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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 245 funders that made 1,587 grants totaling $223.0M to 144 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 $223.0M
Funders 245
Grants 1,587
Organizations funded 144

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
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $6.2M · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$76.2M
3. First Steps Kent
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2023 · 15.2% of their giving
$4.0M
4. Oakland County Bar Foundation
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $58K · through 2024 · 62.0% of their giving
$640K
5. The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family Foundation
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $208K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$1.5M
6. Michigan Health Endowment Fund
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$3.2M
7. Fraternal Order of Police 112
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$271K
8. Detroit Lions Charities
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $148K · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$676K
9. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
69 grants to 26 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$3.8M
10. Kalamazoo Community Foundation
29 grants to 10 organizations · largest $178K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$2.1M
11. United Way of the Lakeshore
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $59K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$513K
12. United Way of South Central Michigan
20 grants to 4 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$1.2M
13. Grand Rapids Community Foundation
19 grants to 10 organizations · largest $429K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.5M
14. Heart of West Michigan United Way
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$884K
15. Detroit Lions Courage House
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2023 · 56.6% of their giving
$125K
16. Capital Region Community Foundation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $118K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$708K
17. Ujima the National Center on Violence Against Women
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $253K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$525K
18. 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
19. United Way of Monroelenawee Counties Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 8.1% of their giving
$182K
20. United Way of Genesee County
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $85K · through 2022 · 5.3% of their giving
$256K
21. Community Foundation of Greater Flint
27 grants to 6 organizations · largest $115K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$760K
22. Corewell Health Group Return
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $96K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$338K
23. Livingston County United Way
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 4.9% of their giving
$153K
24. Redemption Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2023 · 29.1% of their giving
$31K
25. Friends Of The Legal Services Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2019 · 12.4% of their giving
$49K

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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