· Private foundation
Delta Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k10 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $362k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Midland Community Foundation | $45,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
| Illinois College | $27,000 |
| Michigan Health Foundation | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $23,335 |
| Sandcastles Childrens Museum | $23,333 |
| Individual grant recipient | $23,333 |
| West Shore Community College | $23,333 |
| Big Sable Lighthouse Keepers Assoc | $23,333 |
| Ludingotn Area Center for the Arts | $23,333 |
| First Presbyterian Church | $20,000 |
| Epworth Church | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Epworth Church | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–26, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASandcastles A Lake Michigan Childrens Museum6× · 2021–2026 · $120k · revenue +49%
- JMJacksonville Main Street6× · 2021–2026 · $42k · revenue +47%
- PUPrairieland United Way Inc6× · 2021–2026 · $6k · revenue +9%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2026 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…
Support library activities through materials and services
Safeguard southern michigan's land and water to support diverse, resilient, and thriving communities - forever
The milwaukee county historical society was founded in 1935 to collect, preserve, and make available materials relating to the history of the milwaukee community.
Lake Michigan is one of Wisconsin's greatest assets, and its water is critical to the state's future. The Fund for Lake Michigan is here to help sustain the Lake on behalf of the people and places that depend on it. Our goal is to have a…
Receive and Administer funds for the public welfare of the people of Huron County, Michigan
To provide human milk to improve infant health and save lives.
Preservation and promotion of community history.
Promotion of conventions & tourism in saginaw county
To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.
To enhance community vitality by inspiring community giving and strengthening nonprofits
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ILLINOIS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Sandcastles A Lake Michigan Childrens Museum ↗
- Who funds MYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Jacksonville Main Street ↗
- Who funds MORGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FARMERS STATE BANK AND TRUST DEPT ↗
- Who funds LAKESHORE FOOD CLUB ↗
- Who funds Saginaw Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds Prairieland United Way Inc ↗
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: Bound To Stay Bound Books Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Delta Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delta Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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