Michigan · Public charity
Great Lakes Energy People Fund
The GREAT LAKES ENERGY PEOPLE FUND exists to support humanitarian, charitable, scientific, educational, community development, and benevolent purposes by making distributions to organizations qualifying under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) or as tax exempt organizations. All of the organizations receiving the grants must apply…
- $261k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $235,422
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $207k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Great Lakes Energy People Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $261k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $247k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $265k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $389k | 87% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $224k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $218k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $185k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $202k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlevoix Historical Society | $18,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Stony Lake Therapeutic Riding Center | $18,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Newaygo County Compassion Home for the Terminally Ill | $14,775 | 1 | 12% |
| Harmonized Healing Counseling Services Inc | $14,050 | 2 | 5% |
| The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Injured Soldiers Inc | $10,475 | 1 | 2% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Barry County | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Safe Harbor Children's Advocacy Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shelby Optimist Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlevoix County Community on Aging | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 45 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Great Lakes Energy People Fund 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: Charlevoix County Community Foundation · Fremont Area Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Triford Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Allegan County United Way · Charles M and Joan R Taylor Foundation Inc · The Allegan County Community Foundation · The Offield Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Great Lakes Energy People Fund
- How much does Great Lakes Energy People Fund give?
- Great Lakes Energy People Fund reported 5 grants totaling $261,422 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Great Lakes Energy People Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (5%), Recreation & Sports (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Great Lakes Energy People Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Charlevoix Historical Society ($19k), Stony Lake Therapeutic Riding Center ($18k), Newaygo County Compassion Home for the Terminally Ill ($15k).
- Does Great Lakes Energy People Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Great Lakes Energy People Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlevoix County Community Foundation, Fremont Area Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is Great Lakes Energy People Fund based?
- Great Lakes Energy People Fund is based in MI.
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