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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 355 funders that made 2,336 grants totaling $231.5M to 252 environment & conservation organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $22K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Michigan

Total granted $231.5M
Funders 355
Grants 2,336
Organizations funded 252

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. American Songbird Management and Recovery
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2023 · 35.6% of their giving
$5.5M
2. United States Energy Foundation
34 grants to 14 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$15.3M
3. Community Foundation of Marquette County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $305K · through 2024 · 19.1% of their giving
$1.5M
4. Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation
21 grants to 8 organizations · largest $580K · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$2.5M
5. Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc C/O Public Sector Consultants
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $408K · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$1.6M
6. The Great Lakes Fruit Vegetable and Farm Market Exposition Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$826K
7. Midland Area Community Foundation
29 grants to 7 organizations · largest $255K · through 2025 · 7.1% of their giving
$2.3M
8. Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $550K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$700K
9. Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
51 grants to 13 organizations · largest $116K · through 2025 · 7.2% of their giving
$1.5M
10. Bay Area Community Foundation
23 grants to 7 organizations · largest $173K · through 2025 · 9.7% of their giving
$910K
11. Bay County Convention & Visitors Bureau
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$422K
12. Stanley F Herman Charitable Trust Fbo
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $76K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$387K
13. Midland County Convention and Visitors' Bureau
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$365K
14. Jackson Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $226K · through 2025 · 7.1% of their giving
$845K
15. Rotary Charities of Traverse City
15 grants to 10 organizations · largest $150K · through 2023 · 7.3% of their giving
$647K
16. Berrien Community Foundation Inc
20 grants to 5 organizations · largest $342K · through 2025 · 2.6% of their giving
$1.4M
17. The Dahlem Conservancy Endowment
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $98K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$181K
18. Kalamazoo Community Foundation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $344K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.8M
19. The Skatepark Project
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $375K · through 2020 · 7.9% of their giving
$375K
20. Charlevoix County Community Foundation
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $143K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$624K
21. Keweenaw Community Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $91K · through 2024 · 23.7% of their giving
$144K
22. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
55 grants to 22 organizations · largest $491K · through 2023
$7.0M
23. Michigan Forest Products Council
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $117K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$117K
24. Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
31 grants to 12 organizations · largest $137K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$920K
25. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
68 grants to 28 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$2.4M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 15 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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