Michigan · Private foundation
Fca 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.
- $18M
- Granted FY2020
- 66
- Grants FY2020
- 63
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Fca Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Boone County Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Fca Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 52 organizations, $18M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $12,366,781
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 90
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 13
- Total assets, FY2020
- $368k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 24% of the organizations Fca Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $683k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 63 | $18M | 24% |
| FY2019 | 90 | $17M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 67 | $4.5M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 47 | $4.2M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| First in Michigan | $1,190,000 | 4 | 13% |
| M-1 Rail | $1,000,000 | 2 | 9% |
| City Year Inc | $950,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $720,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $700,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $700,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc | $700,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America | $650,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of Teach for Italy | $540,000 | 3 | 96% |
Show all 104 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($57M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fca Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 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: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Ford Philanthropy · The Kresge Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · The Carls Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fca Foundation
- How much does Fca Foundation give?
- Fca Foundation reported 66 grants totaling $18,265,843 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 90 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Fca Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (66%), Philanthropy (10%), Education (7%).
- Who are Fca Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: First in Michigan ($1.2M), M-1 Rail ($1.0M), City Year Inc ($950k).
- Does Fca Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fca 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 Fca Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include DTE Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
- Where is Fca Foundation based?
- Fca Foundation is based in MI.
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