· Private foundation
First Federal of Northern Michigan Legacy Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k17 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $85,366 |
| THUNDER BAY THEATRE | $35,000 |
| ALPENA YOUTH CENTER | $20,000 |
| THE SUNSET PROJECT | $10,000 |
| THUNDER BAY RIVER CENTER | $10,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALPENA | $10,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF NE MICHIGAN | $5,830 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| THUNDER BAY BROWN TROUT | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,315 |
| ROGERS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT | $4,000 |
| HEADWATERS LAND CONSERVANCY | $3,500 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NE MI | $2,822 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHEAST MI | $2,000 |
| CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF ALPENA FD | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2023, 29 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALPENA3× · 2019–2023 · $87k · revenue +98%
- TBTHUNDER BAY ARTS COUNCIL5× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +40%
- FTFRIENDS TOGETHER4× · 2019–2022 · $12k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- BMBESSER MUSEUM FOR NORTHEAST MICHIGAN INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +150%
- MMIDMICHIGANone grant, 2021 · $25k
- UWUNITED WAY FOR NE MIone grant, 2020 · $6k
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.
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.
To protect scenic and natural lands in northern Michigan.
To educate the public on the history of Manistee County
Fresh coast film festival is a film festival organization celebrating the outdoor lifestyle, water-rich environment and resilient spirit of the great lakes and upper midwest. the festival will gather the best in environmental and cultural…
Preservation and restoration of the upper black river area in northeast lower michigan.
The dark sky coast association is a non-profit organization supporting the development, protection and sustainability of michigans dark sky coast in northern emmet county.
Maintain historical museum
To promote the arts to educate, entertain, and enlighten in northern WI.
Maintain & improve pere marquette michigan area snowmobile trails.
The Mission of the Boyne Arts Center is to inspire, serve and strengthen community through the Arts.
Promote the cultural arts on beaver island, michigan
To preserve the history of bay county and develop facilities and programs for the enrichment and enjoyment for our community.
Increase awareness of the fine arts through films
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 123 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALPENA ↗
- Who funds THUNDER BAY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds BESSER MUSEUM FOR NORTHEAST MICHIGAN INC ↗
- Who funds ALPENA YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THUNDER BAY ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS TOGETHER ↗
- Who funds THUNDER BAY RIVER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds THE SUNSET PROJECT ↗
- Who funds HEADWATERS LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN BROWN TROUT FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗
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: Besser Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization First Federal of Northern Michigan Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Federal of Northern Michigan Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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