Michigan · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 1,333 funders that made 11,418 grants totaling $1.9B to 962 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 $1.9B
Funders 1,333
Grants 11,418
Organizations funded 962

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Community Foundation for Muskegon County
79 grants to 29 organizations · largest $192K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$3.1M
52. Father Vincent Welch Memorial Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2025 · 36.0% of their giving
$889K
53. Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $346K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$2.8M
54. Grand Haven Christian School Endowment Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $178K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$809K
55. South Christian High School Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $161K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$765K
56. Tawheed Institute Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2024 · 98.5% of their giving
$713K
57. Veterans Support Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $511K · through 2024 · 61.6% of their giving
$711K
58. Eastside Christian School Foundatio
11 grants to 1 organization · largest $147K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$706K
59. Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc C/O Public Sector Consultants
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $277K · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$1.4M
60. SC Technology Center Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 91.8% of their giving
$675K
61. Foot Locker Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 13.0% of their giving
$1.0M
62. St Michael Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $370K · through 2022 · 63.6% of their giving
$647K
63. New Life Thrift Store
22 grants to 4 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 79.7% of their giving
$631K
82. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$7.2M
99. Orange County Community Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$5.7M
102. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
42 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2025
$13.3M
107. The Pittsburgh Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$3.7M
110. The Chicago Community Trust
75 grants to 24 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$19.8M
111. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$2.0M
162. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
68 grants to 45 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$5.9M
165. Donors Trust Inc
25 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$4.0M
173. Mastercard Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2021
$4.8M
184. National Collegiate Athletic Association
43 grants to 8 organizations · largest $898K · through 2024
$6.4M
191. Seattle Foundation
37 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.6M
204. Charities Aid Foundation America
157 grants to 78 organizations · largest $260K · through 2024
$3.9M

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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