FundersMichigan

Michigan Foundations Making Grants of $5,000 - $25,000

These 106 foundations are based in Michigan and reported a median grant between $5,000 and $25,000 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.

106foundations in this range
$684.8Mgranted between them
5,510funding relationships mapped

A median grant in this range covers a meaningful program cost without asking for the multi-year commitment a capital campaign needs. A lot of general-operating and single-program requests land in this range.

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.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Dte Energy FoundationDetroit$10,750465$75.0M
The Skillman FoundationDetroit$11,625461$82.0M
Frey FoundationGrand Rapids$5,000278$21.9M
Rea Charitable TrustDetroit$20,000267$22.3M
Dow Company FoundationMidland$10,000243$79.4M
Dick and Betsy Devos Family FoundationGrand Rapids$20,000202$31.2M
Harry a and Margaret D TowsleyAnn Arbor$20,000183$14.1M
Hudson-Webber FoundationDetroit$10,000179$42.4M
Peter C & Emajean Cook FoundationGrand Rapids$5,000169$15.7M
Mcgregor FundDetroit$16,600164$37.5M
Ethel and James Flinn FoundationDetroit$12,500120$11.4M
Harold and Grace Upjohn FoundationKalamazoo$10,00097$4.6M
The Auto Club Group FoundationDearborn$5,99994$2.0M
Oleson FoundationTraverse City$10,00082$5.1M
The David and Carol Van Andel FamilyGrand Rapids$20,00081$23.2M
Deroy Testamentary FoundationSouthfield$24,89577$38.0M
Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer MemorialDetroit$10,00074$1.9M
Sage FoundationBrighton$12,00071$5.8M
Marvin and Rosalie Okun FoundationKalamazoo$15,00068$5.5M
The Leighton-Oare Foundation IncNiles$5,00067$5.0M
The Pokagon Fund IncNew Buffalo$5,00065$4.5M
Mesara Family FoundationKalamazoo$7,50062$1.6M
Americana FoundationNovi$15,90060$2.7M
Helen L Kay Charitable TrustDetroit$7,50060$1.4M
Jim Gilmore JR FoundationKalamazoo$5,00052$1.6M
The Art and Mary Schmuckal FamilyTraverse City$5,00052$1.8M
La-Z-Boy FoundationMonroe$5,00047$6.0M
Mojo FoundationGrand Rapids$20,00043$10.8M
Tuktawa FoundationOrchard Lake$10,00043$2.2M
Speckhard-Knight Charitable FoundationAnn Arbor$10,00043$1.2M
Whirlpool FoundationBenton Harbor$6,00043$29.9M
Howard Miller FoundationZeeland$12,50041$4.0M
Metro Health FoundationPlymouth$7,00037$1.2M
Mary Thompson FoundationSt Clair Shores$5,00036$848K
Keller FoundationGrand Rapids$5,00036$1.5M
The John R and M Margrite Davis FoundationBloomfield Hills$6,25036$3.1M
Allen E & Marie a NicklessSaginaw$5,00035$948K
Hamp Family FundDetroit$5,00035$989K
Wm Mcnally Family FoundationSaginaw$7,50035$2.6M
Wickson-Link Memorial FoundationSaginaw$5,00035$906K
The Aletheia FoundationBelmont$6,00032$1.7M
The Simpson FoundationDetroit$20,00032$7.1M
Edsel B Ford II FundDetroit$5,00031$1.0M
Lynn & Paul Alandt FoundationDetroit$5,00030$2.0M
Springview FoundationHolland$20,00030$1.7M
Morse Charitable Foundation IncDetroit$10,00030$2.9M
The Whiting FoundationGrand Blanc$15,00029$4.1M
Serra Family FoundationGrand Blanc$5,00028$822K
Young Woman's Home Association ofGrosse Pointe Farms$6,50027$656K
Les & Ann Biederman Foundation IncTraverse City$10,00027$1.8M
Frazier Fund IncMarquette$5,00025$566K
The Newman Family FoundationTroy$5,00025$405K
Nickless Family CharitableSaginaw$10,00025$1.3M
Benson & Edith Ford FundDetroit$10,00025$6.0M
Jury FoundationSaginaw$5,00023$1.2M
Farver FoundationAdrian$5,00023$1.9M
Harvest CharitiesDetroit$17,50023$3.3M
The Kontulis FundDetroit$5,00023$317K
Allen Family FoundationBloomfield Hills$5,00022$724K
Edward F Redies Foundation IncSaline$5,10022$995K
Williiam and Anna Van Den Bosch GospelDetroit$5,00022$484K
John and Melissa Besse FoundationWells$5,00020$1.1M
Frank B and Virginia V FehsenfeldGrand Rapids$8,75020$1.8M
Karp Family FoundationOrchard Lake$5,00020$3.4M
Clarence & Jack Himmel FoundationHuntington Woods$5,00020$1.3M
James and Lynelle Holden FundNorthville$5,00018$508K
H T Ewald FoundationWest Bloomfield$10,00017$901K
The Larry J Fleis Pe Family FoundationAda$5,00017$382K
The Zondervan FoundationRockford$10,00016$1.2M
The Young FoundationBloomfield Hills$15,00016$1.1M
The Legion FoundationNorthville$5,80016$862K
Fibre Converters Foundation IncConstantine$5,00016$2.0M
Allegra C Ford-Thomas FoundationDetroit$10,00015$1.5M
Russell H & Maxine E Smith CharitableBay City$12,00015$590K
Gary Sisters FoundationKalamazoo$5,00015$447K
Carroll J Haas FoundationVicksburg$5,40015$483K
L G Kaufman Endowment FoundationMarquette$5,00015$640K
Shakir Charitable TrustTroy$5,00014$404K
Worthington Family FoundationTraverse City$20,00014$1.0M
Wolverine World Wide FoundationRockford$5,00014$846K
Tourville FoundationMarquette$5,00014$268K
41 Washington St FoundationGrand Haven$5,00014$599K
Robert B Westfall FoundationDexter$5,00013$478K
The L & L Educational FoundationRomeo$5,01413$1.8M
Rotary Club of Cadillac FoundationCadillac$7,00013$288K
Joseph J Laurencelle MemorialBloomfield Hills$7,50013$419K
Vicksburg FoundationVicksburg$10,00013$777K
The Mansfield Family FoundationEast Lansing$15,00013$814K
John Stites Jazz Artist OrganizatioMarshall$7,56613$660K
Lahti Family FoundationDetroit$5,00012$430K
Ahepa 371 IncHarrison Township$6,52512$988K
The Angelo and Margaret DiponioLivonia$10,00012$547K
The Lawrence and Sylvia WongKalamazoo$5,00012$556K
The Wj and Lillian Kemler FoundationTroy$5,50012$306K
Anne Ford FoundationDetroit$7,50012$446K
The Mary C Currie FoundationMidland$5,00011$360K
Feather FoundationMaple City$5,00011$124K
The Tiscornia Foundation IncSt Joseph$5,00011$389K
Joseph and Karen Krantz FamilyBay City$12,50011$925K
Hal & Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation AttnSunfield$12,25010$1.2M
Jack E and Eleanor Cannon Hill FoundationBattle Creek$20,00010$675K
The Holley FoundationBirmingham$20,00010$803K
Besser FoundationAlpena$20,00010$4.1M
Victor and Mary Nelson Scholarship FundDetroit$8,00010$934K
Robert W & Eileen E Hesse MemorialSaginaw$10,00010$356K
Ruthmary S Westfall FoundationClayton$10,00010$456K

Other grant sizes in Michigan

Under $5,000Foundations in Michigan$25,000 - $100,000Foundations 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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