· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $89k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $192k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $25,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN | $25,000 |
| FAITH IN ACTION | $20,000 |
| UNITED METHODIST COMMITEE ON RELIEF | $20,000 |
| WEST SIDE CHURCH | $17,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $15,000 |
| CHELSEA FIRST UNITED METHODIST | $15,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI ASSOC | $15,000 |
| RESILIENCE | $10,000 |
| ENCORE MUSICAL THEATER | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $10,000 |
| HOPE WESTERN PRISON EDUCATION PROGR | $10,000 |
| ALPHA HOUSE | $7,000 |
| ANN ARBOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $6,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% 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.
26 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 7 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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FIFAITH IN ACTION INC6× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +5%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +2%
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $20k
- LSLANSING SCHOOL DISTRICTone grant, 2020 · $11k
- MOMUSES OF DIONYSUS INCone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
Humane fort wayne is a trusted partner providing comprehensive, lifesaving resources to pets and their people.
The Betterment of the lives of stray, owned and abandoned companion animals in Saginaw County, MI. Our county has over 20,000 households living below the federal poverty guidelines that own at least one pet. We are their safety net. We…
Helping animals live and overcome (h.a.l.o.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. we continually refine our programs to maintain a 98% save…
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
The lawrence humane society nurtures the human-animal bond by providing shelter, care and advocacy for homeless and abused animals, as well as resource for the pets and people in our community
The mission of the washtenaw housing alliance is to end homelessness in our community.
Humane society of southwestern michigan exists to provide shelter and care for sick, homeless and unwanted animals. in addition, the organization provides adoption services for the animals in its care.
To eliminate sub-standard housing and homelessness from lapeer county.
The mission of women's center & shelter of greater pittsburgh is to strengthen our ability to meet the individual and evolving needs of those affected by domestic violence by investing in the growth of our people, deepening community…
Together with our community, we better the lives of animals through justice, prevention, and life-saving care. lollypop farm, the humane society of greater rochester, envisions a just and compassionate world for all animals.
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. habitat for humanity serving winona county…
To improve our communities by providing and maintaining safe, healthy, affordable homeownership opportunities for low-to-moderate income community members, in partnership with volunteers and organizations throughout the community.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 42 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 FAITH IN ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION AGAINST COMPANION-ANIMAL EUTHANASIA INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE ↗
- Who funds TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC ↗
- Who funds All-Options ↗
- Who funds HOLLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds WASHTENAW LITERACY ↗
- Who funds GROWING HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ↗
- Who funds OUR HOUSE ↗
- Who funds YOUNG AUDIENCES INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Graham R Putnam Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Graham R Putnam Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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