The Richard L and Freda K Flerlage Foundation
Historical FunderMaple City, Michigan · EIN 31-1066269 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2025)$106K
Organizations funded25
Typical grant$3,000
Total assets$2.4M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $2,000 and $5,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | SUSAN FLERLAGE |
|---|---|
| Address | PO BOX 43288, CINCINNATI OH 45243 |
| Phone | 2313343740 |
| PRUNIE@CENTURYTEL.NET | |
| Form and materials | ANNUAL FOUNDATION GRANTS ARE DETERMINED AT YEAR END. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT CALENDAR YEAR, APPLICANTS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCTOBER 1. A COPY OF THE IRS 501 (C)(3)TAX EXEMPT DETERMINATION LETTER MUST BE INCLUDED. A COMPLETED GRAT APPLICATION AND INFORMATION FORM IS ALSO REQUIRED. |
| Deadlines | OCTOBER 1 OF A GIVEN YEAR WITH DISTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MARCH 15 OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR |
| Restrictions | THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS. THE FOUNDATION'S PRINCIPAL INTERESTS ARE: EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH CARE, HUMAN RELATIONS, QUALITY OF LIFE |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
76% of grants went outside Michigan.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Friends | Newport Beach, CA | To help individuals and families in asia struggling to survive in refugee camps with basic necessities. | $10,000 |
| 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… | $10,000 |
| 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… | $10,000 |
| 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… | $10,000 |
| 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.… | $10,000 |
| Title Track | Grand Rapids, MI | Healing ourselves is a community-centered program dedicated to fostering generational healing, resilience, and cultural reclamation within… | $8,000 |
| Soaring Unlimited Haiti | Cincinnati, OH | Sustainable women and family health care in haiti | $5,000 |
| Gigi's Playhouse Cincinnati | Loveland, OH | College internship program to support the needs of replicable playhoues model for individuals with down syndrome | $3,500 |
| Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | Help to support a new book distribution program in the homes of low-income children. | $3,000 |
| 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 |
| 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… | $3,000 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | To use the power of food to support communities in need around the world. | $3,000 |
| National Writers Series | Traverse City, MI | The national writers series (nws) is proud to fill that gap with our free college essay courses, which is part of our raising writers… | $3,000 |
| 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… | $3,000 |
| 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… | $3,000 |
| 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… | $2,500 |
| 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… | $2,000 |
| Breakthrough Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | Breakthrough cincinnati (btc) has supported high need but high potential students in cincinnati in closing the achievement gap and… | $2,000 |
| Down Syndrome Association | Cincinnati, OH | Support and engage non-english-speaking families | $2,000 |
| 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… | $2,000 |
| Mentoring Plus | Newport, KY | Mentoring plus is a nonprofit organization committed to serving at-risk youth (ages 13-21) who face significant challenges, including… | $2,000 |
| 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… | $2,000 |
| 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… | $2,000 |
| 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 |
| 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… | $500 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $105,500 | 25 |
| 2024 | $92,000 | 21 |
| 2023 | $92,000 | 23 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Jul 10, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202631919349100908
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 31-1066269
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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