The Pokagon Fund Inc Grants

How to apply

Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Dan Petersen

Address

821 E Buffalo Street New Buffalo, MI, 49117

Phone

(269) 469-9322

Email

DPETERSEN@POKAGONFUND.ORG

Deadlines

Scholarship applications are due 3/15; grant applications are due 1/15, 4/15, 7/15, and 10/15

Application materials

All applications are required to be submitted online at www.pokagon.org using the pre-formatted forms.

Restrictions

All distributions are to be allocated in the following manner, after operational costs and reasonable reserves as determined by the board of directors that benefits areas of the arts, education, environment, recreation, health, and human services: ten percent (10%) of allocations within each fiscal year shall be allocated to projects benefitting communities surrounding pokagon band trust land consolidation sites in michigan and indiana; forty-five percent (45%) of allocations within each fiscal year shall be allcoated to the following local entities (new buffalo township, city of new buffalo, chikaming township, three oaks township, new buffalo school district, village of three oaks, village of michiana, village of grand beach and river valley school district.

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.

Where The Pokagon Fund Inc 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.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (240 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Pokagon Fund Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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