Michigan · Private foundation
Bryan 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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $251k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Bryan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 12 | $18k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $16k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $13k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $17k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $10k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $12k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $18k | 52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Healing Center | $12,625 | 7 | 0% |
| Downers Grove Community Church | $6,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Oasis for the Visually Impaired Nfp | $3,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Boyne Area Community Christmas | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $2,425 | 5 | n/a |
| Aquinas College | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $2,075 | 5 | 0% |
| Friendship Centers of Emmet County Inc | $1,875 | 5 | 0% |
| CASA of Kent County Inc | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $1,650 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Healing Center | $12,625 | 7 | 0% |
| Downers Grove Community Church | $6,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Oasis for the Visually Impaired Nfp | $3,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Boyne Area Community Christmas | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $2,425 | 5 | n/a |
| Aquinas College | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $2,075 | 5 | 0% |
| Friendship Centers of Emmet County Inc | $1,875 | 5 | 0% |
| CASA of Kent County Inc | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $1,650 | 3 | n/a |
| The Power of Education Foundation | $1,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Walloon Lake Community Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Christian Counseling Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Neighbors Food Pantry of Boyne | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Georges Center Inc dba St George Table | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Degage Ministries | $875 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Down in the Southland Nfp | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Olivia's Gift Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House Michigan | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Daggett | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Futures | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bryan 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: Frey Foundation · Spartannash Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Triford Foundation · Charlevoix County Community Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · WK Kellogg Foundation
How this is measured
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About Bryan Foundation
- How much does Bryan Foundation give?
- Bryan Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bryan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (20%), Religion (19%), Education (16%).
- Who are Bryan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Healing Center ($13k), Downers Grove Community Church ($7k), Oasis for the Visually Impaired Nfp ($4k).
- Does Bryan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bryan 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 Bryan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frey Foundation, Spartannash Foundation, The Wege Foundation.
- Where is Bryan Foundation based?
- Bryan Foundation is based in MI.
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