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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$48kHealth$41kInternational$28kHuman Services$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kArts & Culture$8kEducation$7kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$1,458
Median grant
3
States reached
$217k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$12,200
SUCEDE INC$4,100
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$2,500
TEMPLE JUDEA$1,458
GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT$1,200
PUPPIES BEHIND BARS$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$250
NATIONAL JEWISH MEMORIAL WALL$216
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COPE FOUNDATION: $500 → 7%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%THE SEEING EYE: $2k → 4%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%THE SEEING EYE: $1k → 4%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $2k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
IA
NJ
VA
MD
DE
TN
SC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$135k · 18 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
19

Total granted

$135k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+57%

Still filing today

56%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PB
    PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +29%
  • AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +77%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • WL
    WILMINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -13%
  • HO
    Hospice of Palm Beach County Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +22%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Jupiter Medical Center Inc

The mission of jupiter medical center is to deliver excellent and compassionate healthcare advancing the well-being of the people we serve, regardless of their ability to pay. certain services are provided at a loss or at no payment…

Health
4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Jupiter Medical Center Physicians Group Inc

JMCPG is committed to providing compassionate, personalized care from the region's most trusted team of physicians and health care professionals. Across the Palm Beaches and the Treasure Coast of Florida, JMCPG practice locations offer…

Health
8
New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System Inc

Newyork-presbyterian healthcare system, inc. ("system, inc.") coordinates membership in the newyork-presbyterian healthcare system, which is an unincorporated federation of separately licensed tax exempt healthcare organizations ("system…

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cope Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $21,350 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUESHRINERS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $8,500 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDRENS HOSPITALCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF DELAWARE INC: $6,500 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF DELAWARE INCTEMPLE BNAI SHALOM: $6,300 · OtherTEMPLE BNAI SHALOMKOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PALM BEACH: $5,000 · OtherKOREAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PALM BEACHBETHEL KOREAN CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherBETHEL KOREAN CHURCHWILMINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Other+18 more: $16,574 · Other+18 morePUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS I…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,125 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red…THE SEEING EYE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INCHospice of Palm Beach County Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesHospice of Palm Beach…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $13,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDAT…MAYO CLINIC: $6,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $2,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $12,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF T…OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $6,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERIC…+1 more: $250 · InternationalSUCEDE INC: $8,200 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $1,500 · PhilanthropyMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureWILMINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION II INC: $2,000 · EducationCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $250 · Food & Nutrition
Other$71,724Human Services$31,125Health$23,500International$18,750Philanthropy$9,700Arts & Culture$8,000Education$2,000Food & Nutrition$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $14,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUCEDE INC: $8,200 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Palm Beach County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION II INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOPE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SUCEDE INC ↗
  • Who funds MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Palm Beach County Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILMINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION II INC ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Met Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds COPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ames Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ames Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ames Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ames Charitable 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.

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 42 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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