Michigan · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 304 funders that made 1,454 grants totaling $176.0M to 123 civil rights & social justice organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $40K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Michigan

Total granted $176.0M
Funders 304
Grants 1,454
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 Public Employees Benefit Trust C/O Aft Michigan
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2021 · 19.7% of their giving
$725K
3. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
18 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024
$8.9M
4. Right to Life of Michigan Educational Endowment Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $128K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$228K
5. Telescope Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.7M
6. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
40 grants to 15 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$3.6M
7. Women Donors Network Action
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$1.1M
8. Kalamazoo Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.8M
9. Tides Foundation
60 grants to 22 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$8.8M
10. Donors Trust Inc
12 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$5.1M
11. Justfundus
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$200K
12. The Gilmour-Jirgens Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$116K
13. Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economy
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2022 · 7.4% of their giving
$250K
14. Dort Financial Credit Union
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023 · 28.6% of their giving
$82K
15. Saint John Henry Newman Institute
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $163K · through 2023 · 9.2% of their giving
$163K
16. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$800K
17. First Steps Kent
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2023 · 2.3% of their giving
$588K
18. Community Foundation of Greater Flint
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $253K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$842K
19. Credit Unions Chartered in the State of Michigan Sovita Credit Union
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 18.5% of their giving
$51K
20. Foundation for Flint
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $244K · through 2019 · 3.6% of their giving
$244K
21. The Philanthropy Roundtable
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 8.0% of their giving
$100K
22. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$583K
23. Heart of West Michigan United Way
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$452K
24. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $435K · through 2024
$980K
25. Grand Rapids Community Foundation
23 grants to 10 organizations · largest $245K · through 2024
$633K

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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