· Private foundation
Allen Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k28 grants · $97k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $72k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARBOR LIGHT COMMUNITY CHAPEL | $29,500 |
| RELIANT MISSION | $17,000 |
| MONROE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSN | $15,000 |
| PEACEMAKERS INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| CRU MINISTRIES | $8,750 |
| ALL NATIONS | $8,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,100 |
| SALVATION ARMY HARBOR LIGHT | $5,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF MONROE | $5,000 |
| ONE SHEEP MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| PAULA'S HOUSE | $5,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,000 |
| MACOMB SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $3,000 |
| GOD WORKS | $3,000 |
| PROJECT FEED THE KIDS | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CLCAMP LAEL4× · 2019–2023 · $59k · revenue +9%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY6× · 2020–2025 · $29k · revenue +149%
- GLGABBY'S LADDER INC5× · 2021–2025 · $21k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- MMMONROE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $18k
- RERIVER'S EDGE CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $16k
- MCMONROE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $16k · revenue ×73 · 57% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Expressing God's love by reaching out to the hurting and homeless of the Great Lakes Bay Region by providing shelter and care, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and establishing Christian disciples among disadvantaged people.
Beacon of hope's mission is to be god's hand offering christ-centered, inclusive, accessible and professional mental health counseling.
seeking to put Gods love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope
Midland's Open Door (MOD) operates two crisis shelters, one for women and children and one for men. MOD's programs are designed to meet the immediate needs of homeless individuals by providing a safe and loving environment where each…
It is the mission of Fresh Start Ministry to be the hands and feet of God by serving others in need in Monroe County. we have a mens and womans shelter and a program to help people get back on there feet
To provide home ownership opportunities to low income working families
Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.
Mfa brings people of faith together, institutions and organizations to build community and address the root causes and results of poverty, violence and division.
We believe that the first six years of a childs life are the most critical. We offer a high quality learning environment to a diverse community of children and families.
To mobilize area churches to transform lives by meeting physical and spiritual needs with the love of Jesus
Meet emergency needs in Southwest Michigan
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CAMP LAEL ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds GABBY'S LADDER INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MONROE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds MACOMB SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds One Sheep Ministries ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Harbor Springs Library ↗
- Who funds ALL NATIONS ↗
- Who funds Farming For Our Future Inc ↗
- Who funds Jewish Jewels Inc ↗
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: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Allen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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