Private foundation
MASON, MIEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $3,000,000 | $2,988,368 | $2,988,368 | $72,255 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 33% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impression 5 Science CenterLansing, MI | Endowment support grant. | $1,500,000 | 2022 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| James D Lammers | Director, President, Treasurer | 0.00 | $0 |
| Kenneth B Dart | Director, Vice President | 0.00 | $0 |
| Arianna C Wooledge | Director, Secretary | 0.00 | $0 |
| Jackie Doak | Director |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $72,255 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $3,350,000 | $3,377,035 | $3,377,035 | $60,623 | $60,623 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $3,550,002 | $3,535,961 | $3,535,961 | $87,658 | $87,658 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $1,100,365 | $1,210,673 | $1,210,673 | $73,617 | $73,617 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $1,026,817 | $1,696,787 | $1,686,787 | $183,925 | $183,925 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $1,683,060 | $3,702,833 | $3,702,833 | $853,895 | $853,895 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $13,337,580 | $11,038,461 | $11,038,461 | $2,873,668 | $2,873,668 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $4,201,427 | $4,085,380 | $4,085,380 | $574,549 | $574,549 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $3,203,636 | $3,320,986 | $3,320,986 | $453,502 | $453,502 |
| Support of Dart Center for Journalism at Columbia University. |
| $900,000 |
| 2024 |
| Columbia UniversityNew York, NY | General operating support for the Dart Center for Journalism. | $900,000 | 2023 |
| Forty Carrots of Sarasota IncSarasota, FL | Grant is for general support for the 2018-2020 Firefly Galas. | $900,000 | 2018 |
| Child and Family CharitiesLansing, MI | Facility expansion and improvement grant. | $750,000 | 2022 |
| Lansing Public Media AuthorityLansing, MI | Upgrades to the Ovation's sound system. | $625,000 | 2024 |
| Mason Public SchoolsMason, MI | Multi-yr grant second and final installment for their 1:1 Chromebook Initiative project. | $583,334 | 2018 |
| Warren County Development AssociationWarren, PA | Grant will be used to create the Warren Adult Education Center. | $500,000 | 2018 |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation IncSarasota, FL | Grant will support of the Hospitals Cancer Center Campaign. | $500,000 | 2018 |
| Potter Park Zoological SocietyLansing, MI | New veterinary facility. | $500,000 | 2023 |
| McLaren Greater Lansing Healthcare FoundationLansing, MI | Grant will be used towards the construction of their new health care campus. | $500,000 | 2019 |
| Ingham Intermediate School DistrictMason, MI | Multi-yr grant second and final installment to create a new manufacturing cluster of classrooms/lab space at the Capital Area Career Center. | $350,000 | 2018 |
| Ingham Intermediate School DistrictMason, MI | Multi-Yr. grant, first of two installments to renovate space and purchase equipment specific to the engineering Technology and Precision Machining programs at the CACC. | $350,000 | 2017 |
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation IncSarasota, FL | Grant will purchase equipment for the Hospital's Trauma program. | $340,000 | 2018 |
| St Joseph Catholic SchoolWarren, PA | Grant will upgrade the schools technology, purchase new furniture and replace the intercom system. | $330,500 | 2017 |
| Lansing Community College FoundationLansing, MI | Grant will support renovation and new construction of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence. | $300,000 | 2016 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Multi-yr grant second and final installment for the Dart Training and Family Treatment Center. | $300,000 | 2019 |
| Impression 5 Science CenterLansing, MI | Science Center exhibit support. | $300,000 | 2023 |
| Hospice of LansingLansing, MI | Expansion of facilities. | $300,000 | 2023 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Grant is for the renovation of the Dart Training and Family Treatment Center; first of two grant installments. | $300,000 | 2018 |
| Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI | Disability awareness funding. | $265,900 | 2022 |
| Sparrow FoundationLansing, MI | Grant will purchase telehealth equipment for patient use at Sparrow Hospital. | $255,000 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Club of LansingMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Lansing, MI | Renovations to their kitchen and dining hall. | $250,000 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of LansingMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Lansing, MI | Renovations to their kitchen and dining hall. | $250,000 | 2023 |
| McLaren Greater Lansing FoundationLansing, MI | Grant will be utilized towards the new state-of-the-art hospital campus in Lansing. | $250,000 | 2021 |
| 0.00 |
| $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Oct 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202432579349100908
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Oct 31, 2022
Filing id 202331669349100528
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Oct 31, 2021IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202232589349100123
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Oct 31, 2020
Filing id 202112579349100016
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Oct 31, 2019
Filing id 202032599349100513
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Oct 31, 2018
Filing id 201932599349100103
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Oct 31, 2017
Filing id 201842129349100704
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Oct 31, 2016
Filing id 201740739349100409
Form 990-PF · FY2015 · period ending Oct 31, 2015
Filing id 201602529349100305
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.