Michigan · Private foundation
Called to Serve
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $12k
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 64
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Called to Serve funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $12k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $13k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $17k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $15k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 62 | $15k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 57 | $12k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 64 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $5,207 | 7 | 0% |
| The Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance | $3,350 | 6 | 0% |
| St Patrick Senior Center Inc | $2,950 | 7 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $2,350 | 6 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $1,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Freedom House Detroit | $1,400 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $1,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Clean Water Action | $1,295 | 6 | 0% |
| East Side Soup Kitchen | $1,100 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Called to Serve 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: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · McGregor Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Called to Serve
- How much does Called to Serve give?
- Called to Serve reported 9 grants totaling $12,037 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 64 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Called to Serve fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (24%), Human Services (12%), Health (12%).
- Who are Called to Serve's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($8k), Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan ($5k), The Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance ($3k).
- Does Called to Serve fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Called to Serve 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 Called to Serve?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Kresge Foundation.
- Where is Called to Serve based?
- Called to Serve is based in MI.
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