Michigan · Private foundation
Graham R Putnam 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.
- $281k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations Graham R Putnam Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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 | 30 | $281k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $286k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $71k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $80k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $74k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith in Action Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity | $40,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Dexter United Methodist Church | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Foundation Against Companion-Animal Euthanasia Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Action House | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All-Options | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith in Action Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity | $40,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Dexter United Methodist Church | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Foundation Against Companion-Animal Euthanasia Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Action House | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All-Options | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Holland Community Hospital | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washtenaw Literacy | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Growing Hope Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Muses of Dionysus Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| House by the Side of the Road | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Our House | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Audiences Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($513k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Graham R Putnam Family 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: United Way of Washtenaw County · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Graham R Putnam Family Foundation
- How much does Graham R Putnam Family Foundation give?
- Graham R Putnam Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $281,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Graham R Putnam Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Human Services (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%).
- Who are Graham R Putnam Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Faith in Action Inc ($95k), Habitat for Humanity ($40k), Planned Parenthood of Michigan ($40k).
- Does Graham R Putnam Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Graham R Putnam Family 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 Graham R Putnam Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Graham R Putnam Family Foundation based?
- Graham R Putnam Family Foundation is based in MI.
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