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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 52-1828472

The Kathryn Ames Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Towson, MD. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 29 grants and $466,810 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
See attached Schedule 3
Restrictions
See attached Schedule 3

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $466,810

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $4,981,942

  • Tax year 2023

    $678,000

    Grants listed
    44
    Assets, end of year
    $4,765,768

  • Tax year 2022

    $438,500

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $5,159,504

  • Tax year 2021

    $388,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $4,546,172

  • Tax year 2020

    $439,381

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $4,273,504

Grants paid in 2024

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of Israel Movement for Progressive JudaismBeverly Hills, CA

    Pluralism

    $50,000
  2. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $35,000
  3. Friends of the Daniel Centers for Progressive JudaismChevy Chase, MD

    Pluralism

    $20,000
  4. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Abused Women

    $20,000
  5. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Social Welfare

    $20,000
  6. American Friends of OgenUniversity HT, OH

    Emergency Relief

    $20,000
  7. American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJ

    Poverty Relief

    $18,310
  8. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $17,500
  9. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  10. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  11. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  12. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  13. American Friends of Leket IsraelTeaneck, NJ

    Emergency relief

    $15,000
  14. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    Social Welfare

    $15,000
  15. Netzach Educational NetworkBrooklyn, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  16. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  17. The Good People FundMillburn, NJ

    Education

    $15,000
  18. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $15,000
  19. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Emergency relief

    $14,000
  20. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $12,500
  21. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Social Welfare

    $12,500
  22. National Library of Israel USANew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $12,500
  23. American Friends of ELIMerion Station, PA

    Emergency Relief

    $10,000
  24. New Israel FundNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $10,000
  25. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Abused Women

    $10,000
  26. PEF Israel Endowment FundNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $10,000
  27. PEF Israel Endowment FundNew York, NY

    Environmental

    $10,000
  28. American Friends of Tenufa BakehilaBaltimore, MD

    Poverty Relief

    $7,500
  29. PEF Israel Endowment FundsNew York, NY

    Pluralism

    $7,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking15 grants $219,31062% of the total
  2. International aid6 grants $100,00028% of the total
  3. Community development1 grant $20,0006% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $15,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York17 grants $233,500
  2. Pennsylvania5 grants $87,500
  3. California1 grant $50,000
  4. New Jersey3 grants $48,310
  5. Maryland2 grants $27,500
  6. Ohio1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • W Michel PiersonPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert L PiersonSec./Treas. Hours 10Pay $60,000
  • Julia S PiersonVice-Pres. Hours 3Pay $6,000

The return

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