Michigan · Public charity
Gift of Life Foundation
The foundation is dedicated to promoting and supporting michigan's donation and transplant community.
- $367k
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $190k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $138,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Gift of Life Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 7 | $190k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $208k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $81k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $51k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $92k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan | $300,339 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $165,667 | 6 | n/a |
| Michigan Coalition on Donation | $124,500 | 7 | 57% |
| Western Michigan University Homer Stryker Md School of Medicine | $46,092 | 4 | 0% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc | $44,509 | 5 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $35,621 | 3 | 0% |
| Lenawee County Department on Aging | $30,384 | 4 | n/a |
| Eversight | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascension Borgess Foundation | $18,139 | 2 | 1% |
| County of Jackson Michigan Dept on Aging | $11,654 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan | $300,339 | 4 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $165,667 | 6 | n/a |
| Michigan Coalition on Donation | $124,500 | 7 | 57% |
| Western Michigan University Homer Stryker Md School of Medicine | $46,092 | 4 | 0% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc | $44,509 | 5 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $35,621 | 3 | 0% |
| Lenawee County Department on Aging | $30,384 | 4 | n/a |
| Eversight | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascension Borgess Foundation | $18,139 | 2 | 1% |
| County of Jackson Michigan Dept on Aging | $11,654 | 1 | n/a |
| Transplant Life Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Gift of Life Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About Gift of Life Foundation
- How much does Gift of Life Foundation give?
- Gift of Life Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $189,641, out of $366,685 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Gift of Life Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (56%), Philanthropy (35%), Education (6%).
- Who are Gift of Life Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan ($300k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($166k), Michigan Coalition on Donation ($125k).
- Does Gift of Life Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gift of Life Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gift of Life Foundation based?
- Gift of Life Foundation is based in MI.
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