education Foundation · Cedarville, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$20,000
Les Cheneaux Community Fdn · Cedarville, MI · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Les Cheneaux Community Fdn · Cedarville, MI · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Les Cheneaux Culinary School · Hessel, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$12,000
Lake Superior State University Foundation · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$12,000
Mackinac Straits Health System · St Ignace, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$12,000
Lake Superior State University Foundation · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$12,000
Lake Superior State University Foundation · Sault Sainte Marie, MI · 2023
General fund
$11,000
Mackinac Straits Health System · St Ignace, MI · 2023
General fund
$11,000
Mackinac Straits Health System · St Ignace, MI · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$10,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$10,000
Sos Vermilion · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General fund
$7,000
Les Cheneaux Culinary School · Hessel, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$5,000
Les Cheneaux Culinary School · Hessel, MI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Les Cheneaux Culinary School · Hessel, MI · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Great Lakes Boat Building School · Cedarville, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$3,000
Indiana Ballet Conservatory · Carmel, IN · 2025
General operating fund
$3,000
Great Lakes Boat Building School · Cedarville, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$3,000
Indiana Ballet Conservatory · Carmel, IN · 2024
General operating fund
$3,000
Martin University · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General operating fund
$3,000
Great Lakes Boat Building School · Cedarville, MI · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Indiana Ballet Conservancy · Carmel, IN · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Martin University · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Indiana Ballet Conservancy · Carmel, IN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Martin University · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Friends of Les Cheneaux Community Library · Hessel, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$2,000
Retirement Home for Horses · Alachua, FL · 2025
General operating fund
$2,000
Retirement Home for Horses · Alachua, FL · 2024
General operating fund
$2,000
Sos Vermilion · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Michigan Nature Association · Okemos, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy Michigan Chapter · Lansing, MI · 2025
General operating fund
$1,000
Michigan Nature Association · Okemos, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy · Lansing, MI · 2024
General operating fund
$1,000
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Michigan Nature Association · Okemos, MI · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Lansing, MI · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Retirement Home for Horses · Alachua, FL · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Michigan Nature Association · Okemos, MI · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Lansing, MI · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Retirement Home for Horses · Alachua, FL · 2022
General fund

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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.