Michigan · Private foundation
Brown Tassell Foundation
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.
- $251k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Brown Tassell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 35 | $251k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $232k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $220k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $203k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $197k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $188k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $162k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $150k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Foundation | $295,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $225,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Fans of Valley Field | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mel Trotter Ministries | $44,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Western Michigan | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Unknown Nations | $33,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Valley University Foundation | $33,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society of West Michigan | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($626k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brown Tassell 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 · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Weller Family Foundation · The Korff Foundation · Ufp Industries Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Edp Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brown Tassell Foundation
- How much does Brown Tassell Foundation give?
- Brown Tassell Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $251,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brown Tassell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (56%), Human Services (11%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are Brown Tassell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Saint Mary's Foundation ($295k), Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan ($225k), Fans of Valley Field ($50k).
- Does Brown Tassell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brown Tassell 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 Brown Tassell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation, Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brown Tassell Foundation based?
- Brown Tassell Foundation is based in MI.
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