New York · Private foundation
Ames Charitable 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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,458
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $217k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Ames Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $19k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $18k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $13k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $14k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $15k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Synagogue | $21,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $14,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $12,125 | 5 | 0% |
| Sucede Inc | $8,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Maltz Jupiter Theatre Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Delaware Inc | $6,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Synagogue | $21,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $14,000 | 9 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $12,125 | 5 | 0% |
| Sucede Inc | $8,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Maltz Jupiter Theatre Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Delaware Inc | $6,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Palm Beach County Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilmington Library Foundation II Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Met Council Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Empowerment Inc | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Haknesiah Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cope Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ames Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Ames Charitable Foundation
- How much does Ames Charitable Foundation give?
- Ames Charitable Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $22,924 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ames Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Health (25%), International (17%).
- Who are Ames Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Synagogue ($21k), Puppies Behind Bars Inc ($14k), American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ($13k).
- Does Ames Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ames Charitable 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.
- Where is Ames Charitable Foundation based?
- Ames Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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