Michigan · Private foundation
Fenton Family 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.
- $222k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $950k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Fenton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 16 | $222k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $68k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $60k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $48k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $25k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $38k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | $329,775 | 7 | 2% |
| The Christ Child Society of Detroit | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Michigan Stage | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Brain Tumor Association | $4,545 | 5 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $4,419 | 5 | 0% |
| Revs Institute Inc | $1,572 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Michigan Women's Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joan Rose Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fenton Family 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: Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fenton Family Foundation
- How much does Fenton Family Foundation give?
- Fenton Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $222,121 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Fenton Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (49%), Human Services (25%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Fenton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Michigan Animal Rescue League ($330k), The Christ Child Society of Detroit ($65k), Michigan Stage ($6k).
- Does Fenton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fenton Family 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 Fenton Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
- Where is Fenton Family Foundation based?
- Fenton Family Foundation is based in MI.
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