Michigan · Private foundation
Alden and Vada Dow Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $770k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Alden and Vada Dow Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 38 | $770k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $740k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $805k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $658k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $840k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $565k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alden B and Vada B Dow Creativity Foundation | $546,998 | 5 | 14% |
| Chippewa Nature Center | $208,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Inland Seas Education Association | $168,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Greater Midland Community Ctrs Inc | $149,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Little Forks Conservancy Inc | $145,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Underground Railroad Inc | $132,000 | 6 | 1% |
| YWCA Great Lakes Bay Region | $120,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Bay Area Women's Center | $103,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Family & Children's Services of Mid-Michigan Inc | $101,024 | 3 | 3% |
| River House Inc | $98,000 | 4 | 5% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alden and Vada Dow Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Midland Area Community Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation · The Herbert H & Grace a Dow Foundation · Bay Area Community Foundation · The Patricia and David Kepler Foundation · Saginaw Community Foundation · The Mary C Currie Foundation · The Charles J Strosacker Foundation · United Way of Midland County · Allen Foundation
How this is measured
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About Alden and Vada Dow Fund
- How much does Alden and Vada Dow Fund give?
- Alden and Vada Dow Fund reported 38 grants totaling $770,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Alden and Vada Dow Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Arts & Culture (22%), Environment (13%).
- Who are Alden and Vada Dow Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Alden B and Vada B Dow Creativity Foundation ($547k), Chippewa Nature Center ($208k), Inland Seas Education Association ($169k).
- Does Alden and Vada Dow Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alden and Vada Dow Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alden and Vada Dow Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Midland Area Community Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is Alden and Vada Dow Fund based?
- Alden and Vada Dow Fund is based in MI.
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