Michigan · Private foundation
Avesta Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $823k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Avesta Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $5k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $11k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $13k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $10k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $11k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $12k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $5,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $4,023 | 6 | 0% |
| House of Providence | $3,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Lighthouse of Oakland County | $3,100 | 7 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $3,010 | 6 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,750 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Avesta Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Avesta Foundation
- How much does Avesta Foundation give?
- Avesta Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $5,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Avesta Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (23%), Health (19%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Avesta Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Planned Parenthood of Michigan ($5k), United States Fund for Unicef ($4k), House of Providence ($3k).
- Does Avesta Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Avesta Foundation 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 Avesta Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Avesta Foundation based?
- Avesta Foundation is based in MI.
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