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Capital Region Community Foundation

The mission of the CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to lead philanthropic solutions that build vibrant communities in ingham, eaton and clinton counties.

$6.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
204
Itemized grants FY2025
95
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$5.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$8,812
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,012,889
Organizations funded a year
72 to 96
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$191M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Capital Region Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $607k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving122$5.2M25%
FY202495$4.5M19%
FY202389$4.3M13%
FY202285$3.9M16%
FY202196$4.2M34%
FY202083$3.6M27%
FY201979$3.8M27%
FY201872$3.2M31%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$9.0MEducation$3.3MPhilanthropy$3.1MHuman Services$3.0MReligion$2.1MHealth$1.8MArts & Culture$1.8MYouth Development$1.5MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CO
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NM
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HI
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Michigan Nonprofit Association$9,157,161939%
Lansing Rotary Foundation$1,429,947997%
St Thomas Aquinas and St John Student Center$1,254,4729n/a
Michigan State Bar Foundation$971,12293%
Capital Area United Way Inc$759,54955%
United Way of South Central Michigan$641,95042%
Michigan State University$609,8879n/a
Greater Lansing Food Bank$518,73391%
Arts Council of Greater Lansing$500,081913%
Ele's Place Inc$428,02093%
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All grantees of Capital Region Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Michigan Nonprofit Association$9,157,161939%
Lansing Rotary Foundation$1,429,947997%
St Thomas Aquinas and St John Student Center$1,254,4729n/a
Michigan State Bar Foundation$971,12293%
Capital Area United Way Inc$759,54955%
United Way of South Central Michigan$641,95042%
Michigan State University$609,8879n/a
Greater Lansing Food Bank$518,73391%
Arts Council of Greater Lansing$500,081913%
Ele's Place Inc$428,02093%
Capital Area Housing Partnership$415,00053%
Burcham Hills Foundation$412,492991%
Helping Hands of Eaton County Inc$411,227759%
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation$395,39312%
Child and Family Charities$385,08482%
Ingham County Humane Society$375,99692%
Lansing Public Schools$365,8498n/a
Catholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties$364,45172%
St Joseph Parish Howell$360,5567n/a
St Davids Episcopal Church$346,1559n/a
Casa for Kids Inc$342,585824%
Boys and Girls Club of Lansing$341,12193%
Lansing Symphony Association$339,28595%
East Lansing Educational Foundation$337,296953%
Leap Foundation Inc$315,000923%
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region Inc$288,21569%
Hospice of Lansing$279,55091%
Todd Martin Development Fund$261,076911%
Eaton Community Health$255,921442%
Allen Neighborhood Center$254,71476%
St Vincent Catholic Charities$240,18071%
Impression 5 Science Center$233,21055%
Refugee Development Center$231,22866%
Sparrow Foundation$227,99154%
Highfields Inc$224,15461%
Potter Park Zoological Society$223,35873%
The House of Promise$215,32727%
Holy Cross Services Inc$210,75060%
Fenner Conservancy$206,537316%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$204,80120%
Small Talk Children's Advocacy Center$198,50049%
Lansing Promise$190,135317%
Dewitt Public Schools Foundation$186,2087n/a
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$182,46260%
All of the Above Hip Hop Academy$179,000519%
Communities in Schools of Michigan$175,00033%
St Johns Area Community Fund$171,301761%
Peckham Vocational Industries Inc Dba Peckham Inc$169,86380%
Camp Grayling Historical Society$169,7688n/a
City Rescue Mission of Lansing Mich$165,47771%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region Inc$162,109710%
Capital Area District Library$154,3783n/a
Lansing Public Schools Educational$153,770640%
Williamston Schools Foundation$147,272936%
Dispute Resolution Center of Central Michigan$139,36547%
University Rehabilitation Alliance Inc$138,31141%
Michigan Recreation & Park Association Foundation$137,611940%
Reach Studio Art Center$135,235513%
Williamston Theatre$126,79554%
Sunny Crest Youth Ranch$125,00023%
Lansing Community College Foundation$124,53773%
Canines For Change Inc$123,660312%
Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center$120,38559%
Sparrow Eaton Hospital$115,96620%
First Congregational Church of Laingsburg$115,3699n/a
Nonprofit Network$115,35056%
Eastside Community Action Center$114,500418%
Council of Michigan Foundations$110,72690%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$110,61160%
Meridian Charter Township$109,4032n/a
Tri-County Office on Aging$108,7928n/a
Haven House$108,03654%
Sacred Heart Academy Foundation Inc$106,59153%
Ovid Elsie Area Schools$105,6897n/a
Crosswalk Teen Center$105,000253%
The Davies Project for Mid Michigan Children$100,000421%
EVE - End Violent Encounters$95,92063%
The Salvation Army$94,5135n/a
Loaves and Fishes Ministries$92,24557%
Building Twenty One$90,500371%
St Peters Episcopal Church$88,5537n/a
First Congregational Church of Vermontville$87,9658n/a
Real Life Church$85,0002n/a
The Art Center Inc$85,00054%
Crossroads Church of Lansing Inc$81,5001n/a
Friends of Beach Market Inc$79,8331n/a
Forster Woods Adult Day Services$79,77052%
Old Town Commercial Association$77,549142%
Housing Services of Mid Michigan$76,30023%
Mother Teresa House for the Care of the Terminally Ill$76,0001n/a
Active Living for All$75,66436%
CharlotteRising$75,5001n/a
The Peoples Church$75,0206n/a
Michigan Center for Construction Education & Research Trust Agreement$75,00015%
Capital Area Soccer League$75,000124%
Eaton Rapids Community Alliance Inc$75,0001n/a
Nottingham Nature Nook$74,060335%
St Stephen's Community Church Greer Community Learning Center$73,2944n/a
Larry M Trice Sr Community Outreach Services$70,0002n/a
St James Episcopal Church$69,2299n/a
Assistance League of Atlanta Ga Inc$68,85854%
Young Mens Christian Association of Lansing Michigan$67,39350%
Ingham County Parks Dept$67,0001n/a
Briggs District Library$65,0001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Atlanta (1361)$65,00040%
Casa the Voice for Clinton Countys Children$62,340135%
Particular Council of Lansing$60,65831%
Shared Pregnancy Womens Center$60,50054%
Educational Child Care Center$59,65541%
Salvation Army Social Services of Kent County$58,6424n/a
Asppire Inc$58,16319%
Lansing Area AIDS Network$55,80032%
Women's Center of Greater Lansing$55,79066%
Advent House Ministries Inc$55,00013%
Wildside Rehabilitation And Education Center$54,652345%
Ingham County Animal Shelter Fund$54,236417%
Morris Animal Foundation$53,23640%
City of St Johns$51,9101n/a
Central Michigan University$50,1455n/a
Bath Township Public Library$50,0001n/a
Christ Community Church$50,0001n/a
Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative$50,00016%
Manistee Area Public Schools$50,0004n/a
Clinton Area Ambulance Service Authority$50,0001n/a
Friends of the East Lansing Public Library Inc$50,0001n/a
Lansing Comm College$49,4474n/a
Itec - Lansing$45,25028%
Ourspace Foundation$45,0002n/a
Fledge Foundation$43,5602n/a
Saint Luke Lutheran Church$40,0001n/a
Ams Planning & Research Corp$40,0001n/a
Sunfield Historical Society$39,8842n/a
Disability Network Capital Area$39,13831%
Eaton Clothing & Furniture Center$39,000413%
Regents of the University of Michigan$37,7502n/a
Footprints of Michigan Inc$36,5002n/a
Wai-Iam Inc$36,00022%
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc$35,00021%
R E Olds Transportation Museum Association Inc$35,000116%
Capital Area Health Alliance$35,000111%
Faith Alive$34,779559%
Community Circle Players Inc$34,600211%
Volunteers of America Inc$34,0001n/a
The Global Institute of Lansing$33,000215%
Western Michigan University Foundation$33,00030%
Oceana Conservation District$30,8781n/a
Friends of East Olive Foeo$30,416237%
City of Lansing$30,0002n/a
Turning Point Lansing$30,0001n/a
Sj Call-In Coalition$30,0002n/a
Eaton Rapids Downtown Development Authority$30,0001n/a
Against All Odds$29,500213%
Downtown Lansing Partnership Inc$29,3151n/a
The Arc Shiawassee County Inc$29,000111%
Ingham Intermediate School District$27,9001n/a
Michigan Shiga Sister State Board$26,9354n/a
Happendance Inc$25,27022%
Kcs Angels Inc$25,000115%
Michigan State University$25,0001n/a
Lansing Area Safety Council$25,000126%
Harris Nature Center Foundation$25,0001n/a
Psi Iota XI Sorority$25,0001n/a
Ks Precious Care Learning Ctr$25,00014%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$24,58110%
Next Generation Family Services$24,500130%
Firecracker Foundation$24,500110%
Playmakers Fitness Foundation Inc$24,35017%
Wacousta Cooperative Preschool$24,10017%
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services$23,5132n/a
Catholic Diocese of Brownsville$22,8302n/a
St Johns Schools Foundation for Exc$22,2013n/a
Southside Community Kitchen$21,000217%
