FundersMichigan

Michigan Foundations Making Grants Under $5,000

These 108 foundations are based in Michigan and reported a median grant under $5,000 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.

108foundations in this range
$121.9Mgranted between them
4,584funding relationships mapped

A median grant under $5,000 usually fits a smaller, less formal request -- a single event, a modest program cost, or a first ask to a foundation you have not approached before, rather than a multi-year campaign.

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
Consumers Energy FoundationJackson$3,000639$31.8M
Bissell Pet FoundationGrand Rapids$1,800570$8.8M
Ahavas Avraham FoundationDetroit$4,050220$10.5M
Wallace & Irene Bronner FamilyFrankenmuth$1,000159$2.3M
Frankenmuth Insurance FoundationFrankenmuth$2,000134$1.2M
Perrigo Company Charitable FoundationAllegan$4,000133$3.1M
David Kahan Family FoundationTroy$200116$389K
The Samuel L Westerman FoundationBloomfield Hills$2,00093$2.0M
Dana Charitable FoundationNovi$2,50080$1.3M
Buist FoundationByron Center$2,00076$1.0M
Butzel Long Charitable TrustDetroit$1,00072$253K
John R Woods FoundationDetroit$2,00066$818K
William & Martha Ford FundDetroit$1,00066$5.0M
Morley FoundationSaginaw$1,00065$759K
The Serra FoundationFenton$1,50057$4.1M
Marjorie and Maxwell JospeyBirmingham$2,00056$946K
Re Olds FoundationEast Lansing$3,00050$809K
Earl and Renee Ishbia Family FoundationOrchard Lake$2,50049$1.3M
Cousineau Family CharityBloomfield Hills$10049$115K
Leslie Tassell FoundationGrand Rapids$2,00043$1.7M
John a & Marlene L Boll FoundationSt Clair Shores$2,50041$2.1M
The Barry H Tigay FamilyBloomfield Hills$63541$424K
Robert & Jeanine DagenaisEscanaba$1,50038$433K
Fred J Maloof FoundationSt Clair Shores$2,00038$882K
Cooper-Standard Foundation IncNorthville$1,00038$701K
Miller FoundationBattle Creek$1,00037$2.6M
Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable TrJackson$2,75036$1.3M
Gegax Family FoundationDetroit$76236$145K
Sacred Family Causes FoundationGrosse Pointe$20034$72K
Word Investments IncAda$4,90033$1.3M
Hammond FoundationKalamazoo$50033$176K
Yeo & Yeo FoundationSaginaw$2,50033$150K
Siebenthaler FoundationKewadin$75032$603K
The Chelsea Health and WellnessChelsea$4,79132$2.0M
Affordable Housing Management FoundationHarbor Springs$50030$360K
Christian Financial Outreach and ImpactSterling Heights$1,50030$171K
Michael Talty and Helen TaltyLivonia$4,75029$910K
Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer FoundationBloomfield Hills$2,50028$906K
The Abu Akeel FoundationTroy$1,00028$60K
Marzke FoundationSt Joseph$1,00028$228K
The Richard L and Freda K FlerlageMaple City$4,00027$405K
William F Courtney FoundationDetroit$3,25026$418K
Evergreene FoundationOtsego$2,00026$312K
Puff Trixie Charitable Pvt FdnDetroit$2,00025$347K
The Ludington Family FoundationSanford$40024$116K
Edward J Sackerson CharitableEscanaba$3,00024$2.0M
Mullick FoundationSaline$3,50024$7.1M
Hollingsworth Logistics Group FoundationDearborn$1,50024$454K
Birtwistle Family FoundationLudington$2,00023$455K
Robert and Bess Cook FoundationBingham Farms$92523$139K
Kemp Klein Umphrey Endelman & MayTroy$25023$129K
F Ross Birkhill and Laura Jean BirkhillDetroit$3,00022$263K
Marie Crowley FoundationSaranac$2,50022$682K
Tummala Charitable FoundationFlint$1,00021$236K
Shubeck Monsour FoundationKalamazoo$2,00021$222K
Trapp Family Foundation IncEmpire$2,50021$576K
Vogt FoundationAda$1,00021$136K
The Donald and Audrey AndersonEscanaba$1,30420$215K
The Allkins Family FoundationPortage$1,75020$209K
Hastings Mutual Insurance Company Charitable FoundationHastings$3,40019$238K
James and Shirley Balk FoundationGrand Rapids$2,50019$2.2M
Clannad FoundationBloomfield Hills$3,00019$678K
Phyllis & Max Reynolds FoundationMarquette$3,00019$443K
The Vombergtrumley FoundationOlivet$2,00019$132K
Eunice & Milton H Ring Charitable FoundationFranklin$2,50019$355K
First Federal of Northern MichiganAlpena$2,00018$481K
Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids$4,00018$694K
Von Voigtlander Family FoundationWhitmore Lake$2,00017$184K
Rehmat FoundationNorthville$2,00017$840K
The Huizenga Family FoundationNiles$70016$563K
Lavere & Gladys Chase Scholarship FdDetroit$2,50016$130K
Community Christian MinistriesGrandville$2,75016$102K
The Doan Family FoundationMidland$2,00016$363K
Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable TrustJackson$2,00016$194K
Pellerito Manzella Certa CusmanoLivonia$1,00015$150K
The Winkle Family FoundationLake City$2,00015$225K
The Simmons Family FoundationDetroit$3,75015$267K
The F&v FoundationGrand Rapids$50015$78K
Ceasar Puff Charitable Private FdnDetroit$2,00014$79K
India FoundationEast Lansing$2,00014$1.1M
Frank and Sarah WebsterHolland$1,00014$146K
Cozad Family FoundationAuburn$1,80014$167K
Terrence S Kaiser andMillington$2,55013$184K
Great Lakes Castings CorporationLudington$76613$82K
Richard Barton Law Memorial TrustBay City$1,50013$162K
Charles M Bauervic Foundation IncSuttons Bay$3,00013$296K
Javitch Karen Sokolof Chart FndDetroit$3,00013$308K
The Shyft Group FoundationNovi$2,50012$323K
Carl and Irene Morath Foundation IncWarren$3,00012$187K
The Bates FoundationBloomfield Hills$40012$34K
Deseranno FoundationGrosse Pointe Farms$3,75012$259K
Roberts P & Ella B HudsonSault Ste Marie$1,50012$279K
Alice E Turner Memorial TrustSaginaw$1,50012$75K
Charles F& Adeline BarthSaginaw$2,50012$229K
Ambrosiani FoundationDewitt$50012$98K
Ferndale Community FoundationFerndale$2,08312$35K
Collier FoundationDetroit$4,00012$219K
Allan W Chernick FoundationWest Bloomfield$1,50011$194K
The Rick Family FoundationSpring Lake$1,00011$60K
Weinlander Fitzhugh Foundation IncBay City$75011$39K
The Meyers Mueller Family FoundationGlen Arbor$20011$9K
Lyle and Diane FoundationBloomfield Hills$95010$147K
Answer Health FoundationGrand Rapids$2,00010$86K
Duane & Dorothy Bierlein FamilyFrankenmuth$1,22510$89K
Bryan Christian Services IncLake Orion$2,00010$277K
The Bixby FoundationLivonia$50010$63K
Alliance Catholic Foundation IncFarmington Hills$1,00010$69K
Human Dignity FoundationHowell$48010$321K

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