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The Richard L and Freda K Flerlage Foundation: 23 grants to organizations, $99,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Richard L and Freda K Flerlage Foundation, a private foundation in Maple City, MI, paid 23 grants to organizations totaling $99,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on July 10, 2026. The largest was $10,000 to 100 Friends in Newport Beach, CA for to help individuals and families in asia struggling to survive in refugee camps with basic necessities..
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- EIN
- 311066269
- Based in
- Maple City, MI
- Assets
- $2,389,156
- Grants paid
- $105,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed July 10, 2026, IRS object ID 202631919349100908. It reported $105,500 in grants paid; 23 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Friends | Newport Beach, CA | To help individuals and families in asia struggling to survive in refugee camps with basic necessities. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Flow (for Love of Water) | Traverse City, MI | Developing a legal roadmap to shutting down line 5, providing crucial legal & scientific support to the effort to decommission the dual pipelines, located in open waters of the great lakes, by forcing | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | The #our water activist program (owa) equips youth with the knowledge, skills, and mentoring they need to address these critical issues. this robust program teaches high school and college students ho | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| On the Ground Global | Traverse City, MI | This funding will be used specifically for fees related to specialized instuctors to aid in training women in conflict zones of eastern congo. the program includes training in literacy, basic math, le | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Transform Cincinnati (community Shares of Greater Cincinnati) | Cincinnati, OH | To expand meeting groups to asslow for some families to meet outside on motnhly meetings and open the group up for separate meetings for different age groups. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Title Track | Grand Rapids, MI | Healing ourselves is a community-centered program dedicated to fostering generational healing, resilience, and cultural reclamation within bipoc communities. the clean water campaign uses media, advoc | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Soaring Unlimited Haiti | Cincinnati, OH | Sustainable women and family health care in haiti | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom To Read Foundation | Chicago, IL | From our beginning in 1969, the freedom to read foundation has used education, litigation and advocacy to protect the first amendment and to ensure the interests of libraries, librarians, and library | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | Help to support a new book distribution program in the homes of low-income children. | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | Ypsilanti, MI | Through direct legal help and statewide advocacy, the michigan advocacy program provides access to the justice system for those who need it the most. | Crime and legal-related | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The East End Adult Education Center | Fairfax, OH | Purchase ged languarge, and math textbooks as well as ged practice and official ged testing. | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Upspring | Cincinnati, OH | To help address the staggering rate of childhood homelessness and the educational barriers many of these students face, they provide a safe place for these children to grow, thrive and learn during th | Youth development | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | To use the power of food to support communities in need around the world. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Unadilla Community Farm Education Center Inc | West Emeston, NY | Program grows and delivers free, fresh medicinal herbs to mutual aid groups, free herbal clinics and community apothecaries to increase herbal health access. | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Breakthrough Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | Breakthrough cincinnati (btc) has supported high need but high potential students in cincinnati in closing the achievement gap and matriculating them into college via our summer scholars program | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Matters (opportunity Matters Inc) | Cincinnati, OH | To assist in addressing food insecurity by purchasing fresh food supplies to distribute at the community market food pantry in lower price hill. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Down Syndrome Association | Cincinnati, OH | Support and engage non-english-speaking families | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Give Like A Mother | Cincinnati, OH | Warmup for winter initiative. through these combined efforts, we plan to distribute more than 3,000 back to school and winter clothing packs for economically vulnerable children and teens at no cost t | Human services | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mentoring Plus | Newport, KY | Mentoring plus is a nonprofit organization committed to serving at-risk youth (ages 13-21) who face significant challenges, including poverty, family instability, substance abuse, and exposure to viol | Religion-related | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Scrap2home | Cincinnati, OH | We have now reached the point where we need the independence and flexibility of our own space, so we are looking to move to a new woodshop in 2025. this will allow us to grow and expand. for this move | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Tandana Foundation | Spring Valley, OH | The tandana women's literacy, leadership and enterprise program in mali's bandiagara region expands women's capacity to read, write, and calculate; confidence; independence; participation in local dec | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Henry Hosea House Soup Kitchen | Newport, KY | Funding would be utilized toward the purchase of food, beverages, supplies, and for general operating of the henry hosea house soup kitchen. