Michigan · Private foundation
Barber 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $145,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $145,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Barber Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 2 | $170k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $111k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $138k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $139k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $500 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Grand Rapids | $417,018 | 7 | 4% |
| Grace's Table | $130,000 | 5 | 13% |
| HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Davenport University | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leesburg Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Girls on the Run International Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Barber Foundation 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Barber Foundation
- How much does Barber Foundation give?
- Barber Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Barber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (83%), Health (6%), Education (4%).
- Who are Barber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alpha Grand Rapids ($417k), Grace's Table ($130k), HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc ($115k).
- Does Barber Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barber 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 Barber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Barber Foundation based?
- Barber Foundation is based in MI.
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