Skip to content
The Ames Family Foundation 8162-07-12 at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ames Family Foundation 8162-07-12

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$165k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$289kAnimals$174kYouth Development$133kHealth$57kEducation$32kHuman Services$27kEnvironment$19kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL STARS PROJECT$25,000
SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION$20,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$12,500
ANIMAL AID UNLIMITED$10,000
CAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK INC$10,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM$6,500
PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$5,000
IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES$5,000
LADY FREETHINKER$5,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION$5,000
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$5,000
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$5,000
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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY SERVICES LEAGUE: $5k → 7%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

WA
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$668k · 23 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
12

Total granted

$668k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+8%

Still filing today

87%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • AS
    ALL STARS PROJECT INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $133k · revenue +76%
  • SR
    SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $90k · revenue +67%
  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • VC
    VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +8%
  • NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -40%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +93%
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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
6
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
7
Last Chance for Animals

Dedicated to ending animal abuse and exploitation through education, public outreach and investigations.

Animals
8
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
9
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
10
Nonhuman Rights Project Inc

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is the only civil rights organization in The United States dedicated solely to securing fundamental rights for nonhuman animals and the leading force in building a national and global nonhuman rights…

Animals
11
Apex Art Curatorial Program Inc

Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…

Arts & Culture
12
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sanctuary for Families Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Alliance On Mental Illness. 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 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)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALL STARS PROJECT INC: $132,500 · Arts & CultureALL STARS PROJECT INCSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATIONWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $75,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $61,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUMNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureAnimal Aid Unlimited: $25,000 · AnimalsAnimal Aid UnlimitedNORTH FORK ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $24,000 · AnimalsNORTH FORK ANIMAL WE…IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS: $20,000 · AnimalsIN DEFENSE OF ANIMAL…PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $18,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHIC…Humane World for Animals Inc: $15,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Ani…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY…NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $12,500 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL L…ANIMAL VICTORY DISASTER & ABUSE FUND: $5,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $5,000 · Animals+2 more: $7,500 · AnimalsIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…CAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $32,500 · OtherCAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK…PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER FDN: $15,000 · OtherPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CEN…COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SOU…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $13,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $7,500 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $9,500 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFET…Soi Dog Foundation USA: $7,250 · Other+7 more: $29,500 · Other+7 moreVILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $10,000 · EducationBROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH INC: $1,500 · EducationLADY FREETHINKER: $10,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $9,000 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $19,250 · EnvironmentGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $12,500 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$391,500Animals$147,000Other$169,250Education$41,500Civil Rights$24,000Environment$19,250Food & Nutrition$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $132,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $61,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK INC: $32,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetVILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Aid Unlimited: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH FORK ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $24,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $19,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLADY FREETHINKER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSoi Dog Foundation USA: $7,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL VICTORY DISASTER & ABUSE FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Alliance On Mental Illness: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTICIPANT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Harriet Ames Charitab…The Pfizer Foundation…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…
Harriet Ames Charitable Trust 8162-06-40PA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harriet Ames Charitable Trust 8162-06-40 · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Ames Family Foundation 8162-07-12 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ames Family Foundation 8162-07-12. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Ames Family Foundation 8162-07-12’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home