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Foundations That Fund Religion in Michigan

Imperigo has identified 314 funders that made 2,888 grants totaling $206.3M to 455 religion organizations in Michigan, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in Michigan

Total granted $206.3M
Funders 314
Grants 2,888
Organizations funded 455

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Our Daily Bread Ministries Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$33.1M
2. Comerica Charitable Trust
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 7.9% of their giving
$5.4M
3. King's Endowment Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $328K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
4. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
419 grants to 123 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$47.2M
5. Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-Michigan
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $917K · through 2023 · 15.9% of their giving
$1.2M
6. Maranatha Endowment Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$340K
7. Word of Life
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 27.0% of their giving
$299K
8. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
39 grants to 14 organizations · largest $324K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$1.6M
9. The Premier Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $382K · through 2025 · 6.5% of their giving
$678K
10. The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
35 grants to 17 organizations · largest $323K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$1.6M
11. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
37 grants to 19 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$3.7M
12. The Jewish Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $180K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$715K
13. United Jewish Foundation
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $389K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$2.3M
14. Family of Faith Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2025 · 97.9% of their giving
$110K
15. Armenian Church Endowment Fund Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$492K
16. United Way of the Lakeshore
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$366K
17. Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
26 grants to 4 organizations · largest $63K · through 2025 · 3.0% of their giving
$607K
18. Leelanau Township Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$134K
19. Jewish Federation of Detroit
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $449K · through 2024
$1.9M
20. Dickinson Area Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2023 · 11.5% of their giving
$138K
21. Gordon Christian Trust
7 grants to 6 organizations · largest $677K · through 2020 · 1.0% of their giving
$1.2M
22. Heart of West Michigan United Way
9 grants to 7 organizations · largest $355K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$557K
23. United Way of South Central Michigan
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$638K
24. The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $446K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$831K
25. Arab American Cultural Center
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$39K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion 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. 18 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 religion 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 religion funding in Michigan, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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