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Harry A and Margaret D Towsley Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 38-6091798 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$7.4M
Grants reported
214
Typical grant
$20K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$3.3M

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Contact
Anne Cooper
Deadlines
Deadlines for consideration at each board meeting are posted on the foundation's website.
Application materials
Applications are submitted through the foundation's website, towsleyfoundation.org. All information required for the submittal is available there. Grants are not made to institutions which unfairly discriminate in policy or practice based on age, race, color, creed or sex.
Restrictions
1. The foundation does not make direct grants to individuals, provide loan funds, or make grants to students for scholarships. 2. The foundation does not make grants for travel and conferences.
Original filing text
Contact
ANNE COOPER
Address
924 N MAIN ST SUITE 1 ANN ARBOR, MI, 48104
Phone
7346602170
Deadlines
DEADLINES FOR CONSIDERATION AT EACH BOARD MEETING ARE POSTED ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE.
Application materials
APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE, TOWSLEYFOUNDATION.ORG. ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE SUBMITTAL IS AVAILABLE THERE. GRANTS ARE NOT MADE TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH UNFAIRLY DISCRIMINATE IN POLICY OR PRACTICE BASED ON AGE, RACE, COLOR, CREED OR SEX.
Restrictions
1. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT MAKE DIRECT GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDE LOAN FUNDS, OR MAKE GRANTS TO STUDENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. 2. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT MAKE GRANTS FOR TRAVEL AND CONFERENCES.

Reported organization name: HARRY A AND MARGARET D TOWSLEY FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025111$3.8M
2024103$3.6M

Where Harry A and Margaret D Towsley Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Interlochen Center for the Arts

INTERLOCHEN, MI

$269.5KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Program support

Interlochen Center for the Arts

INTERLOCHEN, MI

$252KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Program support

Freedom River

WHITMORE LAKE, MI

$200KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Program support

Um Kellogg Eye Center

ANN ARBOR, MI

$200KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Program support

Um Kellogg Eye Center

ANN ARBOR, MI

$200KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Program support

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (214 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Harry A and Margaret D Towsley Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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