Foster Care Support Foundation Inc$20,87112%
Willow Tree Family Center$20,000126%
Desk Drawer Fund$20,00014%
Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art$20,00019%
Roc Solid Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Lansing Regional Development Foundation$20,0001n/a
Elsie Area Food Pantry$19,69417%
The South Side Community Coalition$19,50026%
Todd Martin Youth Leadership$17,8621n/a
Mason Community Services Inc$17,768111%
Everyaction Inc$17,0002n/a
Western Michigan University$17,0001n/a
St Gregory's Abbey$16,3344n/a
Weekend Survival Kits Inc$16,0001n/a
Okemos Community Church$16,0001n/a
St Peter Lutheran School$15,5001n/a
Clinton Area Care Center Inc$15,00010%
Michigan History Foundation Inc$15,00014%
Peckham Community Partnership Foundation$15,00010%
Streets 517 Ministries$15,00023%
Resthaven$15,00010%
Greater Lansing Adventist School$15,0001n/a
Fort Custer Historical Society Inc$13,4241n/a
Woldumar Nature Association$13,40012%
Siren Eaton Shelter$12,89821%
St Michael Parish Grand Ledge$12,0002n/a
Okemos Community Church$12,0001n/a
Lake County Sheriffs Charities Inc$12,00017%
Lansing Matinee Musicale$12,0001n/a
Portland Foundation for Public Education$11,9182n/a
Mid-Michigan Recovery Services Inc$11,00010%
Covered by Love$11,000161%
Williamston Area Beautification Fund$10,890164%
The Kiwanis Club of East Lansing Foundation$10,0001n/a
Lake Vista United Methodist Church$10,0001n/a
Capital Area Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Water of Life Community Church$10,0001n/a
Lansing Foodies LLC$10,0001n/a
The Kids Repair Program$10,0001n/a
Chadd Inc Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder$10,00010%
Happy Tails Pet Therapy Inc$10,000125%
Pregnancy Services of Greater Lansing$10,00014%
Maple Valley Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc$10,00010%
Lighthouse for Christ Church$10,0001n/a
Elder Law of Michigan$10,00011%
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Women at Risk International Inc$10,00011%
The Westminster Schools Inc$10,00010%
Judson Memorial Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
Michigan Energy Options$9,64010%
Peckham Inc$9,5301n/a
Caring and Sharing Family Life Services$9,21615%
Feeding America$8,00010%
I'Ll Be Your Rock$8,0001n/a
Child Evangelism Fellowship of North Carolina Inc$8,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,7501n/a
Greater Lansing Potters Guild$7,500117%
The Nest Lansing - Homeless Shelter$7,50012%
Twigs Inc$7,0001n/a
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$7,00010%
St Thomas Aquinas Parish East Lansing$6,6861n/a
Capital Area Literacy Coalition$6,67812%
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$6,5061n/a
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$6,39810%
Lansing Regional Sister Cities$6,0001n/a
City of Leslie$5,7871n/a
Grand Ledge Opera House Authority$5,38113%
St Martha Parish$5,0951n/a
Guardian Angels Suitcases4kids$5,0001n/a
There's Always Room Inc$5,0001n/a
Petals & Pinecones Inc$5,0001n/a
South Lansing Ministries$5,0001n/a
No Senior Without Christmas$5,000111%
Grand Ledge Emergency Assistance Program$5,00017%
Good Shepherds Love$5,0001n/a
Mid-Michigan Autism Association$5,0001n/a
His Healing Hands Urgent Care Center$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Capital Region Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 24 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 154 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMichigan Nonprofit Association: $9,157,161 over 9y, 39% of budgetLansing Rotary Foundation: $1,429,947 over 9y, 97% of budgetMichigan State Bar Foundation: $971,122 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetCapital Area United Way Inc: $759,549 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetUnited Way of South Central Michigan: $641,950 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetGreater Lansing Food Bank: $518,733 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetArts Council of Greater Lansing: $500,081 over 9y, 13% of budgetEle's Place Inc: $428,020 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetCapital Area Housing Partnership: $415,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetBurcham Hills Foundation: $412,492 over 9y, 91% of budgetHelping Hands of Eaton County Inc: $411,227 over 7y, 59% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Michigan Foundation: $395,393 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetChild and Family Charities: $385,084 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetIngham County Humane