Michigan · Community foundation
Canton Community Foundation Inc
Helping people achieve their philanthropic goals that reflect the values and interests that enhance their community.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 112
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 115
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,450
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,020
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 115
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Canton Community Foundation Inc 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; $344k 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 | 109 | $1.2M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 115 | $1.4M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 92 | $1.1M | 86% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $186k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $290k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $138k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $112k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $70k | 29% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $297,895 | 9 | n/a |
| Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | $238,984 | 8 | n/a |
| First Step The Western Wayne County Project Domestic Assault | $135,366 | 9 | 1% |
| Charter Township of Canton Mi | $128,909 | 6 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $71,850 | 7 | n/a |
| Girls Matter | $68,058 | 3 | 6% |
| Camp Casey Corporation | $67,743 | 3 | 5% |
| Oakland University | $67,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $66,214 | 4 | n/a |
| New Hope Center for Grief Support Inc | $63,987 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 164 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Canton Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 113 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Eagles for Children · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Detroit Industrial School
How this is measured
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About Canton Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Canton Community Foundation Inc give?
- Canton Community Foundation Inc reported 112 itemized grants totaling $1,234,019, out of $2,101,690 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 115 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Canton Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Human Services (22%), Health (16%).
- Who are Canton Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($298k), Plymouth-Canton Community Schools ($239k), First Step The Western Wayne County Project Domestic Assault ($135k).
- Does Canton Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Canton Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eagles for Children, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation.
- Where is Canton Community Foundation Inc based?
- Canton Community Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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