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Frey Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
195
Grants FY2024
146
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
136 to 169
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$162M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Frey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving153$4.6M30%
FY2023146$4.8M23%
FY2022153$5.1M26%
FY2021136$5.2M27%
FY2020169$4.2M33%
FY2019169$5.2M33%
FY2018168$5.1M43%
FY2017151$3.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$9.2MPhilanthropy$4.9MArts & Culture$4.1MEnvironment$4.0MHousing & Shelter$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.2MHealth$2.6MRecreation & Sports$2.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grand Valley State University$1,592,0137n/a
Grand Rapids Whitewater Inc$1,523,66768%
Grand Action Foundation 20$1,280,000318%
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens$1,002,00042%
Michigan State University$1,000,0001n/a
K-Connect$955,000633%
Grand Rapids Community College Foundation$800,50044%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$736,00082%
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc$710,00043%
Iccf Community Homes$701,05054%
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All grantees of Frey Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grand Valley State University$1,592,0137n/a
Grand Rapids Whitewater Inc$1,523,66768%
Grand Action Foundation 20$1,280,000318%
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens$1,002,00042%
Michigan State University$1,000,0001n/a
K-Connect$955,000633%
Grand Rapids Community College Foundation$800,50044%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$736,00082%
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc$710,00043%
Iccf Community Homes$701,05054%
Artprize Grand Rapids$668,00049%
Conservation Resource Alliance$640,000513%
Northwest Mi Habitat for Humanity$615,000510%
North Central Michigan College Foundation$528,50078%
Aquinas College$501,55021%
First Steps Kent$490,00055%
John Ball Zoo$477,85062%
Kids' Food Basket Inc$456,50065%
Grand Rapids Art Museum$441,60063%
Odc Network$440,00043%
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$430,50072%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)$416,47581%
Northwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership$415,000433%
Blandford Nature Center$404,370714%
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc$401,00067%
Ecliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy$400,000310%
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy$400,00022%
Ottawa County Parks Foundation Inc$390,000423%
Degage Ministries$380,00034%
Da Blodgett - St John's$350,00012%
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc$315,000413%
Davenport University$315,00010%
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital$312,50050%
Pine Rest Foundation$310,00012%
Family Promise of Grand Rapids$308,50053%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$302,5008n/a
Feeding America West Michigan$265,25030%
Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation$252,60320%
Munson Healthcare Foundations$252,20022%
West Michigan Aviation Academy Foundation$251,500310%
Muskegon Museum of Art Foundation$250,00014%
Baxter Community Center$225,62558%
Rotary Charities of Traverse City$225,00033%
West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology$213,00034%
Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project$210,00017%
Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation$208,50045%
Dwelling Place of Grand Rapids Nonprofit$202,00032%
Kent School Services Network$200,00034%
Fair Food Network Inc$200,00041%
Amplify Gr$196,50023%
Downtown Grand Rapids Inc$195,0002n/a
Start Garden Inc$190,00043%
West Michigan Trails & Greenways Coalition$180,000353%
Boys and Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore$176,00023%
STEM Greenhouse Inc$172,500410%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$160,00062%
Mel Trotter Ministries$155,25021%
Women's Resource Center$150,30044%
The Education Trust Inc$150,00020%
Crooked Tree Arts Council Inc$150,00035%
Madison Square Christian Reformed Church$150,0001n/a
Michigan Future Inc$150,000326%
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society$150,00034%
Rockford Community Service Center$150,00016%
Harbor Hall Foundation$150,00016%
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative$150,00031%
Council of Michigan Foundations$140,00061%
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation$140,00039%
Trout Unlimited Inc$140,00040%
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan$139,5007n/a
Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan$139,50056%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$137,56480%
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society$135,20082%
Community Action House$125,00012%
Unc Law Foundation Inc$125,00051%
Mosaic Counseling$125,00026%
Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth Inc$123,10033%
Grand Rapids Urban League$121,00076%
The Diatribe Inc$120,00036%
Rende Progress Capital$115,00046%
East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation$114,00081%
Children's Assessment Center$111,50046%
The Michigan Women's Foundation$108,00052%
West Michigan Aviation Academy$107,5004n/a
The Arbor Circle Corporation$107,50060%
Truenorth Community Services$107,00020%
Grand Rapids Hq$103,000212%
Children's Healing Center$100,50023%
Womens Audio Mission$100,20084%
The Refugee Education Center$100,05133%
Grand Rapids Christian School Foundation$100,00014%
Disability Advocates of Kent County$100,00013%
West Michigan Sports Commission$100,00012%
Our Hope Association$100,00012%
Community Rebuilders$100,00011%
Leelanau Conservancy$100,00012%
University of North Carolina at Chapel H Arts & Sciences Foundation$100,00060%
Navy League of the United States$100,00016%
Rotary Club of Little Traverse Bay Sunset$91,0008n/a
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$90,00011%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$90,00030%
United Way of Northwest Michigan$85,00053%
Michigan League for Public Policy$80,00031%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$77,51880%
Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc$76,00081%
Preserve Hickory$75,000130%
Michigan Nonprofit Association$75,00011%
West Michigan Community Tennis Inc$75,00014%
Discovery Center Great Lakes$70,00017%
City of Grand Rapids$69,5004n/a
Greater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation$62,500319%
Char-Em United Way Inc$62,00036%
The Center for Michigan$60,22552%
The Village Learning Center$60,000115%
Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc$60,00033%
University of Hartford$58,70020%
Realism Is Loyalty$58,000113%
Home Repair Services of Kent County Inc$57,80022%
Grand Rapids Symphony Society$56,75050%
Artists Creating Together$56,00033%
Hand2hand$55,50031%
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians$55,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Children's Museum$52,55042%
Disart$51,50043%
Saint Mary's Foundation$50,70080%
Housing Kent Fka Housing Stability Alliance$50,00022%
United Way of Palm Beach County Inc$50,00050%
The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project$48,00041%
Vibrant Futures$47,00011%
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc$47,00062%
Festival of the Arts in Grand Rapid$46,15067%
Urban Core Collective$45,00015%
Celebration United Methodist Church Inc$44,2788n/a
Kent District Library$44,0004n/a
YWCA West Central Michigan$43,85261%
United Methodist Community House$43,00021%
School Board of Alachua County$41,7006n/a
Right Place Foundation$39,00041%
For Love of Water$38,00023%
Nia Centre$38,000418%
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book$36,75016%
Well House$36,50024%
River Network$36,00031%
Site Lab Inc$35,500452%
EARTH University Foundation Inc$35,00080%
City of Whitehall - Howmet Playhouse$34,0002n/a
Kalamazoo College$34,00080%
Upwardly Global$32,84580%
Chicago Community Foundation$32,0001n/a
Girls Growing II Women$31,000216%
Gerald R Ford Presidential Foundation$30,50050%
Lighthouse Immigrant Advocates$30,00012%
University of Oregon Foundation$30,00060%
Salvation Army$30,0002n/a
Camp Daggett$30,00071%
Grand Rapids Media Initiative and Film Incubator$30,00014%
Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc$29,00020%
Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center$28,40022%
Our Kitchen Table$28,00017%
Planned Parenthood of Michigan$27,85070%
National Wildlife Federation$27,00050%
City of Cadillac$25,5002n/a
The Florida Coalition for Preservation Inc$25,00054%
Ferris State University$25,0001n/a
American Rivers Inc$25,00020%
Parallel 45 Inc$25,00023%
Issue Media Group LLC$25,0002n/a
Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation$25,00021%
Camp Blodgett$23,50021%
Godfrey Lee Public Schools$23,0001n/a
University of Michigan$23,00044%
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council$22,50030%
Opera Grand Rapids$22,50050%
Conductive Learning Center of North America$22,00023%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$21,00030%
Ebony Road Players$20,350612%
Muskegon River Watershed Assembly$20,00023%
Bay Area Substance Education Services Inc$20,00041%
Cherry Street Services Inc$20,00010%
West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation$20,00013%
Cranbrook Educational Community$20,00010%
Health Net of West Michigan$20,00011%
Children's Center for the Visually Impai$20,00011%
Fashion Has Heart$20,0001n/a
Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc$20,00021%
Girls Choral Academy$20,00025%
New City Kids Inc$20,00010%
Pellston Public Schools$19,0004n/a
Specialized Language Development Center Inc$18,80031%
McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation$18,50080%
Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre$18,50062%
