Michigan · Private foundation
Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $110k
- Granted FY2023
- 15
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Grand Rapids Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $110k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $127k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $99k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $111k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $97k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $92k | 52% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $98k | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opera Grand Rapids | $86,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Baxter Community Center | $80,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Plymouth Healing Communities | $70,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Steepletown Neighborhood Services Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Pisgah Legal Services | $56,000 | 7 | 0% |
| North Carolina Employee Ownership Center | $40,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Grand Rapids Creative Youth Center | $30,000 | 2 | 22% |
| The Mockingbird Society | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Bowers Zambia Education Fund | $15,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Youthcare | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · The Wege Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Medina Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Krw Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · The J E Fehsenfeld Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation
- How much does Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation give?
- Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $110,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Crime & Legal (5%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Opera Grand Rapids ($87k), Baxter Community Center ($80k), Plymouth Healing Communities ($70k).
- Does Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
- Where is Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation based?
- Frank B and Virginia V Fehsenfeld Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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