Michigan · Private foundation
Crain Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $70k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Crain Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $70k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $66k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $77k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $67k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $66k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $60,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Greenwich Country Day School Inc | $48,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saddle Up | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Basblue Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pathways Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Faithfully Restored | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Angel Heart Farm Inc | $7,050 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $60,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Greenwich Country Day School Inc | $48,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saddle Up | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Basblue Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pathways Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Faithfully Restored | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Angel Heart Farm Inc | $7,050 | 3 | 3% |
| Detroit Country Day School | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harpeth Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brightstone Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship Bible Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodmont Christian Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rainforest Trust | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rochelle Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maples Basketball Boosters Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Crain Family 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Pam Lewis Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Servant Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Crain Family Foundation
- How much does Crain Family Foundation give?
- Crain Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $70,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Crain Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (18%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are Crain Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Michigan ($60k), Greenwich Country Day School Inc ($48k), Carehouse of Oakland County Inc ($25k).
- Does Crain Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Crain Family 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 Crain Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation, The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation.
- Where is Crain Family Foundation based?
- Crain Family Foundation is based in MI.
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