Drummond Island Medical Center Inc$18,50081%
Saint Marks Episcopal Church$17,5002n/a
Good Hart Artist Residency Inc$17,500211%
Friends of Grand Rapids Parks$16,05371%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$15,50060%
Montessori Society of Greater Grand Rapids$15,50030%
Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation$15,26020%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$15,05021%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$15,00060%
Treetops Collective$15,00011%
Marvelous Lifestyles Outreach$15,00017%
Boy Scouts of America 87 North Florida Council$15,00050%
New City Neighbors$15,00012%
Top of Michigan Mountain Bike Association$15,000115%
Great Lakes Center for the Arts$15,00011%
Harbor Soccer Inc$15,0003n/a
Beaver Island Community Center$15,00013%
Land Conservancy of West Michigan$14,50060%
Regents of the University of Michigan$14,5004n/a
Little Traverse Sailors$14,00079%
Local First Educational Foundation$14,00015%
Talentfirst Inc Fka Talent First Inc$13,90031%
The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia$13,25050%
Breakthrough Silicon Valley$11,75060%
United Way of North Carolina$11,00010%
Access of West Michigan$10,50011%
Walking Mountains$10,50060%
Oakdale Neighbors$10,37524%
Tri-Cities Alano Club$10,000118%
Calvin Theological Seminary$10,00010%
Michigan Tech Fund$10,00020%
St Stephen Catholic School$10,0001n/a
The Arts Marketplace at Studio Park$10,00012%
Lake Fellowship Ministries$10,000127%
The Village99$10,00012%
Kent Conservation District$10,0001n/a
Meaning in Colors$10,00014%
Young Money Finances$10,00014%
Paddle Antrim$10,0001n/a
The Young Americans Inc$10,0002n/a
Ready for School$10,00012%
Extended Grace$10,00011%
Hoap Inc$10,00018%
Fountain Street Church$10,0001n/a
Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Initiative Inc$9,50011%
First United Methodist Church of Gainesville$9,5004n/a
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc$9,50031%
Conserving Carolina$9,00060%
Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited Inc$8,75043%
West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation$8,50021%
The New School$8,50080%
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc$8,0003n/a
Sos Outreach$8,00050%
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Inc$8,00070%
Literacy Center of West Michigan$7,50020%
Migrant Legal Aid Inc$7,50011%
Crossnore Communities for Children$7,50060%
Episcopal High School$7,0002n/a
East Grand Rapids Community Foundation$7,00024%
International Rescue Committee INC$7,00030%
Roundup River Ranch$7,00070%
Kent County Parks Foundation$6,75042%
Michigan Humanities Council$6,60020%
Graz'N Acres Therapeutic Riding Center$6,5503n/a
Fulton Street Farmers Market Inc$6,50051%
Christ Child Society of Northern Michigan Inc$6,50021%
South End Community Outreach Ministries$6,50011%
Charlevoix Historical Society$6,40022%
Oberlin College$6,30140%
West Michigan Symphony$6,30011%
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic Inc$6,00030%
Center for Transformative Action$6,00020%
The 5 Gyres Institute$5,50020%
Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance$5,00014%
North Tucson Firefighter Community Outreach Corp$5,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$5,00010%
Delta Gamma Foundation$5,00010%
The Petoskey Montessori Children's House$5,00011%
Temple Emanu-El$5,0002n/a
Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills Inc$5,00010%
The Pantry$5,0001n/a
Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc$5,00010%
Puertas Abiertas Inc$5,00013%
West Michigan Partnership for Children$5,00010%
Grand Rapids Ballet$5,00010%
Little Traverse Civic Theatre$5,0001n/a
Kierstens Ride$5,00014%
Cade Museum Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Exodus Place$5,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00020%
The Kosciuszko Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Cornell University$5,00050%
Asheville School Inc$5,00010%
Eagle Valley Land Trust$5,00030%
The Montana Land Reliance$5,00010%
The Women's Bakery Inc$5,00011%
Community Food Clubs$4,50030%
Petoskey Public Schools$4,5003n/a
Ebony Horsewomen Inc$4,0002n/a
Be Cafe$4,00010%
Church of the Guardian Angel$4,0001n/a
Northwest Avalanche Center$3,75070%
Bangtown Studio on the Go$3,5001n/a
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula$3,50010%
Grand Rapids Pride Center$3,50050%
Ferris Foundation$3,50010%
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$3,30020%
Friends of Colorado Avalanche Information Center$3,25060%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance$3,00031%
Eagle River Watershed Council$3,00030%
Eagle Valley Mental Health$3,00030%
Greencroft Communities Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Global Water Stewardship$3,00033%
Culver Educational Foundation$3,00010%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$3,00010%
Ursinus College$2,60020%
Aqume Foundation$2,50021%
St Cecilia Music Center$2,50010%
Black United Fund of Michigan Inc$2,50011%
