Michigan · Private foundation
Create a Beginning 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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $407k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Create a Beginning Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 10 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $39k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $15k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $13k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $7k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $8k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $6k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $12,760 | 8 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids on Point Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends In Deed | $4,066 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Lansing | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Every Woman's Place Inc | $2,276 | 1 | 0% |
| Fulfillment Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $12,760 | 8 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kids on Point Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends In Deed | $4,066 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Lansing | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Every Woman's Place Inc | $2,276 | 1 | 0% |
| Fulfillment Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $1,625 | 2 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Konnection | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michigan Women's Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gigis Playhouse Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| A Girl Like Me Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Create a Beginning 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: Comerica Charitable Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Create a Beginning Foundation
- How much does Create a Beginning Foundation give?
- Create a Beginning Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $23,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Create a Beginning Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (23%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Create a Beginning Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation ($20k), Cranbrook Educational Community ($13k), Team Rubicon Inc ($7k).
- Does Create a Beginning Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Create a Beginning 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 Create a Beginning Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Comerica Charitable Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is Create a Beginning Foundation based?
- Create a Beginning Foundation is based in MI.
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