Michigan · Public charity
Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation
To provide support to non profit agencies within the local community
- $17k
- Granted FY2023
- 10
- Grants FY2023
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $294k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | $17k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $20k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Place of Refuge | $14,000 | 3 | 31% |
| Tutoring Chicago | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center on Halsted | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michigan Center for Civic Education | $6,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marian High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Culinary Care | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kitchen Possible Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Bridge Communities Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Place of Refuge | $14,000 | 3 | 31% |
| Tutoring Chicago | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center on Halsted | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michigan Center for Civic Education | $6,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marian High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Culinary Care | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kitchen Possible Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Bridge Communities Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Christ Child Society of Detroit | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation
- How much does Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation give?
- Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $17,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (36%), Youth Development (24%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: A Place of Refuge ($14k), Tutoring Chicago ($8k), Center on Halsted ($8k).
- Does Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation based?
- Alex Thoresen Legacy Foundation is based in MI.
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