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gorman Heritage Farm | Evendale, OH | Gorman heritage farm (ghf) has sought to cultivate a healthy community through farm-based education. field trips can cover 4 different topics: food, soil health, local ohio history, and a "five senses | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed June 3, 2025, IRS object ID 202501549349100600. It reported $92,000 in grants paid; 21 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Friends | Newport Beach, CA | To help individuals and families in asia struggling to survive in refugee camps with basic necessities. | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| On the Ground Global | Traverse City, MI | This funding will be used specifically for fees related to specialized instuctors to aid in training women in conflict zones of eastern congo. the program includes training in literacy, basic math, le | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Healthy Food for All | Ithaca, NY | Making fresh, quality produce accessible to low income families, | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Soaring Unlimited Haiti | Holt, MI | Sustainable women and family health care in haiti | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peninsula Housing | Suttons Bay, MI | To assist in hiring consultants to support the development of a detailed business plan, communication plan, budget projections, project funding models and other strategic tools. peninsula housing is r | Community improvement and capacity building | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Farm Project Inc | Ithaca, NY | Social justice immersion is an after-school program held during spring for black, indigenous and teens of color interest in creating social change. it is a place to connect, organize, gather, laugh, p | Education | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Flow (for Love of Water) | Traverse City, MI | Developing a legal roadmap to shutting down line 5, providing crucial legal & scientific support to the effort to decommission the dual pipelines, located in open waters of the great lakes, by forcing | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| May We Help | Cincinnati, OH | To connect individuals with disabilities to skilled volunteers who can invent, modify or adapt devices to allow them to gain independence and/or pursure their passions. | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Transform Cincinnati (community Shares of Greater Cincinnati) | Cincinnati, OH | To expand meeting groups to asslow for some families to meet outside on motnhly meetings and open the group up for separate meetings for different age groups. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | To use the power of food to support communities in need around the world. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upspring | Cincinnati, OH | To help address the staggering rate of childhood homelessness and the educational barriers many of these students face, they provide a safe place for these children to grow, thrive and learn during th | Youth development | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Matters (opportunity Matters Inc) | Cincinnati, OH | To assist in addressing food insecurity by purchasing fresh food supplies to distribute at the community market food pantry in lower price hill. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crayons To Computers | Cincinnati, OH | To purchase core educational products for teachers to access as needed. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Everybody VS Racism | Nashville, TN | To provide resources related to housing/homelessness, healthcare access, and critical anti-hunger support systems such as snap | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friendship Community Center | Suttons Bay, MI | Teen dual exchange trip to guatemala | Human services | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gigi's Playhouse Cincinnati | Loveland, OH | College internship program to support the needs of replicable playhoues model for individuals with down syndrome | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | Help to support a new book distribution program in the homes of low-income children. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Row By Row | Empire, MI | The purpose of this funding request is to assist with replacement of a used pickup truck for collecting and distributing food to those in need in and around the area of antigua, guatemala. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Seven Valleys Health Coalition | McGraw, NY | Aid staff members with better systems for food handling and train other in food safety. coalition focus is food rescueand redistribution. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The East End Adult Education Center | Columbia, MO | Purchase ged languarge, and math textbooks as well as ged practice and official ged testing. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unadilla Community Farm Education Center Inc | Williamsburg, KY | Program grows and delivers free, fresh medicinal herbs to mutual aid groups, free herbal clinics and community apothecaries to increase herbal health access. | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $28,000 |
| Environment | $10,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $9,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $8,000 |
| Youth development | $6,000 |
| Health care | $5,000 |
| Human services | $4,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $3,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Michigan | $75,000 |
| Ohio | $57,500 |
| California | $20,000 |
| New York | $18,500 |
| District of Columbia | $8,000 |
| Kentucky | $5,000 |
| Illinois | $3,000 |
| Tennessee | $2,000 |
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Updated July 10, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.