Michigan Foundations Making Grants of $25,000 - $100,000
These 30 foundations are based in Michigan and reported a median grant between $25,000 and $100,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.
A median grant this size is a substantial commitment for most foundations, so a detailed proposal is worth the extra time it takes -- and worth confirming the foundation takes unsolicited requests at all before you start writing.
Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.
| Foundation | Based in | Median grant | Organizations | Total granted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ralph C Wilson JR Foundation | Detroit | $25,000 | 515 | $564.1M |
| Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation | Grand Rapids | $25,000 | 180 | $57.1M |
| The Fred a & Barbara M Erb Family | Birmingham | $25,000 | 150 | $60.0M |
| Irving S Gilmore Foundation | Kalamazoo | $25,000 | 149 | $45.2M |
| The Carls Foundation | Bloomfield Hills | $54,500 | 116 | $28.2M |
| Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation | Grand Rapids | $25,000 | 107 | $35.8M |
| CDV5 Foundation | Grand Rapids | $30,000 | 100 | $17.1M |
| Ruth Mott Foundation | Flint | $45,000 | 79 | $23.8M |
| Allen Foundation | Midland | $25,000 | 68 | $6.6M |
| Dart Foundation | Mason | $29,755 | 67 | $10.9M |
| The Isabel Foundation | Flint | $25,000 | 56 | $13.8M |
| Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund | Grosse Pointe | $25,000 | 55 | $12.3M |
| Aa Van Elslander Foundation | Birmingham | $50,000 | 46 | $25.4M |
| Enna Foundation | Kalamazoo | $28,450 | 45 | $5.6M |
| Margaret Dunning Foundation | Traverse City | $32,000 | 44 | $4.7M |
| Krw Foundation | Grand Rapids | $25,000 | 40 | $9.8M |
| Toni a Wisne Foundation | Novi | $40,000 | 31 | $6.8M |
| Molinello Family Foundation | Berkley | $30,000 | 31 | $4.8M |
| Matilda R Wilson Fund | Detroit | $25,000 | 30 | $5.6M |
| Hilda E Bretzlaff Foundation Inc | Milford | $25,000 | 26 | $19.4M |
| Denso North America Foundation | Southfield | $27,508 | 26 | $5.1M |
| The Henry Ford II Fund | Detroit | $29,500 | 22 | $5.1M |
| Reset Ventures Inc | Muskegon | $25,000 | 18 | $2.3M |
| William & Lisa Ford Foundation | Detroit | $25,000 | 16 | $2.7M |
| Edwin and Jeanette May Foundation | Birmingham | $75,000 | 16 | $4.0M |
| The Kantzler Foundation | Bay City | $35,000 | 15 | $1.4M |
| Randall Dick J and Carolyn L Fdn | Detroit | $40,000 | 15 | $2.4M |
| Cronin Foundation | Marshall | $25,000 | 13 | $3.4M |
| Me Davenport Fund | Grand Rapids | $25,000 | 12 | $2.5M |
| Edwin J and Ruth M Shoemaker Foundation | Detroit | $25,000 | 12 | $3.4M |
Other grant sizes in Michigan
Grantmaking Charities report their grants differently, so their median grants are not directly comparable to the ones on this page -- Schedule I only requires listing recipients paid over $5,000, so a Schedule I filer's median runs higher than a private foundation's would for the same underlying giving. See grantmaking charities in the same range anyway.
New Michigan foundations, as they file
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