About Americas Foundation
The Americas Foundation appears to make a small number of sizable, targeted grants to local and regional nonprofit service providers across health, animal welfare, community development and youth services. Their giving favors program-focused, operational support for organizations delivering direct services—medical care, wellness and behavioral health, humane services, community food/agrarian initiatives, and foster/youth support. Grants are relatively large and concentrated rather than widely distributed, suggesting a preference for meaningful investments in a handful of organizations each cycle.
Focus Areas
Rural and community hospital/medical center supportAnimal welfare and humane societiesBehavioral health and wellness programsCommunity food/agriculture and neighborhood development initiativesFoster youth services and youth support programs
Who They Fund
people with physical disabilitiesindividuals with mobility impairmentsdisabled athletes/participants
About Americas Foundation
A $740,000 grant to Madison Valley Medical Center Foundation in Ennis, Montana is the largest recent award on file for Americas Foundation Inc, and it captures the scale of the foundation’s giving: a small number of sizable grants, usually aimed at direct-service organizations. The recent record shows support for medical care, wellness, humane services, food access, youth services, and accessibility-focused recreation. That mix aligns with the foundation’s stated interests, which include animal welfare, child and family welfare, families of fallen law enforcement officers and military KIA, environment, and scientific and medical research. Recent awards also show support for organizations serving people with physical disabilities through adaptive sports, alongside grants to community health providers and youth-serving nonprofits. The pattern is not scattershot; it is targeted, with repeated attention to organizations that deliver services in their communities. In 2024 and 2025, the foundation backed both local and regional groups across the western United States and beyond, including behavioral health, foster youth support, and humane society work.
What Americas Foundation Funds
In health-related work, Americas Foundation Inc gave $200,000 to Peninsula Behavioral Health in Port Angeles for philanthropic/educational purposes, and $200,000 to Yale University in New Haven for the same purpose. In food and housing stability, it awarded $80,000 to Ballard Food Bank in Seattle and $100,000 to Eden Village of Wilmington in Wilmington. The foundation also supports youth and family services: one grant of $67,000 went to Youth & Outreach Services in Renton, and another of $50,000 went to Youth on Their Own in Tucson. Animal welfare appears in the grant record as well, with $500,000 to Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas and $70,000 to Prairie Song Rescue in Wilsall.
How Americas Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster around $45,000 to $90,000, with a median of $50,000 and a p75 of $90,000. The recent record includes both larger one-time commitments and repeated support to some recipients in different years, including Cultivate Initiatives, Seattle Adaptive Sports, Madison River Foundation, and Yale University. The foundation runs competitive U.S.-based grant programs for 501(c)(3) public charities, with grants awarded twice annually by the Board of Trustees. General operating and program/project support are both eligible, and multi-year grants are generally not provided.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.8M
Total Assets
$5.4M
Total Revenue
$1.6M
Total Expenses
$2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $45K and $90K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$45K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$90K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
About 21% of grants go to recipients in WA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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