· Private foundation
Graff Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $185k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SLOAN MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY | $75,000 |
| FLINT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC | $55,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT | $55,000 |
| OUTREACH EAST | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| IRELAND'S DREAM | $15,000 |
| FAMILY AND CHILDREN TOGETHER (FACT) | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE | $10,000 |
| FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF MID MICHIGAN | $10,000 |
| BERSTON NEXT 100 CAMPAIGN | $10,000 |
| GENESEE COUNTY PARKS AND REC | $5,000 |
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 (FY22–25, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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.
13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT5× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +43%- OEOUTREACH EAST3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +8%
- YLYOUNG LIFE2× · 2019–2021 · $10k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- FPFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FLINTone grant, 2024 · $50k
- FPFlint Public Libraryone grant, 2021 · $30k
- YLYOUNG LIFE OF GENESEE COUNTYone grant, 2024 · $10k
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 inspire a love for learning in science, technology, engineering, math, and art, and awaken imagination through hands-on play.
Alleviate and prevent hunger amongst Michigan residents.
To promote the common economic interests of all the commercial enterprises in the Genesee County, Michigan community. The Organization strives to enhance the business climate in the area and advocates for public policy that supports…
Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.
Improve the health of genesee county residents. improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the health care system in our community.
The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.
We gather and distribute food to relieve hunger and increase food security in west michigan and the upper peninsula. contributions and net assets consist primarily of donated food for distribution.
The Genesee Area Focus Fund's purpose is to receive and administer funds dedicated to improving the economy and quality of life of the people of Genesee County, Michigan. The Focus Fund provides support to publicly supported organizations…
The flint center for educational excellence is building an educational ecosystem that works for all flint kids by providing programs. research, and advocacy that ensure flint kids, their families, schools, and communities thrive.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 31 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 Flint Cultural Center Corporation ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Sloan Museum and the Longway Planetarium ↗
- Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT ↗
- Who funds CROSSOVER OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT ↗
- Who funds OUTREACH EAST ↗
- Who funds IRELANDS DREAM INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA of Greater Flint ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF MID MICHIG ↗
- Who funds Northwood University ↗
- Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
- Who funds GENESEE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
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: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Whiting Foundation · Nartel Family Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · The Serra Foundation · Ruth Mott Foundation · Merkley Charitable Trust · The Williamson Foundation Inc · Burroughs Memorial Trust · Tummala Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Graff Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Graff Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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