Michigan · Private foundation
Canaan Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $12k
- Granted FY2021
- 5
- Grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 20% of the organizations Canaan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $12k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $3k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Hope Assembly of God | $2,094 | 2 | n/a |
| Traverse Life Center | $1,414 | 3 | 1% |
| Mission Eurasia | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Biglife International Inc | $504 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Canaan Foundation
- How much does Canaan Foundation give?
- Canaan Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $12,004 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Canaan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (90%), Human Services (9%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are Canaan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: Living Hope Assembly of God ($2k), Traverse Life Center ($1k), Mission Eurasia ($600).
- Does Canaan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Canaan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Canaan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Canaan Foundation Trust.
- Where is Canaan Foundation based?
- Canaan Foundation is based in MI.
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