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Fabiano 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.

$479k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$192k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$704kEducation$423kHealth$418kReligion$399kPhilanthropy$96kArts & Culture$68kFood & Nutrition$20kAnimals$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $447k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SACRED HEART FOUNDATION$191,530
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY$105,000
MAYO CLINIC$100,000
NOTRE DAME$50,000
HUMANE ANIMAL TREATMENT SOCIETY$10,000
INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HH DOW HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
SHAGALA$1,000
ST MICHAEL HIGH SCHOOL$1,000
UNITED WAY OF ISABELLA CO GREATER CENTRAL MICH$1,000
ST BRIGID CATHOLIC SCHOOL$1,000
WILLIAM & JANET STRICKLER NON-PROFIT CENTER$1,000
NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION$1,000
HARBOR HALL FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WILLIAM & JANET STRICKLER NONPROFIT CENTER: $1k → 19%WILLIAM & JANET STRICKLER NON-PROFIT CENTER: $1k → 19%WILLIAM & JANET STRICKLER NONPROFIT CENTER: $1k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 31 repeat orgs$218k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +95% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
32

Total granted

$2.7M
$216k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+95%
+8%

Still filing today

32%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Indiana University Foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • HA
    HUMANE ANIMAL TREATMENT SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $16k · revenue +26%
  • LT
    Little Traverse Conservancy Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $11k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • CM
    CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL)
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • GL
    Great Lakes Center for the Artsgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +85%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Michigan Tech Fund

Receives, invests, and disburse contributions raised to support Michigan Technological University.

Education
2
Michigan Health Leadership Fund

To advance the well-being of michigan residents through the promotion of sound public policies and responsible legislation. the purpose of these activities is to promote policies that strengthen the michigan health care system.

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3
Michigan Animal Health Foundation

To provide financial assistance to individuals and institutions for educational and scientific purposes in order to advance science to benefit the health and welfare of animals.

Animals
4
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
5
Michigan State Medical Society Foundation

To advance the field of health for the public good.

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6
Mackinac Island Community Foundation

The mackinac island community foundation promotes the general well-being of island residents and visitors, by working in community partnerships to generate endowed and un-endowed funds and stimulate community-wide initiatives.

Philanthropy
7
Lake Michigan College Foundation

The mission of the lake michigan college foundation is to raise funds in support of lake michigan college and its students. the lake michigan college foundation is the main fund-raising organization of lake michigan college for the…

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8
Michigan Pharmacy Foundation

To advance pharmacy through education, practice innovation and research focused on patient care, for the improvement and promotion of public health and public education.

Philanthropy
9
Mackinac Center Charitable Foundation

To receive and administer funds exclusively for the benefit of and further any and all charitable, scientific, and educational activities in which the Mackinac Center, a Michigan nonprofit corporation (DBA Mackinac Center for Public…

Community Improvement
10
Michigan Credit Union Foundation

Cooperatively empowering credit unions to increase financial well-being by supporting community enrichment, financial education, and credit union development initiatives

Public Benefit
11
The Macomb Foundation

To promote the advancement of business and community in macomb county, michigan.

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12
Montcalm Community College Foundation

To support montcalm community college's efforts to anticipate and address community needs through relationship cultivation and resource stewardship.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Temple Theatre Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 69 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NOTRE DAME: $744,000 · OtherNOTRE DAMESACRED HEART FOUNDATION: $553,799 · OtherSACRED HEART FOUNDATIONCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $484,000 · OtherCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYMAYO CLINIC: $379,737 · OtherMAYO CLINICIndividual grant recipient: $150,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $140,000 · Other+43 more: $346,700 · Other+43 moreMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,115 · PhilanthropyPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMt Pleasant Area Community Fnd: $2,200 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMount Pleasant Discovery Museum: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK: $3,000 · Arts & CultureIndiana University Foundation: $25,000 · EducationNORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationNorthwood University: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationMAYO CLINIC: $13,174 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthMYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBay Bluffs Foundation: $1,000 · HealthHUMANE ANIMAL TREATMENT SOCIETY INC: $15,500 · AnimalsLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $9,000 · AnimalsLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $11,000 · EnvironmentCHIPPEWA WATERSHED CONSERVANCY INC: $500 · Environment
Other$2,798,736Philanthropy$59,815Arts & Culture$38,000Education$36,000Health$29,174Animals$24,500Environment$11,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL TREATMENT SOCIETY INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTEMPLE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $13,174 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HALL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetST MICHAEL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMount Pleasant Discovery Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,115 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWILLIAM AND JANET STRICKLER NONPROFIT CENTER: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWALLOON LAKE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNorthwood University: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMt Pleasant Area Community Fnd: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOSTANTINO DEL SIGNORE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChar-Em United Way Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISABELLA COUNTY RESTORATION HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRAWFORD AUSABLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHIPPEWA WATERSHED CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMID MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 MIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Great Lakes Center for the Arts ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL TREATMENT SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds TEMPLE THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST MICHAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MYMICHIGAN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum ↗
  • Who funds MCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Petoskey-Harbor Sprin…Frey FoundationCommunity Foundation …Mt Pleasant Area Comm…Consumers Energy Foun…Charles Stewart Mott …Mps FoundationThe Morey FoundationWilliam T & Ann D McC…Triford FoundationBierlein Companies Fo…The Offield Family Fo…
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community FoundationMI26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd · Consumers Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Mps Foundation · The Morey Foundation · William T & Ann D McCormick Educational and Charitable Foundation · Triford Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · The Offield Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fabiano Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fabiano Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 69 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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