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The Ammon Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$735k
Granted FY2023
17
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$765kHealth$675kArts & Culture$663kInternational$470kHuman Services$425kRecreation & Sports$275kFood & Nutrition$175kYouth Development$160kOther$0
02FY2023 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $525k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY$150,000
CHARITY FUND BORZHAVSKA HOPE$100,000
MASSACHUSETTS FALLEN HEROES INC$75,000
LOVE TRIBE PROJECT INC$50,000
KINGS RIDGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC$50,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO ATLANTA INC$50,000
GARRETT SNIDER FOUNDATION$50,000
ARCH CORPORATION$35,000
CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION$25,000
HAIRTOSTAY$25,000
THE PINK AGENDA INC$25,000
CHEROKEE EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC$25,000
TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATLANTA INC$25,000
YOUTH HOMES$20,000
SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $185k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COURAGE FOR LIFE INCORPORATED: $10k → 8%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATION: $10k → 5%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $25k → 11%JACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $10k → 5%TAKING THE REINS: $10k → 14%IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $20k → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA INC: $100k → 13%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

ID
MT
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
TN
DC
AL
GA
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 18 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
106

Total granted

$2.2M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+28%

Still filing today

83%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • Bucknell University
    6× · 2017–2023 · $525k · revenue +45%
  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $500k · revenue +18%
  • AN
    A NEW LEASH ON LIFE INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +273%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +27%
  • TP
    THE POWER OF A DREAM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · 31% of their budget
  • MO
    Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -27%
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
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

The mission of the jackson hole conservation alliance is to protect the wildlife, wild places and community character of jackson hole.

Environment
2
Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Jackson hole chamber of commerce is to champion the interest of local businesses, enhance their prosperity and strengthen the economic climate of teton county

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3
Grand Teton Association

The mission of the association is to inspire "deeper connection, better understanding, and enduring support for our public lands."

Arts & Culture
4
Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation

Jackson hole wildlife foundation advances wildlife conservation driven by science, collaboration, and a community of volunteers.

Animals
5
Jackson Hole Lacrosse Club

In the jackson hole area, regardless of economic status, the opportunity to discover, embrace and participate in the sport of lacrosse, and to grow the sport while maintaining the highest ethical standards, providing quality coaching and…

Recreation & Sports
6
The Tvrc Education Foundation Inc

The mission of teton valley ranch camp is to provide inspiring western adventure in the jackson hole and yellowstone area.

Youth Development
7
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc

Junior achievement - rocky mountain, inc. (ja) is critical for inspiring and preparing young people to own their economic success. in partnership with business and educators, ja immerses students in disruptive, real-world experiences,…

International
8
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
9
Jackson Hole International Film Festival

The jackson hole international film festival (jhiff) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and celebrating the art of filmmaking. jhiff exists to present the work of international creatives in an environment that inspires and…

Human Services
10
Wyofile

Wyofile is an independent, nonprofit news service focused on the people, places and policy of wyoming. recognizing the rapid decline in resources among traditional news outlets, wyofile offers in-depth coverage of complicated subjects and…

Arts & Culture
11
Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust

The mission of the jackson hole community housing trust (cht) is to conserve community in teton county by developing essential, affordable housing. the cht is dedicated to the provision, management, and administration of affordable rental…

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12
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter

Yellowstone valley animal shelter is dedicated to strengthening the human-animal bond by providing compassionate and high-quality care, education, and resources to the community.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make a Wish Foundation of Wyoming; the most unlike its peers is Redwine Family 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

81 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. 81 of the 133 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/81
Grantees still filing
58/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherTHE NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCTHE POWER OF A DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherTHE POWER OF A DREAM FOUNDATION INCCHARITY FUND BORZHAVSKA HOPE: $100,000 · OtherCHARITY FUND BORZHAVSKA HOPEPOWWATER CORP: $75,000 · OtherGARRETT SNIDER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherSUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherNATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THE DEFENSE OF BATTERED: $60,000 · Other+87 more: $1,054,851 · Other+87 moreBucknell University: $525,000 · EducationBucknell Universit…THE CHEROKEE EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationTHE CHEROKEE EMPLO…King's Ridge Christian School: $50,000 · EducationKing's Ridge Chris…CHILDREN'S HOUSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $30,000 · EducationSALISBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN…MASSACHUSETTS FALLEN HEROES INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUSETTS F…HOUSE OF UKRAINE: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $17,500 · Arts & CultureNO BARRIERS USA: $410,000 · InternationalNO BARRIERS…VILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $50,000 · InternationalVILLAGE HEA…THE ARCH CORPORATION: $170,000 · HealthTHE ARCH CO…THE PINK AGENDA INC: $35,000 · HealthTHE PINK AG…ATLANTA CANCER CARE FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · HealthATLANTA CAN…HAIRTOSTAY: $25,000 · HealthHAIRTOSTAYHEARTS & HORSES INC: $25,000 · HealthHEARTS & HO…ANDEE'S ARMY: $25,000 · HealthANDEE'S ARM…WHITEFISH VETERANS SUPPORT TEAM: $25,000 · HealthWHITEFISH V…FRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $25,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 · HealthST JUDE CHI…NOT ONE MORE ALABAMA INC: $25,000 · HealthNOT ONE MOR…LOGAN HEALTH - WHITEFISH: $25,000 · HealthLOGAN HEALT…+2 more: $15,000 · HealthMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH HOMES: $70,000 · Human ServicesNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $25,000 · Human ServicesJACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $20,000 · Human ServicesIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOURAGE FOR LIFE INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesTAKING THE REINS: $10,000 · Human ServicesA NEW LEASH ON LIFE INC: $60,000 · AnimalsEQUUS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · AnimalsROUND RIVER CONSERVATION STUDIES: $42,500 · AnimalsJACKSON HOLE REGIONAL HORSE RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $10,000 · Animals
Other$1,734,851Education$715,000Arts & Culture$617,500International$460,000Health$455,000Human Services$255,000Animals$172,500

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 budgetBucknell University: $525,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $500,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $410,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetTHE NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE ARCH CORPORATION: $170,000 over 4y, 90% of budgetTHE POWER OF A DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHEROKEE EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetYOUTH HOMES: $70,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetA NEW LEASH ON LIFE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKing's Ridge Christian School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVE TRIBE PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE HEALTH WORKS: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTAYA AND CHRIS KYLE FOUNDATION SERVICE FAMILY STRONG: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEQUUS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetROUND RIVER CONSERVATION STUDIES: $42,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE DONALDSON ADOPTION INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE PINK AGENDA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetATLANTA CANCER CARE FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOUSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetEAST HAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHAIRTOSTAY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetJACKSON YOUTH HOCKEY: $25,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetHEARTS & HORSES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Touchdown Club of Atlanta Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetANDEE'S ARMY: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWHITEFISH VETERANS SUPPORT TEAM: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF UKRAINE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetNOT ONE MORE ALABAMA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetLOGAN HEALTH - WHITEFISH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCORE HOCKEY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMILK AND BOOKIES: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONTANA LAND TO HAND: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetJACKSON HOLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Whitefish Community F…Community Foundation …First Interstate Banc…The Angora Ridge Foun…The Brooks FoundationKarl M Johnson Founda…Roundup for Safety IncDennis & Phyllis Wash…Hughes Charitable Fou…The High Stakes Found…The Andrew Allen Char…Treacy Foundation
Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT29.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Angora Ridge Foundation · The Brooks Foundation · Karl M Johnson Foundation · Roundup for Safety Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Hughes Charitable Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · The Andrew Allen Charitable Foundation · Treacy 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 The Ammon Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Ammon 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 133 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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