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Foundations That Fund Education in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 1,309 funders that made 11,042 grants totaling $1.8B to 953 education organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Michigan

Total granted $1.8B
Funders 1,309
Grants 11,042
Organizations funded 953

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Big Ten Conference Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $77.9M · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$364.0M
2. Wayne State University Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $19.9M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$87.3M
3. Michigan State University Research Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $17.6M · through 2024 · 97.9% of their giving
$82.4M
4. Ferris Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$44.4M
5. Michigan Colleges Alliance
86 grants to 15 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$21.2M
6. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
352 grants to 106 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$35.9M
7. W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2025 · 63.4% of their giving
$16.3M
8. Fw & Elsie Heyl Sci Sch FD & Adm
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 97.3% of their giving
$12.8M
9. Davenport University Foundation
10 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.4M
10. Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 18.0% of their giving
$13.1M
11. Michigan Health Endowment Fund
65 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$20.1M
12. Community Foundation of Greater Flint
68 grants to 25 organizations · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 20.8% of their giving
$11.4M
13. Detroit Children's Fund
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 45.6% of their giving
$6.8M
14. Grand Rapids Christian School Foundation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.6M
15. Van Andel Institute
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.4M · through 2023 · 4.5% of their giving
$28.8M
16. The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family Foundation
35 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 22.9% of their giving
$5.6M
17. Lee Stillman-Roland R Witte Scholarship Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.8M
18. Schoolcraft Development Authority
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 98.7% of their giving
$4.6M
19. Grcsa Eagle Partners Inc DBA New 2 You Shoppe
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.2M
20. Grand Rapids Community Foundation
141 grants to 48 organizations · largest $505K · through 2024 · 9.6% of their giving
$7.7M
21. Michigan Association of Public School Academies
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.5M
22. Dmc Foundation
20 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2023 · 49.9% of their giving
$3.2M
23. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
80 grants to 27 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 10.9% of their giving
$5.4M
24. The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
89 grants to 30 organizations · largest $462K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$5.7M
25. Drive for Life
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 58.5% of their giving
$2.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 19 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 education 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 education funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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