Four County Community Foundation
Romeo, MI · EIN 38-2736601. Reported 111 grants totalling $1,425,715 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, 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 Four County Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 8% 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. 39% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below 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 $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,000 and $16,000; the smallest was $5,624 and the largest $43,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capac Community Schools | Capac, MI | $109,084 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Imlay City Community Schools | Imlay City, MI | $92,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Almont Community Schools | Almont, MI | $69,420 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Immanuel Congregational Ucc | Oxford, MI | $61,150 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lions Visually Impaired Youth Camp Inc | Lapeer, MI | $56,713 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Love Inc of Greater Lapeer | Lapeer, MI | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Amazing Grace Church of Imlay City | Imlay City, MI | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team | Mount Clemens, MI | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Samaritan House | Washington, MI | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Crossroads for Youth | Oxford, MI | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of Foster Kids | Shelby Twp, MI | $34,980 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Oxford Fire Department | Oxford, MI | $30,507 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Service Center Inc | Imlay City, MI | $30,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Susie Qs Kids Inc | Warren, MI | $30,099 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dutton Farm Inc | Rochester Hls, MI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Huron-Clinton Metroparks Foundation | Brighton, MI | $27,350 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Romeo Community Schools | Romeo, MI | $25,450 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc | Mount Clemens, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Child Advocacy Center of Lapeer County | Lapeer, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turning Point Inc | Mount Clemens, MI | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Council on Aging Inc Serving St Clair County | Port Huron, MI | $21,184 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Literacy Center | Lapeer, MI | $20,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Addison Twp Fire Department | Leonard, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority | Lapeer, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orion Area Youth Assistance | Lake Orion, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Szajna-Carr Inc | Clinton Twp, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oxford Township Parks & Recreation | Oxford, MI | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dryden Community Schools | Dryden, MI | $17,502 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lapeer County Isd | Lapeer, MI | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Community Care Inc | Shelby Twp, MI | $16,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ray Twp Fire Department | Ray, MI | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rsa Foundation | Center Line, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Skyline Camp and Conference Center | Birmingham, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Capac | Capac, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memphis Community Schools | Memphis, MI | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Village of Dryden | Dryden, MI | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan United Cerebral Palsy | Southfield, MI | $12,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kiwanis Club of Lapeer Foundation | Lapeer, MI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Armada | Armada, MI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Romeo Band Boosters | Washington, MI | $10,451 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Armada Area Historical Society | Armada, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Macomb Foster Closet | Mount Clemens, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Day Foundation for Families | Rochester, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Poblo International | Clinton Twp, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Polly Ann Trailway Management Council Inc | Leonard, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| R&e Family Foundation | Bruce Twp, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Mary Mystical Ros Parish Armada | Armada, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Starbase Inc | Selfridge Angb, MI | $9,984 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Love Inc of North Oakland County | Oxford, MI | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Dept of Michigan | Bruce Twp, MI | $9,068 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Congregational United Church of Christ | Imlay City, MI | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michigan Anti-Trafficking Project | Shelby Twp, MI | $8,900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Berlin Township Fire Department | Allenton, MI | $8,710 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Seven Ponds Nature Center | Dryden, MI | $8,502 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dryden Township Fire Department | Dryden, MI | $8,008 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imlay City Downtown Development Authority | Imlay City, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shelby Township Police | Shelby Twp, MI | $7,764 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Ray Township Library and Historical Society | Ray, MI | $7,675 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxford Public Library | Oxford, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Macomb Symphony Orchestra | Clinton Twp, MI | $7,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Society of St Vincent De Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit | Detroit, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Agape Center | Romeo, MI | $6,349 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Armada Area Schools | Armada, MI | $6,241 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Kid Again Inc | Columbus, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association Inc | Arlington, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Discovery Center of Macomb | Mount Clemens, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Imlay City, MI | $5,624 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
22 of 67 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Camp Oakland
ASSISTANCE FOR AT-RISK YOUTH - Child Advocacy Center of Lapeer County
CONFIDENTIAL INTAKE FACILITY - Advancing Macomb Foundation Inc
NONPROFIT ACCELERATOR PROJECT - Capac Community Schools
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES & ATHLETICS - Dutton Farm Inc
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES - Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority
IMLAY CITY MICRO-TRANSIT PILOT PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 35 of 67 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 | 16 | $162,250 | $8,785 |
| 2022 | 20 | $251,516 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $302,822 | $13,052 |
| 2024 | 27 | $384,942 | $12,000 |
| 2025 | 26 | $324,185 | $10,000 |
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
99% 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
4 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 8 grants totalling $1,327,162 to Four County Community Foundation. That is 25% of the 16 funders we can see giving to it. Those 4 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koerner Family Foundation | Florida | $1,326,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Deporre Family Foundation | Michigan | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edward Jones Foundation | Missouri | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $162 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
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 $10,000 -- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Four County Community Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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.
Address of record on the latest return: 141 S Main Street Suite a, Romeo, MI, 48065.
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