Michigan · Public charity
Drive for Life
DRIVE FOR LIFE foundation is organized for the purpose of receiving contributions in order to raise funds to support charitable organizations in the southwest michigan region.
- $973k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $909k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $463,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $846k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Drive for Life funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k 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 | 11 | $874k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $750k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $329k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $336k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $345k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $2,186,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Southwest Michigan First Corp | $607,000 | 6 | 2% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $343,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Journey 21 Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Western Michigan University | $99,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center | $86,700 | 6 | 3% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MRC Industries Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Michigan University Foundation | $45,320 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($142k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Drive for Life supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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.
Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Havirmill Foundation · Enna Foundation · Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Drive for Life
- How much does Drive for Life give?
- Drive for Life reported 13 itemized grants totaling $908,500, out of $973,491 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Drive for Life fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (53%), Health (17%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Drive for Life's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Michigan State University ($2.2M), Southwest Michigan First Corp ($607k), American Cancer Society Inc ($343k).
- Does Drive for Life fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Drive for Life?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Tyler-Little Family Foundation, Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation.
- Where is Drive for Life based?
- Drive for Life is based in MI.
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