Michigan · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 307 funders that made 1,491 grants totaling $177.9M to 123 civil rights & social justice organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $38K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Michigan

Total granted $177.9M
Funders 307
Grants 1,491
Organizations funded 123

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Living with Communities
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $222K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
2. Michigan Casa Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $231K · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$782K
3. Michigan Public Employees Benefit Trust C/O Aft Michigan
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2021 · 19.7% of their giving
$725K
4. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
18 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024
$8.9M
5. Right to Life of Michigan Educational Endowment Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $128K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$248K
6. Telescope Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.7M
7. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
40 grants to 15 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$3.6M
8. Women Donors Network Action
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$1.1M
9. Kalamazoo Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.8M
10. Tides Foundation
60 grants to 22 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$8.8M
11. Donors Trust Inc
12 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$5.1M
12. Dort Financial Credit Union
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2025 · 22.8% of their giving
$109K
13. First Steps Kent
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$827K
14. The Gilmour-Jirgens Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$116K
15. Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economy
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2022 · 7.4% of their giving
$250K
16. Saint John Henry Newman Institute
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $163K · through 2023 · 9.2% of their giving
$163K
17. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$800K
18. Credit Unions Chartered in the State of Michigan Sovita Credit Union
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025 · 20.5% of their giving
$66K
19. Community Foundation of Greater Flint
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $253K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$842K
20. Foundation for Flint
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $244K · through 2025 · 3.7% of their giving
$268K
21. Justfundus
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 3.2% of their giving
$275K
22. The Philanthropy Roundtable
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 8.0% of their giving
$100K
23. Heart of West Michigan United Way
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$452K
24. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$583K
25. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $435K · through 2024
$980K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice work in Michigan, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering civil rights & social justice work, with an address in Michigan. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable civil rights & social justice funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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