John E Fetzer Institute Inc
Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 38-6052788. Reported 1,578 grants totalling $69.7M to 718 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". John E Fetzer Institute Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
18 of the organizations John E Fetzer Institute Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 46 grants totalling $4,796,930 to them. That is 9% of the $56.3M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $2,200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Kalamazoo Community Foundation | community foundation | Michigan | $1,503,000 | 12 | 5 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Pillars Fund | grantmaking organization | Illinois | $380,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Social Impact Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Community Foundation for Greater | community foundation | Georgia | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | grantmaking organization | Michigan | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Maryland | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Barry Community Foundation | community foundation | Michigan | $8,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | federated giving programme | Minnesota | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg | community foundation | Virginia | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The San Diego Foundation | community foundation | California | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | federated giving programme | Michigan | $4,730 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Battle Creek Community Foundation | community foundation | Michigan | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc | community foundation | Kentucky | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Allegan County Community Foundation | community foundation | Michigan | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Looking Out Foundation | grantmaking organization | Tennessee | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $20,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $2,350,000.
Every organization it funded
718 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Conference of Religions for Peace | New York, NY | $3,685,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| On Being Project | Minneapolis, MN | $2,906,400 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Independent Sector | Washington, DC | $2,310,320 | 8 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $2,200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pvblic Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Initiatives of Change International | Geneve | $1,911,950 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Baylor University - Office of Sponsored Programs | Waco, TX | $1,825,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute for American Values | New York, NY | $1,660,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $1,620,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapman University | Orange, CA | $1,561,289 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kalamazoo Community Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | $1,503,000 | 12 | 5 | 2024 |
| Commonweal | Bolinas, CA | $1,390,155 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Storycorps Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $975,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $880,000 | 9 | 3 | 2022 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | $840,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $837,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| 2164 Inc | New York, NY | $825,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Millennial Action Project | Washington, DC | $821,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Open Future Institute | New York, NY | $753,032 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Inner-City Muslim Action Network | Chicago, IL | $710,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Union Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $670,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Citizen University | Seattle, WA | $620,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| And Campaign (institute) | Atlanta, GA | $592,200 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Synergos Institute | New York, NY | $575,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perspectiva Systems Souls and Society | Shoreditch | $510,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Guerrand-Hermes Foundation for Peace (uk) | Brighton, East Sussex | $500,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sagamore Institute | Indianapolis, IN | $485,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Public Religion Research Institute | Washington, DC | $475,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| One America Movement | Washington, DC | $470,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sojourners | Washington, DC | $469,442 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement | Washington, DC | $455,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $410,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning | Chicago, IL | $406,200 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cistems Inc | Claremont, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pastoral Care and Counseling Institute | Durham, NC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Faith Matters Network Collaborative | Nashville, TN | $385,000 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pillars Fund | Chicago, IL | $380,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mystic Soul Project Inc | Chicago, IL | $374,167 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $370,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridgeusa Group | San Francisco, CA | $350,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Faith in Public Life Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California Davis | West Sacramento, CA | $348,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inner Explorer | Franklin, MA | $346,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Essential Partners | Cambridge, MA | $330,880 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ebenezer Baptist Church | Atlanta, GA | $315,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington DC, DC | $302,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers for Education | Portland, OR | $300,500 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Auburn Theological Seminary | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development International | Clinton, MD | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Millions of Conversations | Nashville, TN | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Impact Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Youth Core | Chicago, IL | $292,888 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Just As I Am Youth Empowerment Inc | East Orange, NJ | $280,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Public Justice | Washington, DC | $277,323 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $275,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Agenda Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $267,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Organizing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $265,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas | Hartsdale, NY | $256,920 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University | Palo Alto, CA | $256,041 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Film Collaborative Inc (the) | Los Angeles, CA | $250,530 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Interfaith Relations | Louisville, KY | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale, MI | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Healthy Minds Innovations Inc | Madison, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Public Television Foundation | Owings Mills, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Disabled South Inc | Atlanta, GA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oceanic Preservation Society | Greenbrae, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Philantrophy for Active Civic Engagement | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Protect What We Love | Studio City, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Workmoney Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inter-Religious Foundation for Community Organization Inc | New York, NY | $245,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Forum Inc | Washington, DC | $242,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Biologos Foundation (the) | Grand Rapids, MI | $241,231 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wisdom 20 Productions LLC | Santa Cruz, CA | $230,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Convergence Center for Policy Resolution | Washington, DC | $223,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redeeming Babel | Washington, DC | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stichting Learning for Well-Being Foundation | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | $220,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inner Visions Spiritual Life Maintenance | Clinton, MD | $215,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Citizen Univerisity | Seattle, WA | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions | Chicago, IL | $205,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith in Action | Washington DC, DC | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Spirit of Humanity Forum | Gardabaer | $201,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western Michigan Univerisity Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | $200,736 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rootead Enrichment Center | Kalamazoo, MI | $200,254 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alliance for a Just Society | Seattle, WA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Incorporated | Greensboro, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Belt Justice Center | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boundless Freedom Project | Sacramento, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Community Change | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Donors of Color Network | Beaverton, OR | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Empower Initiative for Live Free Ca | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hindus for Human Rights Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute of Church Administration and Management | Atlanta, GA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jaia Youth | East Orange, NJ | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jews United for Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Land Peace Foundation | Bangor, ME | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milpa | Salinas, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mind and Life Institute - Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mission Talk Inc | Clermont, FL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Presencing Institute Inc | Cambridge, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sawalmem | Redding, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soulforce Inc | Abilene, TX | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace | London | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Undivided Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Nations Development Programme | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Accord Network | Washington, DC | $199,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Broadway Advocacy Coalition | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| One Spirit Learning Alliance | New York, NY | $190,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Opinion Research Center | Chicago, IL | $185,246 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| British and Foreign Bible Society (the) | Swindon | $185,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $185,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, MI | $183,925 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perspectiva Systems Souls and Society | London, England | $177,155 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation for Religious Literacy (the) | Philadelphia, PA | $175,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Lgbt Center | Los Angeles, CA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation | Bethesda, MD | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Christogenesis (formerly Omega Center) | Washington, DC | $173,769 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spiritual Directors International | Bellevue, WA | $167,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Mountain School of Theology & Community | Black Mountain, NC | $165,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mediators Foundation | Boulder, CO | $161,500 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| St Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace | London | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amoris Christi Inc | Delray Beach, FL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cardus | Hamilton | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Care Lab | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christianity Today International | Carol Stream, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eden Theological Seminary | St Louis, MO | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mt Zion Baptist Church | Kalamazoo, MI | $150,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Solutions Journalism Network | New York, NY | $140,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beloved Builders | Brooklyn, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundational Questions Institute | Decatur, GA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Build Up Boys | Montclair, NJ | $127,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pride in the Pews Nfp Inc | Chicago, IL | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| William J Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies | Boston, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Here Arts Center | New York, NY | $113,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lighthouse Community Church | Kalamazoo, MI | $108,000 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Aspen Institute (005) | Washington, DC | $102,577 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Academy of Management | Briarcliff Manor, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Charis Foundation for New Monasticism & Interspirituality | Boulder, CO | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Nation Foundation Inc Fiscal Agent for One for Democracy | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grand Valley State University (001) | Allendale, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interfaith America | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences | Vatican City | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Task Force for Global Health Inc | Decatur, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Lgbtq Task Force | Washington, DC | $97,800 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Prime Produce Limited | New York, NY | $96,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Alliance for Orphans | Mclean, VA | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colossian Forum (the) | Grand Rapids, MI | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leadership Foundations | Tacoma, WA | $92,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center | Falls Church, VA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Listen First Project Inc | Durham, NC | $80,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Society of the University of Haifa | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artswestchester Inc | White Plains, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dinner Party Labs | Swampscott, MA | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisdom Thinkers Network | Elbridge, NY | $73,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Perspectiva Systems Souls and Society | London, London | $72,845 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Culture Is Not Optional | Three Rivers, MI | $70,891 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| Holistic Underground | Oakland, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Trinity Church | Washington, DC | $68,497 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | Grand Haven, MI | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference | Chicago, IL | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Union