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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Public SchoolsHolt, MI | Grant will be used to repurpose the library in each of its schools across the entire district into STEM labs/makerspaces. | $236,675 | 2018 | |
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 |
| Marie Selby Botanical Gardens IncSarasota, FL |
| Grant supported their large capital improvement endeavor. |
| $210,000 |
| 2021 |
| Impression 5 Science CenterLansing, MI | Science Center exhibit support. | $200,000 | 2023 |
| Impression 5 Science CenterLansing, MI | Science Center exhibit support. | $185,000 | 2022 |
| Caverna Independent SchoolsCave City, KY | Grant will purchase equipment and supplies for their Advanced Manufacturing-Industrial Maintenance program; specifically for their Maintenance Mechanic and Electrical Technician career pathways. | $182,000 | 2018 |
| Kettering UniversityFlint, MI | Grant will purchase equipment to enhance programs. | $177,000 | 2016 |
| Mason Public SchoolsMason, MI | Multi-yr. grant (first of three annual grant installments) to purchase of chromebooks for the entire school district. | $166,666 | 2017 |
| Project Lead The Way IncIndianapolis, IN | Support of programs throughout the U.S. | $165,000 | 2016 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Grant will be used to upgrade their kitchen and dining hall. | $150,000 | 2018 |
| Mid-Michigan Recovery ServicesLansing, MI | Expansion of facilities. | $150,000 | 2023 |
| Holt Public SchoolsHolt, MI | Grant funds a District-wide STEM education program. | $146,035 | 2016 |
| Education Foundation of Sarasota County IncMatched to this organization because 4 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.Sarasota, FL | Grant provides support for their annual STEM Fair, STEMSmart Summit competitions and EducateSRQ grants program. | $135,000 | 2018 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region IncLansing, MI | Establishment of a School Based Mentorship Program in the Lansing and Waverly School Districts. | $130,000 | 2024 |
| Georgia Piedmont Technical College Foundation IncClarkston, GA | Grant will purchase a MPS 203 14.0 and Siemens PLC training systems for their Advanced Manufacturing Center (Center). | $130,000 | 2018 |
| Jackson Area Career CenterJackson, MI | Grant will purchase equipment and supplies to improve upon and expand their FIRST Robotics regional lab and training space, as well as purchase updated equipment for their precision machining program. | $129,990 | 2018 |
| Williamston Community SchoolsWilliamston, MI | Grant will purchase equipment to establish a STEM lab at two of their elementary schools, to purchase needed equipment for their redesigned science curriculum at their middle school (which includes furniture to create two innovative flexible seating labs along with science and STEM supplies), and to purchase graphing calculators for the high school. The request also includes equipment and technology to upgrade 20 classrooms throughout the district into an interactive teaching model. | $129,270 | 2018 |
| Lansing School DistrictLansing, MI | Literacy program. | $125,000 | 2023 |
| Waverly Community SchoolsLansing, MI | Grant will redesign a tech lab at their middle school, provide STEM resources for math electives at their East Intermediate School and create portable STEM cars for their two elementary schools. | $125,000 | 2019 |
| Grand Ledge Public SchoolsGrand Ledge, MI | Grant will purchase 512 Chromebooks and 16 Chromebook carts for use at their 4 elementary buildings. | $125,000 | 2018 |
| Forty Carrots of Sarasota IncSarasota, FL | 2018 Firefly Gala Event Sponsorship. | $125,000 | 2017 |
| Haslett Public SchoolsHaslett, MI | Grant will purchase Chromebooks and carts for placement district-wide, as well as to purchase equipment and materials to establish a Robotics Lab in their middle school. | $124,865 | 2018 |
| Eaton Rapids Public SchoolsEaton Rapids, MI | Grant will purchase IQWIST, a science curriculum for middle school students that provides the materials needed to increase the amount of hands-on learning done in science. | $124,830 | 2018 |
| Lansing Community College FoundationLansing, MI | Multi-yr grant fifth and final installment for the renovation and new construction of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence. | $122,496 | 2018 |
| Highfields IncOnondaga, MI | Technology upgrades and restructuring their Home-Based Mental Health Model. | $120,000 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Mid-Michigan ChapterLansing, MI | Grant will purchase an emergency response vehicle. | $118,900 | 2017 |
| 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.