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The Ammerman 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.

$289k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$52,400
Organizations funded a year
12 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$4.0M
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 The Ammerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
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 arriving25$279k16%
FY202426$242k12%
FY202323$222k9%
FY202228$294k39%
FY202118$222k22%
FY202016$208k31%
FY201912$170k17%
FY201819$219k32%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$641kEducation$276kReligion$213kHousing & Shelter$207kHuman Services$137kPhilanthropy$75kPublic Benefit$48kCivil Rights$37kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The Ammerman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union$355,40070%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc$205,00070%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$199,00090%
National Constitution Center$125,00090%
A Wider Circle Inc$115,00070%
4montgomerys Kids Inc$80,000620%
Bonita Wonder Gardens Inc$69,52043%
Empty Bowls of Naples Inc$66,25656%
Emory University$65,00060%
So What Else Inc$61,00062%
Temple Ner Tamid$50,8459n/a
Congregation Bnai Tzedek$39,8008n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$38,10060%
Emory University$25,5003n/a
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$23,00040%
Seeds of Peace Inc$20,00020%
Temple Shalom Inc$19,7594n/a
Temple Beth Ami$15,5635n/a
Franklin County Library System$10,00010%
Conservation Nation$10,00010%
Tail Wags & Book Bags$10,0001n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$10,00010%
Listen First Project Inc$10,00013%
Joseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc$8,00061%
Laces of Love Charitable Foundation$7,50040%
The Lab School of Washington$6,00010%
The Safe Children Foundation$6,00011%
Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc$5,17650%
Northeast Kingdom Community Action Inc$5,00010%
Hardwick Area Food Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
Concern Worldwide (Us) Inc$4,85040%
Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc$4,50020%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$4,10040%
Animal Allies Rescue Foundation Inc$4,0001n/a
The Holton Arms School$3,50030%
Cafe of Life Inc$2,00020%
Naples Zoo Inc$2,00010%
Travel Matters Foundation$2,00027%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$1,50010%
Solidarity Bridge Inc$1,03010%
Green Acres School Inc$50010%
Comfort Cases Inc$50010%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($359k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: $355,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Care for the Homeless Inc: $205,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $199,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Constitution Center: $125,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budget4montgomerys Kids Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetBonita Wonder Gardens Inc: $69,520 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetEmpty Bowls of Naples Inc: $66,256 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetEmory University: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSo What Else Inc: $61,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $38,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $23,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSeeds of Peace Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFranklin County Library System: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConservation Nation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetListen First Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetJoseph Robert Shaw Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetLaces of Love Charitable Foundation: $7,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Lab School of Washington: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Safe Children Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc: $5,176 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNortheast Kingdom Community Action Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConcern Worldwide (Us) Inc: $4,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $4,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Holton Arms School: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCafe of Life Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Zoo Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTravel Matters Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSolidarity Bridge Inc: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Acres School Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetComfort Cases Inc: $500 over 1y, 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 34.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · West Bay Community Charitable Foundation · The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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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About The Ammerman Foundation

How much does The Ammerman Foundation give?
The Ammerman Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $289,451 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Ammerman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Education (15%), Religion (12%).
Who are The Ammerman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union ($355k), Health Care for the Homeless Inc ($205k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($199k).
Does The Ammerman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ammerman 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 The Ammerman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Collier Community Foundation Inc, West Bay Community Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Ammerman Foundation based?
The Ammerman Foundation is based in FL.

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 62 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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