Michigan · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 979 funders that made 12,353 grants totaling $1.4B to 1,251 human services organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Michigan

Total granted $1.4B
Funders 979
Grants 12,353
Organizations funded 1,251

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $44.7M · through 2025 · 20.9% of their giving
$159.4M
2. West Michigan Partnership for Children
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.9M · through 2024 · 41.9% of their giving
$55.2M
3. Jewish Federation of Detroit
30 grants to 7 organizations · largest $7.5M · through 2024 · 23.2% of their giving
$53.1M
4. Alliance for Housing Oakland County Continuum of Care
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $16.7M · through 2024 · 36.5% of their giving
$42.7M
5. United Jewish Foundation
68 grants to 26 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$26.2M
6. Michigan Health Endowment Fund
127 grants to 74 organizations · largest $649K · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$24.1M
7. Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 95.6% of their giving
$12.9M
8. Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency Inc
48 grants to 8 organizations · largest $412K · through 2024 · 40.0% of their giving
$12.5M
9. State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050)
30 grants to 16 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2023 · 29.3% of their giving
$11.1M
10. United Way of South Central Michigan
196 grants to 42 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024 · 21.4% of their giving
$9.7M
11. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
397 grants to 141 organizations · largest $462K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$24.3M
12. Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8.2M · through 2023 · 20.4% of their giving
$8.2M
13. Sunset Legacy Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.7M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$8.1M
14. Northwest Senior Resources Inc
30 grants to 6 organizations · largest $938K · through 2024 · 67.9% of their giving
$8.0M
15. Fremont Area Community Foundation
56 grants to 16 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 15.6% of their giving
$8.8M
16. The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
124 grants to 39 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 15.2% of their giving
$8.7M
17. Methodist Children's Home Society Supporting Organization
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$6.5M
18. The Jewish Fund
43 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 36.9% of their giving
$6.5M
19. Kalamazoo Community Foundation
133 grants to 41 organizations · largest $558K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$11.1M
20. Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation
67 grants to 21 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2025 · 20.8% of their giving
$5.9M
21. First Steps Kent
27 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$6.3M
22. Grand Rapids Community Foundation
156 grants to 59 organizations · largest $546K · through 2024 · 11.6% of their giving
$9.3M
23. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
115 grants to 35 organizations · largest $766K · through 2025 · 12.8% of their giving
$7.4M
24. Michigan 2-1-1 Inc
13 grants to 2 organizations · largest $491K · through 2024 · 20.2% of their giving
$4.5M
25. YMCA Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.4M

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

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