Defy Ventures Inc$2,50010%
Eagle County Charter Academy Education Foundation$2,50021%
The Mosaic Film Experience$2,50013%
Village Information Center Inc$2,50014%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$2,50010%
Hermitage at Diamond Inc$2,50014%
Journey Grand Rapids$2,50011%
Youthpower365$2,50030%
The Reid Family Foundation$2,50011%
Citizens Research Council of Michigan Inc$2,50010%
Pere Marquette Watershed Council Incorporated$2,5005n/a
Amazon Watch Inc$2,50010%
Mountain Recreation Foundation$2,50022%
African-American Health Institute$2,30050%
Lake Forest College$2,00010%
Franklin Avenue Mission Inc$2,00011%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$2,00010%
Indian Trails Camp$2,00010%
Ele's Place Inc$2,00020%
Covenant House Michigan$2,00010%
Little Traverse Bay Foundation$2,00011%
Alachua Habitat for Humanity$1,75020%
Friends of Mountain Rescue Inc$1,75050%
I Understand Love Heals$1,50030%
Institute for Justice$1,50010%
Gilda's Club Grand Rapids$1,50030%
Camp Kesem National$1,50020%
Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry Inc$1,50010%
Spring Arbor University$1,50010%
Autism Alliance of Michigan$1,50020%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$1,50030%
Partners for a Racism-Free Community$1,50013%
Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center Foundation$1,25030%
Humane Society of West Michigan$1,05020%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$1,00010%
Literacy Project$1,0002n/a
Uss Silversides Submarine Museum$1,00010%
Family Promise of Gainesville Florida Inc$1,00010%
Urban Arts Collective$1,0002n/a
Grand Rapids Downtown Market Education Foundation$1,00010%
The Fertility Preservation Center$1,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint$1,00010%
Puente a la Salud Comunitaria$1,00010%
Nextgen Climate America Inc$1,00010%
The Cheshire Project$1,00010%
New Learning Journey Inc$1,00011%
Friends of the Flint Public Library$1,00014%
2164 Inc$1,00010%
Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation$1,00014%
Charlevoix Kiwanis Youth Foundation$1,0001n/a
Burt Lake Preservation Association$1,00011%
Michigan Museums Association$1,00011%
East Grand Rapids Team Boosters$1,0001n/a
Tides Advocacy$1,00010%
Duke University$1,00010%
New Growth Project$1,00010%
Hope Gardens$1,00010%
No Surrender Running Club Inc$1,0001n/a
Michigan Architectural Foundation$1,00010%
Senior Neighbors Inc$85010%
The Children's Home Society of Florida$50010%
International Crane Foundation Inc$50010%
Greater Ottawa County United Way$50010%
Casting for Recovery$50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida Inc$50010%
Tip of the Mitt Junior Golf Association Dba the First Tee of Northern Michigan$50010%
Literacy Project Ec Volunteers for Literacy$50010%
Eagle Valley Humane Society a Nonprofit Corporation$5001n/a
Friends of the Gallatin National Forest$50010%
Hunt2heal$50010%
Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc$50010%
Rebuilding Together North Central F$50010%
Alpha Sigma Foundation$50011%
Farming For Our Future Inc$5001n/a
Central Michigan University$5001n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$50010%
Black Mountain Swannanoa Valley Arts Center$40010%
Read Muskegon$40020%
Endless Opportunities$30010%
Leukemia Research Foundation$25010%
United Church Outreach Ministry$25010%
Catholic Charities West Michigan$25010%
Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc$25010%
The Foundation for Muskegon Community College Inc$22520%
Grand Rapids Cable Access Ctr Inc D/B/A Community Media Center$20010%
Church at Rocky Peak$1501n/a
Young Men's Christian Assn - Tri-Cities Michigan$15010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$12510%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$10010%
Grand Rapids Community College$10011%
Big Give$10010%
Next Step of West Michigan$10010%
Southwest Michigan Land Conservency Inc$7510%
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$6010%
Southern Illinois University Foundation$5010%
March of Dimes Inc$5010%
CASA of Kent County Inc$5010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$5010%
International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation$5010%
The Grand Rapids Red Project$5010%
All American Dachshund Rescue$5010%
