Community Foundation of the
Escanaba, MI · EIN 38-3227080. Reported 186 grants totalling $5,803,068 to 103 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Community Foundation of the, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 103 distinct organizations, with 38% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 53% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,050. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $22,537; the smallest was $5,040 and the largest $1,009,314. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Others Less Than 5000 | $2,217,495 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | |
| City of Gladstone | Gladstone, MI | $650,959 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clark Township | Cedarville, MI | $323,541 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay De Noc Community College | Escanaba, MI | $190,286 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $160,764 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holy Name Catholic High School a Chesterton Academy | Escanaba, MI | $90,488 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Omega House | Houghton, MI | $88,770 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grow & Lead - Community and Youth Development | Marquette, MI | $80,440 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delta Animal Shelter | Wells, MI | $76,141 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cedarville Public Schools | Cedarville, MI | $73,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bonifas Fine Arts Center | Escanaba, MI | $66,777 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Les Cheneaux Culinary School | Hessel, MI | $64,015 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Little Brothers Friendsoftheelderly | Hancocki, MI | $63,590 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stryker Sales LLC | Chicago, IL | $60,312 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid Peninsula School District | Rock, MI | $56,944 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rapid River Public Schools | Rapid River, MI | $51,340 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Osf St Francis Foundation | Escanaba, MI | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Services of Delta County | Escanaba, MI | $49,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Escanaba Area Public Schools | Escanaba, MI | $49,331 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Les Cheneaux Education Foundation | Cedarville, MI | $48,763 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Bank | Escanaba, MI | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aurora Dialysis LLC | Grand Forks, ND | $40,327 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beacon House | Marquette, MI | $39,751 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Feeding America West Michigan | Kentwood, MI | $39,326 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lange Enterprises | Oconomowoc, WI | $35,882 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diocese of Comayagua | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Hessel School House Corporation | Hessel, MI | $31,725 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| William Bonifas Fine Arts Center Inc | Escanaba, MI | $31,223 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sunny Dunes Inc | Palm Canyon, CA | $30,327 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delta Menominee Health Department | Escanaba, MI | $28,621 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Anthony's Church | Escanaba, MI | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Ojibwa Culture | St Ignace, MI | $26,227 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gladstone Area Schools | Gladstone, MI | $25,694 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calumet Theater | Calumet, MI | $25,676 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Great Lakes Boat Building School | Cedarville, MI | $25,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delta-Schoolcraft Isd | Escanaba, MI | $24,932 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upper Peninsula State Fair Auth | Escanaba, MI | $24,648 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ford River Township | Bark River, MI | $23,456 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Copper Country Humane Society | Houghton, MI | $23,451 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Ignace Area Schools | St Ignace, MI | $23,210 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diocesan Council of Marquette Mi Society of St Vincent De Paul | Marquette, MI | $23,119 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Les Cheneaux Watershed Council | Cedarville, MI | $21,786 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gladstone Senior Citizens Non- Profit Corp | Gladstone, MI | $21,319 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Portage Lake District Library | Houghton, MI | $20,687 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Gary Abrahamson JR Memory Care | Escanaba, MI | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservancy-Marquette | Marquette, MI | $19,081 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $19,081 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mds Foster Grandparent Program | Escanaba, MI | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eternal World Television Network | Irondale, AL | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Gladstone Library | Gladstone, MI | $16,594 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Copper Country Suzuki Association | Houghton, MI | $16,136 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eskymo Fan Club | Escanaba, MI | $15,680 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Superior Central Schools | Eben Junction, MI | $15,358 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Isle Royal and Keweenaw Parks Assc | Houghton, MI | $15,279 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coro Medical | Franklin, TN | $15,072 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Mary Student Parish Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Deyoung Family Zoo | Wallace, MI | $14,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $13,083 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $12,636 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michilimackinac Historical Society | St Ignace, MI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Directors Invitational Ski Classic | Basalt, CO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Boat Building School | Cedarville, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fund for Sustainable Empowered Development | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,627 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Copper Country Community Arts Counc | Hancock, MI | $10,970 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allouez Township | Mohawk, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Hancock | Hancock, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Les Cheneaux Watershed Council | Cedarville, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Munising Public Schools | Munising, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas De Peru | Coppell, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kent County Medical Society Allianc | Grand Rapids, MI | $9,771 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra | Ann Arbor, MI | $9,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Visa | Carol Stream, IL | $9,078 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Screenprinting & Embroider | Escanaba, MI | $8,671 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fel | Houghton, MI | $8,373 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis of Assisi | Dollar Bay, MI | $8,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | Houghton, MI | $8,130 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Escanba Rotary Trust | Escanaba, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copper Country Habitat for Humanity | Houghton, MI | $7,623 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ewtn News Inc | Irondale, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portage Health Foundation | Hancock, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Redeemer Church | Calumet, MI | $7,486 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Lights YMCA Inc | Escanaba, MI | $7,424 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keweenaw Land Trust Inc | Hancock, MI | $7,304 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $7,225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Les Cheneaux Snowmobile Club | Cedarville, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Masonville Township Ems | Rapid River, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soo Locks Childrens Museum | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Ignace Community Food Pack | Saint Ignace, MI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $6,336 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delta County Cancer Alliance Inc | Escanaba, MI | $6,324 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Medical Corps | Washington, DC | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A-Way Counseling Services | Victorville, CA | $6,233 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Cove | Cedarville, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Escanba | Escanaba, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Lakes Recovery Center | Ishpeming, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri County Safe Harbor Inc | Escanaba, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lake Superior Stewardship Initiativ | Hancock, MI | $5,651 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Joseph & St Patrick's Church | Escanaba, MI | $5,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glad Tidings Assembly of God | Hancock, MI | $5,225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Ironwood Theater | Ironwood, MI | $5,040 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
48 of 103 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 21 of 103 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | $1,362,705 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,688,574 | $12,449 |
| 2023 | 54 | $1,443,900 | $11,550 |
| 2024 | 44 | $1,307,889 | $12,888 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
91% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
9 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 18 grants totalling $46,152 to Community Foundation of the. That is 36% of the 25 funders we can see giving to it. Those 9 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
4 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Shore Foundation | Indiana | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank | Ohio | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Gillette Foundation | Florida | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wy Campbell Family Foundation | Florida | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Michigan | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edward Jones Foundation | Missouri | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Texas | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Confidence Foundation | California | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $152 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,050 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Community Foundation of the's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 43 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2420 1ST Avenue South, Escanaba, MI, 49829.
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