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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 3 of 4

51. Christian Schools Int'l Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $221K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$984K
52. Michigan Gateway Community Foundation
39 grants to 17 organizations · largest $94K · through 2024 · 27.2% of their giving
$967K
53. Community Foundation for Muskegon County
79 grants to 29 organizations · largest $192K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$3.1M
54. Father Vincent Welch Memorial Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $225K · through 2025 · 36.0% of their giving
$889K
55. Grand Haven Christian School Endowment Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $178K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$809K
56. South Christian High School Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $161K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$765K
57. Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $346K · through 2023 · 6.2% of their giving
$2.3M
58. Tawheed Institute Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2024 · 98.5% of their giving
$713K
59. Eastside Christian School Foundatio
11 grants to 1 organization · largest $147K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$706K
60. 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
61. SC Technology Center Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 91.8% of their giving
$675K
62. Foot Locker Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 13.0% of their giving
$1.0M
63. St Michael Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $370K · through 2022 · 63.6% of their giving
$647K
64. New Life Thrift Store
22 grants to 4 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 79.7% of their giving
$631K
65. G Gilmore Endow for the Arts
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $106K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$619K
84. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$7.2M
100. Orange County Community Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$5.7M
105. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
42 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2025
$13.3M
108. The Pittsburgh Foundation
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$3.7M
111. Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 2.2% of their giving
$2.0M
121. The Chicago Community Trust
61 grants to 22 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023
$17.2M
166. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
68 grants to 45 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$5.9M
169. Donors Trust Inc
25 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$4.0M
177. Mastercard Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2021
$4.8M
178. National Collegiate Athletic Association
38 grants to 8 organizations · largest $898K · through 2023
$6.3M

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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