Higher Heights Leadership Fund$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Frey Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGrand Rapids Whitewater Inc: $1,523,667 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetGrand Action Foundation 20: $1,280,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetWest Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens: $1,002,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetK-Connect: $955,000 over 6y, 33% of budgetGrand Rapids Community College Foundation: $800,500 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetHeart of West Michigan United Way: $736,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc: $710,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetIccf Community Homes: $701,050 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetArtprize Grand Rapids: $668,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetConservation Resource Alliance: $640,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetNorthwest Mi Habitat for Humanity: $615,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetNorth Central Michigan College Foundation: $528,500 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetAquinas College: $501,550 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFirst Steps Kent: $490,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetJohn Ball Zoo: $477,850 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetKids' Food Basket Inc: $456,500 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetGrand Rapids Art Museum: $441,600 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetOdc Network: $440,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $430,500 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $416,475 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNorthwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership: $415,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetBlandford Nature Center: $404,370 over 7y, 14% of budgetJunior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc: $401,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetEcliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy: $400,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetGrand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $400,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetOttawa County Parks Foundation Inc: $390,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetDegage Ministries: $380,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetDa Blodgett - St John's: $350,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGrand Rapids Civic Theatre Inc: $315,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetDavenport University: $315,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital: $312,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPine Rest Foundation: $310,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFamily Promise of Grand Rapids: $308,500 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFeeding America West Michigan: $265,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGrand Rapids Public Schools Foundation: $252,603 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMunson Healthcare Foundations: $252,200 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWest Michigan Aviation Academy Foundation: $251,500 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetMuskegon Museum of Art Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetBaxter Community Center: $225,625 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetRotary Charities of Traverse City: $225,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetWest Michigan Center for Arts & Technology: $213,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetGrand Rapids Nehemiah Project: $210,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetGrand Rapids Public Museum Foundation: $208,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetDwelling Place of Grand Rapids Nonprofit: $202,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKent School Services Network: $200,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetFair Food Network Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAmplify Gr: $196,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetStart Garden Inc: $190,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI235.4× affinity164 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Cdv5 Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Daniel & Pamella Devos 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.

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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Frey Foundation

How much does Frey Foundation give?
Frey Foundation reported 195 grants totaling $4,780,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 136 and 169 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Frey Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Philanthropy (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Frey Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Grand Valley State University ($1.6M), Grand Rapids Whitewater Inc ($1.5M), Grand Action Foundation 20 ($1.3M).
Does Frey Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frey Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Frey Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, The Wege Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
Where is Frey Foundation based?
Frey Foundation is based in MI.

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 506 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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