Private foundation · EIN 52-1828472 · Towson, Maryland

Kathryn Ames Foundation Inc

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you work nationally. The foundation accepts applications (See attached Schedule 3) and its median grant is $15K.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 29 grants paid, $467K total, median $15K. 7% of grants stayed in Maryland. Stated restrictions:

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
29
$467K
Median grant
$15K
Stays in MD
7%
of grants
Deadline
See below
See attached Schedule 3
Assets
$5.0M

How to apply

Contact: W Michel Pierson President, 102 West Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Towson, MD, 4108213006 Deadlines: Restrictions:

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2024

29 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Friends of Israel Movement for Progressive JudaismBeverly Hills, CAPluralism$50K
New Israel FundPhiladelphia, PAPluralism$35K
Friends of the Daniel Centers for Progressive JudaismChevy Chase, MDPluralism$20K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYAbused Women$20K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYSocial Welfare$20K
American Friends of OgenUniversity Heights, OHEmergency Relief$20K
American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJPoverty Relief$18K
New Israel FundPhiladelphia, PAPluralism$18K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$15K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$15K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$15K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$15K
American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJEmergency relief$15K
New Israel FundPhiladelphia, PASocial Welfare$15K
Netzach Educational NetworkBrooklyn, NYPluralism$15K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$15K
The Good People FundMilburn, NJEducation$15K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$15K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYEmergency relief$14K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$13K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYSocial Welfare$13K
National Library of Israel USANew York, NYPluralism$13K
American Friends of EliMerion Station, PAEmergency Relief$10K
New Israel FundPhiladelphia, PAPluralism$10K
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYAbused Women$10K
Pef Israel Endowment FundNew York, NYPluralism$10K
Pef Israel Endowment FundNew York, NYEnvironmental$10K
American Friends of Tenufa BakehilaBaltimore, MDPoverty Relief$7,500
Pef Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NYPluralism$7,000

By state: New York 17 · Pennsylvania 5 · California 1 · New Jersey 3 · Maryland 2 · Ohio 1

About this foundation

Kathryn Ames Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in Towson, Maryland, administered in care of Robert L Pierson, tax-exempt since 1993. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Kathryn Ames Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Deadlines: See attached Schedule 3.

How much does Kathryn Ames Foundation Inc give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $467K across 29 grants, a median of $15K.

Where does Kathryn Ames Foundation Inc give?

New York (17 grants), Pennsylvania (5 grants), California (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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