Michigan · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 250 funders that made 1,649 grants totaling $244.1M to 146 crime & legal aid organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Michigan

Total granted $244.1M
Funders 250
Grants 1,649
Organizations funded 146

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Michigan State Bar Foundation
251 grants to 13 organizations · largest $5.1M · through 2024 · 97.4% of their giving
$73.6M
2. Legal Services Corporation
36 grants to 5 organizations · largest $6.4M · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$93.1M
3. First Steps Kent
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 14.4% of their giving
$5.1M
4. Michigan Casa Inc
22 grants to 6 organizations · largest $221K · through 2024 · 26.5% of their giving
$1.0M
5. Oakland County Bar Foundation
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $58K · through 2024 · 62.0% of their giving
$640K
6. The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family Foundation
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $208K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$1.5M
7. Michigan Health Endowment Fund
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$3.2M
8. Fraternal Order of Police 112
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$271K
9. Detroit Lions Charities
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $148K · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$676K
10. United Way of the Lakeshore
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $59K · through 2025 · 7.3% of their giving
$576K
11. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
69 grants to 26 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$3.8M
12. Kalamazoo Community Foundation
29 grants to 10 organizations · largest $178K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$2.1M
13. United Way of South Central Michigan
20 grants to 4 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$1.2M
14. Grand Rapids Community Foundation
19 grants to 10 organizations · largest $429K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.5M
15. Capital Region Community Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $118K · through 2025 · 3.2% of their giving
$826K
16. Heart of West Michigan United Way
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$884K
17. Detroit Lions Courage House
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2023 · 56.6% of their giving
$125K
18. Ujima the National Center on Violence Against Women
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $253K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$525K
19. Region II Commission on Services to the Aging
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $148K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$511K
20. The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.0M
21. United Way of Monroelenawee Counties Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 8.1% of their giving
$182K
22. United Way of Genesee County
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $85K · through 2022 · 5.3% of their giving
$256K
23. Community Foundation of Greater Flint
27 grants to 6 organizations · largest $115K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$760K
24. Corewell Health Group Return
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $96K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$338K
25. Livingston County United Way
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 4.9% of their giving
$153K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 11 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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