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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-3069435

Amelar Family Foundation

A private foundation in Minneapolis, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $18,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $18,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $287,364

  • Tax year 2024

    $12,600

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $281,524

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $224,555

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $192,325

  • Tax year 2021

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $179,901

  • Tax year 2020

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $191,851

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $184,270

  • Tax year 2018

    $10,800

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $170,919

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. FeeaAlexandria, VA

    Human services

    $4,000
  2. Feeding AmericaWashington, DC

    Human services

    $2,000
  3. City HarvestBrooklyn, NY

    Human services

    $2,000
  4. Second Harvest HeartlandSt Paul, MN

    Human services

    $2,000
  5. HiasWashington, DC

    Human services

    $2,000
  6. MazonAlbert Lea, MN

    Human services

    $2,000
  7. Lemontree FoodsNew York, NY

    Human services

    $2,000
  8. Americans for Immigrant JusticeMiami, FL

    Human services

    $2,000
  9. Charity NavigatorUnion City, NJ

    Human services

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Crime and legal aid1 grant $2,00044% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $2,00044% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $50011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $4,000
  2. Minnesota2 grants $4,000
  3. New York2 grants $4,000
  4. Virginia1 grant $4,000
  5. Florida1 grant $2,000
  6. Iowa1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Samuel W LodgePRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Hannah R LodgeVP Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susanna LodgeSEC/TREAS Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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