Roberts P & Ella B Hudson
Sault Ste Marie, MI · EIN 38-6057714. Reported 117 grants totalling $278,650 to 43 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Roberts P & Ella B Hudson did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $750 and $2,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soo Theatre Project Inc | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $36,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice of the Eup | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay Cliff Health Camp | Big Bay, MI | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwoods Christian Camp | Pickford, MI | $17,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Soo Locks Childrens Museum | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake Superior State University Foun | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chippewa Cty Historical Society | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake Superior State University | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $10,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diane Peppler Res Center | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sault Shrine Club Ahmed Shriners | Goetzville, MI | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Marys School | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brimley Area Schools | Brimley, MI | $6,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Shipwreck Society | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $6,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Superior Health Support System | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $6,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Care Net Pregnanc of the Eup | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sault Area Schools | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $5,400 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chippewa Cty Family Project | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sault Sainte Marie Foundation for Culture & History | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sault Area Arts Council | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Downtown Development Auth | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $4,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sault Historic Sites Inc | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Eastern Upper Peninsula | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc | Appleton, WI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sault Area Middle School | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chippewa County Family Project | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Downtown Development Authority | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pickford Community Library | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Action Human Resource Authority Inc | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ssm Foundation for Culture and History | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of the Eup | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc | Marquette, MI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Care Net Pregnancy of the Eup | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chippewa County Community Foundation | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sault Symphony Orchastra | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Up Myhec | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Upmyhec | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Freinds of Pendalls Creek | Brimley, MI | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Soo Film Festival | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soo Film Festivil | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society Relay for Life Eup | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Detour Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society | Drummond Island, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Foundation | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
30 of 43 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Soo Theatre Project Inc
NEW CHAIRS & OPERATING COSTS - Bay Cliff Health Camp
CHILDRENS SUMMER THERAPY PROGRAM - Lake Superior State University Foun
FRESH WATER RESEARCH CENTER - Superior Health Support System
HEARTHSIDE SAFETY PROGRAM - Chippewa Cty Historical Society
TAPE DIGITIZATION PROJECT - United Way of Eastern Upper Peninsula
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $62,150 | $1,750 |
| 2022 | 28 | $74,600 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $77,200 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $64,700 | $1,100 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Roberts P & Ella B Hudson's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 699, Sault Ste Marie, MI, 49783. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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