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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-1690381

James A Welch Foundation

A private foundation in Flint, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $188,155 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Stephen Schlott
5206 Gateway CNT Ste 100
Flint, MI 48507
(810) 238-4617
Form and materials
The foundation requires a summary page to include data about the organization submitting the request, name, address, amount requested, purpose, etc. Also included should be a narrative portion of how the project is expected to make a difference and how it will benefit people beyond those immediately served by it. Various support material must be attached, a project budget, list showing organizations and amounts of projected grants and received amounts, a financial statement, list of key project personnel, list of members of the governing body and a photocopy of the organization's exemption letter from the internal revenue service. The foundation requires eight (8) copies of all the paper work.
Deadlines
Funding proposals should be submitted by the 20th of february, may, august or november in order to r
Restrictions
Educational, guidance and counselling for gifted students - generally restricted to residents of genesee county michigan

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $188,155

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,047,920

  • Tax year 2024

    $154,750

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,624,321

  • Tax year 2023

    $142,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,505,112

  • Tax year 2022

    $159,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,435,373

  • Tax year 2021

    $145,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,190,649

  • Tax year 2020

    $134,063

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,193,757

  • Tax year 2019

    $117,355

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,035,103

  • Tax year 2018

    $133,355

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,993,913

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Flint Science FairFlint, MI

    General

    $25,000
  2. Flint Institute of ArtsFlint, MI

    Pre-college portfolio

    $25,000
  3. International Academy of FlintFlint, MI

    Robotics

    $25,000
  4. Flint Institute of MusicFlint, MI

    Fspa esembles

    $25,000
  5. Regents of U of MFlint, MI

    Growing STEM futures

    $20,000
  6. Flint Institute of Science & HistorFlint, MI

    Power up

    $18,850
  7. Sylvester Broome Empowerment VillagFlint, MI

    Young authors

    $10,000
  8. Artdillo StudiosFlint, MI

    Common clay club

    $10,000
  9. Active Boys in ChristFlint, MI

    STEM

    $10,000
  10. Grand Blanc Youth ArtsGrand Blanc, MI

    Youth arts program

    $8,000
  11. Grand Blanc SchoolsFlint, MI

    Odyssey of the mind

    $6,200
  12. Chosen Few Arts CouncilFlint, MI

    Fine arts summer camp

    $5,000
  13. McCree TheatreFlint, MI

    Mccree theatre repertory company

    $105

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture4 grants $65,00087% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $10,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan13 grants $188,155

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • Gail GanakasPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $2,000
  • Stephen SchlottSECRETARY/TR Hours 0Pay $800
  • Ernelle TaylorDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Tina SmithDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Rebecca PettengillV PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $1,200
  • Dennis HaleyDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Craig ConeyDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Nathan AdamsDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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