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

These 104 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.

104foundations in this range
$704.2Mgranted between them
5,411funding 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$11,625463$82.0M
Frey FoundationGrand Rapids$5,000279$21.9M
Dow Company FoundationMidland$10,000243$79.4M
Harry a and Margaret D TowsleyAnn Arbor$20,000218$17.9M
Dick and Betsy Devos Family FoundationGrand Rapids$20,000203$31.2M
Mcgregor FundDetroit$20,000186$51.0M
Hudson-Webber FoundationDetroit$10,000179$42.4M
Peter C & Emajean Cook FoundationGrand Rapids$5,000171$15.7M
Ethel and James Flinn FoundationDetroit$12,500122$11.4M
Harold and Grace Upjohn FoundationKalamazoo$10,000109$5.9M
Oleson FoundationTraverse City$10,00096$6.7M
The Auto Club Group FoundationDearborn$5,99993$2.0M
The David and Carol Van Andel FamilyGrand Rapids$20,00080$23.2M
Deroy Testamentary FoundationSouthfield$24,89578$38.0M
Sage FoundationBrighton$12,00076$7.4M
Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer MemorialDetroit$10,00074$1.9M
Marvin and Rosalie Okun FoundationKalamazoo$15,00074$7.3M
Mesara Family FoundationKalamazoo$7,50069$2.1M
The Leighton-Oare Foundation IncNiles$5,00066$5.0M
The Pokagon Fund IncNew Buffalo$5,00065$4.5M
Americana FoundationNovi$15,90061$2.7M
Jim Gilmore JR FoundationKalamazoo$5,00054$1.6M
The Art and Mary Schmuckal FamilyTraverse City$5,00051$1.8M
La-Z-Boy FoundationMonroe$5,00048$6.0M
Mojo FoundationGrand Rapids$20,00044$10.8M
Allen E & Marie a NicklessSaginaw$5,00043$1.3M
Mary Thompson FoundationSt Clair Shores$5,00043$1.1M
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$5.2M
The John R and M Margrite Davis FoundationBloomfield Hills$7,50041$3.9M
Metro Health FoundationPlymouth$10,00040$1.7M
Wm Mcnally Family FoundationSaginaw$9,60340$3.3M
Wickson-Link Memorial FoundationSaginaw$5,00038$1.2M
The Aletheia FoundationBelmont$5,00037$2.1M
Keller FoundationGrand Rapids$5,00037$1.5M
Word Investments IncAda$5,00037$1.7M
Hamp Family FundDetroit$5,00035$989K
Young Woman's Home Association ofGrosse Pointe Farms$7,25034$828K
Les & Ann Biederman Foundation IncTraverse City$10,00033$2.2M
The Whiting FoundationGrand Blanc$15,00032$5.4M
The Simpson FoundationDetroit$20,00032$7.1M
Nickless Family CharitableSaginaw$10,00031$1.9M
Lynn & Paul Alandt FoundationDetroit$5,00030$2.0M
The Newman Family FoundationTroy$5,00030$517K
Edsel B Ford II FundDetroit$5,00030$1.0M
Springview FoundationHolland$20,00030$1.7M
Morse Charitable Foundation IncDetroit$10,00030$2.9M
Serra Family FoundationGrand Blanc$5,00028$822K
Edward F Redies Foundation IncSaline$5,00026$1.3M
Benson & Edith Ford FundDetroit$10,00025$6.0M
Frazier Fund IncMarquette$5,00024$566K
Jury FoundationSaginaw$5,00023$1.6M
John and Melissa Besse FoundationWells$5,00023$1.5M
Allen Family FoundationBloomfield Hills$5,00023$724K
Farver FoundationAdrian$5,00023$1.9M
Harvest CharitiesDetroit$17,50023$3.3M
The Kontulis FundDetroit$5,00023$317K
Carroll J Haas FoundationVicksburg$8,00022$3.1M
Karp Family FoundationOrchard Lake$5,00021$3.4M
Clarence & Jack Himmel FoundationTrenton$5,00021$1.5M
Frank B and Virginia V FehsenfeldGrand Rapids$8,75020$1.8M
Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids$5,00020$894K
Russell H & Maxine E Smith CharitableBay City$11,60619$684K
The Young FoundationBloomfield Hills$15,00019$1.6M
James and Lynelle Holden FundNorthville$5,00018$696K
Fibre Converters Foundation IncConstantine$5,00018$2.4M
Tourville FoundationMarquette$5,00018$392K
The Larry J Fleis Pe Family FoundationAda$5,00017$409K
The Zondervan FoundationRockford$10,89716$1.6M
The Legion FoundationNorthville$5,80016$862K
Me Davenport FundGrand Rapids$22,50015$3.4M
L G Kaufman Endowment FoundationMarquette$5,00015$793K
Allegra C Ford-Thomas FoundationDetroit$10,00014$1.5M
Worthington Family FoundationTraverse City$20,00014$1.0M
Wolverine World Wide FoundationRockford$5,00014$846K
Joseph and Karen Krantz FamilyBay City$11,50014$1.2M
41 Washington St FoundationGrand Haven$5,00014$599K
John Stites Jazz Artist OrganizatioMarshall$7,60814$796K
The L & L Educational FoundationRomeo$5,01413$1.8M
The Angelo and Margaret DiponioLivonia$10,00013$848K
Rotary Club of Cadillac FoundationCadillac$7,00013$288K
Joseph J Laurencelle MemorialBloomfield Hills$7,50013$419K
The Lawrence and Sylvia WongKalamazoo$5,00013$742K
Vicksburg FoundationVicksburg$10,00013$777K
Besser FoundationAlpena$20,00013$4.9M
The Mansfield Family FoundationEast Lansing$15,00013$814K
Weikart Family FoundationClinton$15,00012$511K
The Tiscornia Foundation IncSt Joseph$5,00012$534K
Robert B Westfall FoundationDexter$5,00012$478K
Ahepa 371 IncHarrison Township$6,52512$988K
The Wj and Lillian Kemler FoundationTroy$5,50012$306K
Frank N Andersen FoundationBridgeport$5,00012$348K
Anne Ford FoundationDetroit$7,50012$446K
The Mary C Currie FoundationMidland$5,00011$360K
Hal & Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation AttnSunfield$12,25011$1.2M
Robert W & Eileen E Hesse MemorialSaginaw$10,00011$421K
Michigan Foundation for Vision AwarenessBig Rapids$18,44010$785K
Johns Family FoundationGrand Rapids$5,00010$265K
The Holley FoundationBirmingham$20,00010$803K
Victor and Mary Nelson Scholarship FundDetroit$8,00010$934K
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.

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