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Community Foundation of Monroe County
We strive to successfully fulfill our mission by committing to the following values: stewardship, local impact, community partnership, inclusion, and legacy.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $649k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,715
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $508,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 57% of the organizations Community Foundation of Monroe County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $649k | 62% |
| FY2025 | 14 | $1.3M | 57% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $220k | 76% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $32k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $479k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $311k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| E4e Relief LLC | $191,672 | 1 | 0% |
| Moving Milan Forward | $69,950 | 3 | 59% |
| Call for Backup | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| River Raisin Centre for the Arts Inc | $33,430 | 3 | 2% |
| Aid in Milan | $30,648 | 3 | 3% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Monroe Michigan | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Sheep Ministries | $24,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Milan Area Historical Society | $22,238 | 1 | n/a |
| Milan Area Schools PTO | $20,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Monroe Public Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| E4e Relief LLC | $191,672 | 1 | 0% |
| Moving Milan Forward | $69,950 | 3 | 59% |
| Call for Backup | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| River Raisin Centre for the Arts Inc | $33,430 | 3 | 2% |
| Aid in Milan | $30,648 | 3 | 3% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Monroe Michigan | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Sheep Ministries | $24,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Milan Area Historical Society | $22,238 | 1 | n/a |
| Milan Area Schools PTO | $20,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Monroe Public Schools | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bedford Community Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 73% |
| Milan Seniors for Healthy Living | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Washtenaw Area Council for Children | $12,750 | 2 | 3% |
| City of Monroe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation at Monroe County Community College | $8,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Monroe County Opportunity Program | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monroe County Senior Legal Services | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Foundation of Monroe County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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.
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How this is measured
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About Community Foundation of Monroe County
- How much does Community Foundation of Monroe County give?
- Community Foundation of Monroe County reported 13 itemized grants totaling $649,473, out of $1,541,935 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Community Foundation of Monroe County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Public Benefit (44%), Health (9%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
- Who are Community Foundation of Monroe County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: E4e Relief LLC ($192k), Moving Milan Forward ($70k), Call for Backup ($35k).
- Does Community Foundation of Monroe County fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Monroe County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Community Foundation of Monroe County based?
- Community Foundation of Monroe County is based in MI.
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