Michigan · Private foundation
Charles W Loosemore 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Charles W Loosemore Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k 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 | 17 | $275k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $390k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $250k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $260k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $230k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | $800,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caridad Center Inc | $22,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Public Theatre | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alice James Poetry Cooperative | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Eat Better Live Better Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Corner Shower and LaundryInc | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | $800,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $170,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caridad Center Inc | $22,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Detroit Public Theatre | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alice James Poetry Cooperative | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Eat Better Live Better Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Corner Shower and LaundryInc | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Oasis Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vista Maria | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles W Loosemore 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.
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How this is measured
About Charles W Loosemore Foundation
- How much does Charles W Loosemore Foundation give?
- Charles W Loosemore Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Charles W Loosemore Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Arts & Culture (25%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are Charles W Loosemore Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Grand Valley State University ($800k), Artis-Naples Inc ($170k), Feeding America West Michigan ($170k).
- Does Charles W Loosemore Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles W Loosemore 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 Charles W Loosemore Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Charles W Loosemore Foundation based?
- Charles W Loosemore Foundation is based in MI.
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