Ames Family Legacy Foundation

• The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and contributes only to organisations it has preselected, and the filing gives no submission steps, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered; a route to an invitation is the only documented way in.
• Its recorded grants are general operating support across several distinct fields, including workforce development, support for children of first responders, youth mentoring and therapeutic horsemanship, so fit depends on whether your organisation is one it has chosen to invite.
• Most of its grants fall in a typical band of $5,000 to $30,000 with a median of $10,000, so a request of about that size would sit comfortably within its usual giving, though that band is typical rather than a ceiling.
• Its geographic focus is not stated; grants have mainly gone to Minnesota, New York, Florida and Arizona, but that past pattern does not limit who may apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Genesys Works · General operating
  $30,0002024 tax year
• First Responders Children's Foundation · General operating
  $25,0002024 tax year
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · General operating
  $20,0002024 tax year
• Camelot Therapeutic Horsemanship · General operating
  $10,0002024 tax year
• Best Buddies International · General operating
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Guild · General operating
  $5,0002024 tax year
• Every Third Saturday · General operating
  $5,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.