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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 455 funders that made 2,865 grants totaling $604.1M to 407 community improvement organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $26K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Michigan

Total granted $604.1M
Funders 455
Grants 2,865
Organizations funded 407

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$461K
27. Midland Area Community Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $307K · through 2025 · 3.4% of their giving
$1.1M
28. Rotary Club of Plymouth Michigan In
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$174K
29. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $450K · through 2025 · 2.4% of their giving
$1.4M
30. Foundation for Flint
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $130K · through 2025 · 6.6% of their giving
$480K
31. Corewell Health Group Return
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $290K · through 2023 · 4.6% of their giving
$648K
32. The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family Foundation
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $124K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$828K
33. Berrien Community Foundation Inc
26 grants to 9 organizations · largest $163K · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.1M
34. Community Foundation of St Clair County
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $145K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$539K
35. Nextenergy Center
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $230K · through 2022 · 4.2% of their giving
$452K
36. Michigan Association of Realtors
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 61.8% of their giving
$75K
37. Hospitality Industry Protection Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2022 · 32.5% of their giving
$75K
38. Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $190K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$733K
39. Michigan Retailers Association
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$69K
40. The Skatepark Project
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$250K
43. Detroit Economic Growth Association
15 grants to 12 organizations · largest $189K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$526K
45. Heart of West Michigan United Way
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$521K
49. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
10 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$2.4M
50. United States Energy Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $376K · through 2024
$2.0M
51. Michigan Health Endowment Fund
12 grants to 12 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$1.1M
53. The Clara Lionel Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $550K · through 2020 · 1.1% of their giving
$550K
55. Lansing Economic Area Partnership
17 grants to 10 organizations · largest $110K · through 2025
$671K
58. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $294K · through 2024
$1.7M
68. Tides Foundation
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $308K · through 2024
$3.0M
81. Charities Aid Foundation America
61 grants to 38 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$1.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 12 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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