Society: $375,996 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties: $364,451 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCasa for Kids Inc: $342,585 over 8y, 24% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Lansing: $341,121 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetLansing Symphony Association: $339,285 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetEast Lansing Educational Foundation: $337,296 over 9y, 53% of budgetLeap Foundation Inc: $315,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Capital Region Inc: $288,215 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetHospice of Lansing: $279,550 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetTodd Martin Development Fund: $261,076 over 9y, 11% of budgetEaton Community Health: $255,921 over 4y, 42% of budgetAllen Neighborhood Center: $254,714 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetSt Vincent Catholic Charities: $240,180 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetImpression 5 Science Center: $233,210 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetRefugee Development Center: $231,228 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetSparrow Foundation: $227,991 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetHighfields Inc: $224,154 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPotter Park Zoological Society: $223,358 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetThe House of Promise: $215,327 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetHoly Cross Services Inc: $210,750 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFenner Conservancy: $206,537 over 3y, 16% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $204,801 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSmall Talk Children's Advocacy Center: $198,500 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetLansing Promise: $190,135 over 3y, 17% of budgetFriends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa: $182,462 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAll of the Above Hip Hop Academy: $179,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Michigan: $175,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetSt Johns Area Community Fund: $171,301 over 7y, 61% of budgetPeckham Vocational Industries Inc Dba Peckham Inc: $169,863 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCity Rescue Mission of Lansing Mich: $165,477 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region Inc: $162,109 over 7y, 10% of budgetLansing Public Schools Educational: $153,770 over 6y, 40% of budgetWilliamston Schools Foundation: $147,272 over 9y, 36% of budgetDispute Resolution Center of Central Michigan: $139,365 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetUniversity Rehabilitation Alliance Inc: $138,311 over 4y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 154.

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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.

Lansing Economic Area PartnershipMI75.1× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lansing Economic Area Partnership · Re Olds Foundation · Lansing Rotary Foundation · Joe D Pentecost Foundation · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · Desk Drawer Fund · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Jackson Charitable Foundation Inc · Arts Council of Greater Lansing · Cinnaire Corporation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Capital Region Community Foundation

How much does Capital Region Community Foundation give?
Capital Region Community Foundation reported 204 itemized grants totaling $5,792,716, out of $6,745,482 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 72 and 96 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Capital Region Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (29%), Education (10%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are Capital Region Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan Nonprofit Association ($9.2M), Lansing Rotary Foundation ($1.4M), St Thomas Aquinas and St John Student Center ($1.3M).
Does Capital Region Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Capital Region Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lansing Economic Area Partnership, Re Olds Foundation, Lansing Rotary Foundation.
Where is Capital Region Community Foundation based?
Capital Region Community Foundation is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 258 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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