Michigan · Private foundation
Fwg 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 70
- Grants FY2025
- 74
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $94,450
- Organizations funded a year
- 57 to 74
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Fwg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 68 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 74 | $1.1M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 71 | $955k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 70 | $936k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $858k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 68 | $645k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 67 | $541k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 57 | $486k | 19% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Era Christian School | $589,575 | 9 | 12% |
| Living on the Edge Ministries Inc | $371,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jews for Jesus | $208,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $188,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $175,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $165,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Liberty Counsel Inc | $162,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Heritage Foundation | $161,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wallbuilder Presentations Inc | $155,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Navigators | $143,500 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Era Christian School | $589,575 | 9 | 12% |
| Living on the Edge Ministries Inc | $371,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jews for Jesus | $208,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $188,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $175,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $165,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Liberty Counsel Inc | $162,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Heritage Foundation | $161,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wallbuilder Presentations Inc | $155,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Navigators | $143,500 | 9 | n/a |
| American Family Association Inc | $136,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran School | $120,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Eagle Village Inc | $117,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Truth for Life | $104,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Western Michigan Teen Challenge Inc W Michigan Adult & Teen Challenge | $102,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Family Research Council | $96,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Insight for Living | $92,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Behold Israel | $92,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Genesis Community Church | $90,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Christian Healthcare Centers Inc | $78,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Seed Company Inc | $72,500 | 8 | n/a |
| The A21 Campaign Inc | $71,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Pure Life Ministries Inc | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Reach A Village | $65,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Keys for Kids Ministries Inc | $64,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Intercessors for America Inc | $63,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $62,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Reaching Unreached Nations Inc | $56,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Colson Center for Christian Worldview | $54,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Farmners Intl | $38,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Cran-Hill Ministries | $38,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $37,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Grace Explorations | $34,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Novo Mission Inc | $33,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Warm Blankets Childrens Foundation Inc Dba Kinship United | $30,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Alive on the Lakeshore | $30,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Biglife International Inc | $29,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Muskegon Pregnancy Services | $22,200 | 6 | 1% |
| Faith Baptist Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Unknown Nations | $18,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lagrange Baptist Church Incorporated | $17,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Walk in the Word | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Deeper Still West Michigan | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Slavic Gospel Association | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bibleproject | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Newman Christian Community Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gideons International | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Associates Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vineyard Community Church of Mishawaka Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of the Bible | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Methodist Retirement Communities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Love Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fwg 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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Barnabas Foundation · The Shepherds Hand Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vjs Charitable Private Foundation · Gordon Christian Trust · The Bolick Foundation · Fremont Area Community Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries
How this is measured
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About Fwg Foundation
- How much does Fwg Foundation give?
- Fwg Foundation reported 70 grants totaling $1,188,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 74 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fwg Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (12%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Fwg Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Era Christian School ($590k), Living on the Edge Ministries Inc ($371k), Jews for Jesus ($208k).
- Does Fwg Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fwg 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 Fwg Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
- Where is Fwg Foundation based?
- Fwg Foundation is based in MI.
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