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Ahs Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$551k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
85
Grants FY2025
74
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
74 to 82
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
21
Total assets, FY2025
$10M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Ahs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving84$549k17%
FY202474$471k12%
FY202374$413k15%
FY202282$540kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$348kArts & Culture$249kHuman Services$233kCivil Rights$223kEducation$183kEnvironment$164kYouth Development$153kHousing & Shelter$87kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
AZ
KS
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Weecycle$170,00041%
Reclaim$125,00036%
Interfaith Working Group$100,0003n/a
Girls on the Run of the Rockies$80,00043%
Lake Erie Ink$70,00045%
Hope Has No Borders$60,000214%
Pine Street Inn Inc$42,00040%
Trevor Project Inc$38,00040%
Slide Ranch$34,00041%
Mountain Play Association$34,00041%
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All grantees of Ahs Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Weecycle$170,00041%
Reclaim$125,00036%
Interfaith Working Group$100,0003n/a
Girls on the Run of the Rockies$80,00043%
Lake Erie Ink$70,00045%
Hope Has No Borders$60,000214%
Pine Street Inn Inc$42,00040%
Trevor Project Inc$38,00040%
Slide Ranch$34,00041%
Mountain Play Association$34,00041%
Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Inc$31,50042%
The Delores Project$30,00011%
Northwest Family Assistance Center$30,0001n/a
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children$30,00011%
Maui Pops Orchestra Inc$27,00043%
Side By Side$24,50040%
Equal Justice Initiative$23,00040%
Transgender Law Center$22,50020%
Fairmount Montessori Association$20,50030%
Hesperian Health Guides$20,00040%
Birthing Beautiful Communities$20,00011%
Black Mamas Matter Alliance Inc$20,00040%
Dbt Center Training Institute$20,0002n/a
Choice Network Inc$20,00031%
Village of Healing$20,00021%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$20,00040%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$17,50040%
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle$17,00041%
The Orion Society Inc$17,00020%
Friends of the Auberry Library$17,00044%
Hopewell$16,50040%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$15,00040%
Ebb & Flow Arts$15,000121%
Middle East Children's Alliance$15,00040%
Poverello House$15,00040%
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc$14,50040%
Bastyr University$13,50040%
Community Food Bank Inc$12,75040%
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$12,70040%
Saint Therese$12,50040%
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$10,50040%
Feeding the Gulf Coast$10,50040%
City Year Inc$10,50040%
Citizen Schools Inc$10,50040%
Sierra Foothill Conservancy$10,00010%
Chicago Women's Health Center$10,00040%
Wyoming Outdoor Council$10,00030%
Fresno Free College Foundation$10,00042%
Colorado Bluegrass Music Society$10,0002n/a
Urban Community School$9,50040%
Red Cloud Indian School$9,5003n/a
Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc$9,00030%
Step Up for Students - Florida Inc$9,00040%
Cleveland Society for the Blind$8,50040%
Center for Puppetry Artsinc$8,50040%
Soma Aquatics Foundation Inc$8,50044%
Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center Dba Nature Center at Shaker Lakes$8,50030%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$7,00040%
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute$7,00030%
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc$6,50040%
Greater Cleveland Congregations Inc$6,50040%
The Friends of the Bancroft Library$6,50041%
Family Tree Inc$6,50020%
Sarvey Wildlife Care Center$6,50030%
Montessori Development Partnerships$6,00023%
New York Common Pantry$6,00040%
The Dipsea Race Foundation$5,50042%
Mill Valley Public Library$5,0001n/a
Jones-Harrison Foundation$5,00031%
Young Musicians & Artists Inc$5,00040%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$5,0001n/a
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center Inc$5,00010%
Family Tree Inc$5,00010%
The Cleveland Music School Settlement$5,00010%
Policy Matters Ohio$5,00010%
Amazon Conservation Association$4,75040%
Mill Valley Library Foundation$4,50040%
Regional Arts & Culture Council$4,50020%
Lake County Historical Society$4,30040%
Sunshine Division Inc$4,00040%
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$4,00020%
Ecological Farming Association$3,00010%
C & S Patient Education Foundation$2,50040%
Food Bank for Monterey County$2,50010%
Open Arms Inc$2,50015%
Sojourns Community Clinic Inc$2,50010%
The Innocence Project Inc$2,50010%
Ruffing Montessori School$2,50010%
Mercy Corps$2,50010%
Open Heart Magic$2,00010%
Joy of Learning Collaborative Inc$1,50012%
Aliveness Project Inc$1,5001n/a
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($310k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ahs Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWeecycle: $170,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetReclaim: $125,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetGirls on the Run of the Rockies: $80,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetLake Erie Ink: $70,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetHope Has No Borders: $60,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $42,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSlide Ranch: $34,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMountain Play Association: $34,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMaui Nui Botanical Gardens Inc: $31,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetThe Delores Project: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDelta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMaui Pops Orchestra Inc: $27,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSide By Side: $24,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $22,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFairmount Montessori Association: $20,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHesperian Health Guides: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBirthing Beautiful Communities: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBlack Mamas Matter Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChoice Network Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetVillage of Healing: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRails to Trails Conservancy: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarshot Jazz Society of Seattle: $17,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Orion Society Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Auberry Library: $17,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetHopewell: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEbb & Flow Arts: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMiddle East Children's Alliance: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPoverello House: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBastyr University: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $12,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetServices and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc: $12,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Therese: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Parks and Recreation Foundation: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCitizen Schools Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSierra Foothill Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Women's Health Center: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWyoming Outdoor Council: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFresno Free College Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUrban Community School: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSoul Fire Farm Institute Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStep Up for Students - Florida Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 85.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationOH25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Marin Community Foundation · The Hershey Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Woodruff Foundation · George Codrington Fdnhirtlena · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Ahs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ahs Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Ahs Foundation

How much does Ahs Foundation give?
Ahs Foundation reported 85 grants totaling $551,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 74 and 82 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does Ahs Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (14%), Arts & Culture (10%), Human Services (9%).
Who are Ahs Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Weecycle ($170k), Reclaim ($125k), Interfaith Working Group ($100k).
Does Ahs Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ahs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ahs Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation.
Where is Ahs Foundation based?
Ahs Foundation is based in MN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 118 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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