Grants awarded
Who does Les & Ann Biederman Foundation INC fund?
Les & Ann Biederman Foundation INC has awarded $2.6 million across 207 grants to 102 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $16,404.
Total awarded
$2.6M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
102
Grants
207
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N Nmc Foundation | $300K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nmc-Scholarships | $160K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mayo Clinic | $160K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Habitat for Humanity | $135K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Inland Seas Education Association
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$106K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Mt Holiday INC
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$103K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Traverse Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Traverse City Philharmonic
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$65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| S Salvation Army | $59K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Child & Family Services | $54K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Pk | $50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| S Seeds | $40K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Womens Resource Center | $36K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mid Michigan Honor Flight INC
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$35K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| W Women's Resouce Center | $32K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T Tc St Francis Catholic School | $32K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Traverse City Public Schools | $31K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Clair Butterfly Foundation | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City Opera House | $30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Benzie Area Christian Neighbors INC
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$30K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| G Great Lakes Children's Museum | $30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $28K | 3 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Child and Family Services | $26K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Gt Regional Community Foundation | $25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| V VFW - Lake Leelanau | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Civil Air Patrol INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AL | |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| T Traverse Bay Childrens Adv Center | $25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Food Rescue (goodwill Industries) | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Father Fred Foundation
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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Generations Ahead
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$24K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| G Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation INC | $23K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| M Mt Holiday INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Big Brothersbig Sisters Nw Mi | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Honor Area Restoration Project | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| P Parallel 45 Theater | $20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Veterans in Crisis
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$18K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $16K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Montana State University | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Flow (for Love of Water) | $15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Flow | $15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hospice of Michigan | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Inland Seas Education Association | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Botanic Garden at Historic Barns | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S St Mary School Lake Leelanau | $14K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Gt County Sheriff (k-9) | $14K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| K Kids on the Go Traverse City | $13K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Old Town Playhouse INC
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$12K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| T Tbays (youth Soccer) | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Traverse Area District Library | $12K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| B Bethany Christian Services | $10K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Fife Lake Public Library | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Vasa Ski Club
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| I Interlochen Center for the Arts | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Leelanau County Cancer Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| D Dream Team | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Toys for Tots INC | $10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Great Lakes Childrens Museum
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Friendship Community Center INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Traverse City Community Sailing | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys Scouts Guardian Membership | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Central Day Care Center | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Peace Ranch Corporation | $5K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Michigan Crossroads Council | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N Nw Mi Ballet Theatre | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Girl Scouts of Mi | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Father Fred Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N NM Michigan Arts & Culture | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Leelalanu County Cancer Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Old Mission Peninsula School | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Benzie Acquatic Center | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Bayside - Coast Guard | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sharecare of Leelanau | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Whisltle Stop Child Care Center | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tc Coast Guard Spouses Club | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nw Michigan Vallet Theatre | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Toys for Tots | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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