Congregational Church United Church of Christ | Hackensack, MN | $64,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Just Faith Ministries | Louisville, KY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Religion News Foundation | Columbia, MO | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Witness Institute (the) | Silver Spring, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies | Los Angeles, CA | $55,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Essie Justice Group | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Middle Collegiate Church | New York, NY | $50,207 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arigatou International | Geneva | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Donors of Color | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dwight Hall at Yale | New Haven, CT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartwood Refuge | Hendersonville, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Order of St Benedict | Collegeville, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regent's Park College | Oxford | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reimagine Inc | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Science for the Church | Chico, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Street Psalms | Tacoma, WA | $50,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Witness Inc | Clayton, DE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church | Bethesda, MD | $49,400 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church | Minneapolis, MN | $49,162 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pachamama Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $48,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Institute for Jewish Spirituality | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $44,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Freedom Center for Social Justice | Charlotte, NC | $43,380 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Luke's Episcopal Church | Kalamazoo, MI | $42,500 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inward Bound Mindfulness Education | Concord, MA | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Krueger & Lee | Thai | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion | Cambridge | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashoka | Arlington, VA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington National Cathedral | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Monica Parish | Kalamazoo, MI | $33,280 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kay Tita | Puyallup, WA | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Inc | Rhinebeck, NY | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Berry Center | New Castle, KY | $31,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin-System | Madison, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conscious Capitalism Inc | Warren, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dignityusa | Dunkirk, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johnson C Smith Theological Seminary Inc | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northstar School | Hayward, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania State University (pennstate) | University Park, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Religions for Peace International | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sisters of St Francis | Oldenburg, IN | $29,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Christian Church Disciples of Christ | Kalamazoo, MI | $27,860 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oakwood Neighborhood Association | Kalamazoo, MI | $26,200 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Benton Harbor - Fairplain Lions Club | Benton Harbor, MI | $26,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Leadership Association | College Park, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Louisville Films Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stanford University (stanford Pacs) | Stanford, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $24,220 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes | Kalamazoo, MI | $24,200 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Florida Oceanographic Society | Stuart, FL | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Geneva Camp & Retreat Center | Holland, MI | $22,824 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Center for Christianity and Public Life | Baltimore, MD | $20,400 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Gregory's Abbey | Three Rivers, MI | $20,100 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation (the) | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Be Recovered Foundation | Cottnwood, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa - USA | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guerrand-Herms Foundation for Peace (uk) | Brighton | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kino Border Initiative | Nogales, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jaia Youth Empowerment | Brooklyn, NY | $18,890 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Irving S Gilmore International Piano Festival | Kalamazoo, MI | $18,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley | New Market, VA | $18,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo, MI | $16,600 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | $16,288 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Orchestra | Minneapolis, MN | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | $15,956 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Church We Hope for | Monrovia, CA | $15,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Organic Oneness | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yvette a Flunder Foundation Inc | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
335 of 718 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 49%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- World Conference of Religions for Peace
TO PROMOTE SHARED FLOURISHING WITHIN RELIGIONS FOR PEACE'S GLOBAL NETWORK - Pvblic Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE COALITION FOR FAITH & MEDIA - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
TO MOBILIZE A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR BRIDGE-BUILDING IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY - Chapman University
SUPPORT FOR A RESEARCH COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEUROSCIENTISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS - Institute for American Values
COLLABORATION TO INTEGRATE LOVE AS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT INTO THEIR WORK - Independent Sector
COLLABORATION TO INTRODUCE INNER WORK TO CHANGEMAKERS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 924 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 334 | $8,325,979 | $740 |
| 2021 | 348 | $21.4M | $2,100 |
| 2022 | 338 | $17.2M | $2,400 |
| 2023 | 310 | $10.5M | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 248 | $12.4M | $1,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. John E Fetzer Institute Inc has 135 of them, worth $21.1M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| World Conference of Religions for Peace | New York, NY | $2,200,000 |
| Chapman Univerisity | Orange, CA | $1,522,364 |
| On Being Project | Minneapolis, MN | $1,515,295 |
| Pvblic Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $1,000,000 |
| Initiatives of Change International | Genve | $796,950 |
| Initiatives of Change International | Genove | $765,000 |
| Open Future Institute | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| World Conference of Religions for Peace | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| Millennial Action Project | Washington, DC | $500,000 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 |
| Citizen University | Seattle, WA | $420,000 |
| Perspectiva Systems Souls and Society | Shoreditch, London | $400,000 |
| St Ethelburgas Centre for Reconciliation and Peace | London, London | $355,000 |
Where its money goes
24% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John E Fetzer Institute Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 9292 West Kl Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 38-6052788 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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