Michigan · Private foundation
Dr Joe 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.
- $193k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Dr Joe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | $193k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $205k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $199k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $209k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $200k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $186k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $200k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $200k | 46% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walk Tall Foundation for Kids Inc | $242,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Community Healing Centers | $136,500 | 9 | 0% |
| First Day Shoe Fund | $122,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Wexford Foundation | $110,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Ministry With Community Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center | $75,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Family & Children Services Inc | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chubby Goat Acres | $48,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Sw Michigan | $47,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Aacorn Farm Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walk Tall Foundation for Kids Inc | $242,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Community Healing Centers | $136,500 | 9 | 0% |
| First Day Shoe Fund | $122,000 | 9 | 9% |
| Wexford Foundation | $110,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Ministry With Community Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center | $75,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Family & Children Services Inc | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chubby Goat Acres | $48,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Sw Michigan | $47,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Aacorn Farm Inc | $46,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Kalamazoo Gospel Mission | $44,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Kalamazoo County Ready 4s | $40,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Mattawan Public Education Foundation | $35,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Catholic Family Services | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Hospice | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 4 Paws for Ability Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sparrow & Nest Designs | $11,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Luc's Light Youth Music & Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pockets Full of Sunshine | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Helen L Fox Gospel Music Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith & Gratitude Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heros | $3,750 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($377k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dr Joe 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: United Way of South Central Michigan · Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Burton & Elizabeth Upjohn Charitable Trust · Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation · Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc
How this is measured
About Dr Joe Foundation
- How much does Dr Joe Foundation give?
- Dr Joe Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $193,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dr Joe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Human Services (22%), Public Benefit (15%).
- Who are Dr Joe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Walk Tall Foundation for Kids Inc ($243k), Community Healing Centers ($137k), First Day Shoe Fund ($122k).
- Does Dr Joe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dr Joe 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 Dr Joe Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of South Central Michigan, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation.
- Where is Dr Joe Foundation based?
- Dr Joe Foundation is based in MI.
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