Michigan · Community foundation
Gratiot County Community Foundation
To receive and accept property that will be exclusively used for charitable purposes, primarily for the benefit of Gratiot County residents and institutions.
- $610k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $341k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Gratiot County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k 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 | 27 | $341k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $395k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $458k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $342k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $326k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $251k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $494k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $460k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Alma | $349,176 | 8 | n/a |
| St Louis Public Schools | $241,344 | 6 | n/a |
| Ithaca South Elementary School | $221,719 | 6 | n/a |
| Ashley Community Schools | $140,434 | 6 | n/a |
| Senior Activity Building Board Inc | $115,550 | 6 | 89% |
| Breckenridge Community Schools | $108,156 | 6 | n/a |
| Fulton Schools | $100,013 | 6 | n/a |
| Gratiot Emergency Housing Corporati | $87,934 | 8 | 8% |
| Gratiot County Department Of | $86,225 | 5 | n/a |
| Gratiot County Child Advocacy Association | $82,428 | 6 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Alma | $349,176 | 8 | n/a |
| St Louis Public Schools | $241,344 | 6 | n/a |
| Ithaca South Elementary School | $221,719 | 6 | n/a |
| Ashley Community Schools | $140,434 | 6 | n/a |
| Senior Activity Building Board Inc | $115,550 | 6 | 89% |
| Breckenridge Community Schools | $108,156 | 6 | n/a |
| Fulton Schools | $100,013 | 6 | n/a |
| Gratiot Emergency Housing Corporati | $87,934 | 8 | 8% |
| Gratiot County Department Of | $86,225 | 5 | n/a |
| Gratiot County Child Advocacy Association | $82,428 | 6 | 2% |
| Mid Michigan Community Fire Board | $53,169 | 5 | n/a |
| Alma Public Schools | $47,958 | 4 | n/a |
| Village of Ashley | $43,565 | 4 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Central Michigan | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society | $39,985 | 1 | 6% |
| Gratiot County Players Inc | $33,630 | 2 | 19% |
| Gratiot County Fair for Youth | $31,849 | 2 | 2% |
| Gratiot-Isabella Resd | $28,387 | 3 | n/a |
| Gratiot County Hope House | $27,705 | 3 | 2% |
| Howe Memorial Library | $26,150 | 2 | n/a |
| Ithaca Fire Department | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ithica Seventh Day Adventist School | $23,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mymichigan Health Foundation | $21,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Township | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Sharks Sports Boosters | $18,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Breckenridge-Wheeler Area Historical Society Inc | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alma Community Art Center Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 11% |
| City of Ithaca | $17,373 | 2 | n/a |
| Pardee Cancer Treatment Fund of Gratiot County | $17,200 | 2 | 5% |
| Womens Resource Center of Mid Michigan | $16,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Michigan District Health Dept | $15,735 | 2 | 0% |
| Heroes Center | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alma Church of God | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gratiot Emergency Services Authorit | $14,834 | 1 | n/a |
| Wings of Mercy East Michigan Inc | $14,530 | 1 | 17% |
| Central Michigan Youth for Christ | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Healthy Pine River | $12,533 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan Arts Access | $12,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ashley Area Fire Authority | $11,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid Michigan Big Brothers Big Sisters | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Perrinton Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sme Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Discovery Academy Inc | $9,823 | 1 | 3% |
| Office of Human Services Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Midland Family Center | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Aid Service Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Little League Baseball Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Breckenridge Wheeler Township Volunteer Rescue Fire Department | $7,117 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alma College | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lumberjacks & Rivermens Park Association | $6,518 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Police Department | $6,205 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of Michigan Sweet Adelines | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Day Dreams Inc | $5,975 | 1 | 8% |
| Gratiot String Association | $5,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Maple View Retirement Community Inc | $5,058 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gratiot County Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Central Michigan · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Herbert H & Grace a Dow Foundation · Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd · The Charles J Strosacker Foundation · Yeo & Yeo Foundation · The Isabella Bank Foundation · Midland Area Community Foundation · Mymichigan Health · Saginaw Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gratiot County Community Foundation
- How much does Gratiot County Community Foundation give?
- Gratiot County Community Foundation reported 33 itemized grants totaling $341,399, out of $610,094 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gratiot County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Recreation & Sports (9%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Gratiot County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Alma ($349k), St Louis Public Schools ($241k), Ithaca South Elementary School ($222k).
- Does Gratiot County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gratiot County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Central Michigan, The Mercantile Bank Foundation, Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation.
- Where is Gratiot County Community Foundation based?
- Gratiot County Community Foundation is based in MI.
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