Roberts P & Ella B Hudson
Sault Ste Marie, MI · EIN 38-6057714. Reported 117 grants totalling $278,650 to 43 recipients 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| 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. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 27 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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
99% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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