Michigan · Public charity
Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc
Provide funding to enhance, protect, and rehabilitate great lakes fishery resources. The organization will manage its resources to compensate for lost use and enjoyment of the lake michigan fishery resulting from operation of the ludington pumped storage plant.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc 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; $310k 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 | 11 | $3.1M | 45% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.8M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $1.5M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $2.4M | 55% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $2.0M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $2.3M | 64% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $2.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $2,553,543 | 7 | n/a |
| Conservation Resource Alliance | $1,240,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Great Lakes Fishery Commission | $907,592 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $750,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Michigan University | $705,768 | 5 | n/a |
| Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | $641,857 | 5 | 29% |
| Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc | $629,207 | 6 | 5% |
| University of Wisconsin | $591,258 | 4 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $575,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation | $554,732 | 4 | 12% |
Show all 54 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $2,553,543 | 7 | n/a |
| Conservation Resource Alliance | $1,240,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Great Lakes Fishery Commission | $907,592 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $750,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Michigan University | $705,768 | 5 | n/a |
| Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | $641,857 | 5 | 29% |
| Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc | $629,207 | 6 | 5% |
| University of Wisconsin | $591,258 | 4 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $575,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation | $554,732 | 4 | 12% |
| Lake Superior State University | $453,787 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $450,332 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $438,341 | 2 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Department | $430,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carleton University | $423,340 | 1 | 0% |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $403,982 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $385,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Council of Great Lakes Governors Inc | $340,656 | 2 | 5% |
| Discovery Center Great Lakes | $325,425 | 2 | 1% |
| Pere Marquette Charter Township | $317,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $299,454 | 1 | n/a |
| Inland Seas Education Association | $298,103 | 4 | 8% |
| Homestead Township | $267,746 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Dep of Natural Resources | $205,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians | $202,580 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph Charter Township | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Western Upper Peninsula Center | $186,180 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $172,940 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University | $165,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Muskegon Area Intermediate School District | $165,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of South Haven | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Albion | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flint River Watershed Coalition | $150,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Superior Watershed Partnership | $145,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Huron River Watershed Council | $143,723 | 3 | 3% |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Niles City Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elmwood Township | $99,660 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph County Conservation District | $84,934 | 1 | n/a |
| Northview Public Schools | $80,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta County Road Comm | $68,090 | 1 | n/a |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $51,640 | 1 | 0% |
| Sault Tribe Indian Community | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Michigan Environmental Action Council Educational Foundation | $43,584 | 1 | 4% |
| Hope College | $43,544 | 1 | 0% |
| Seeds | $33,988 | 1 | 1% |
| Muskegon Conservation District | $31,614 | 1 | n/a |
| Ottawa Conservation District | $29,786 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan United Conservation Clubs | $19,998 | 1 | 1% |
| Great Lakes Commission | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: Consumers Energy Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Frey Foundation · Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative · The Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation Inc C/O Leslie Lee · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Brookby Foundation
How this is measured
About Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc
- How much does Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc give?
- Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $3,143,320, out of $3,314,439 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (39%), Education (23%), Science & Tech (16%).
- Who are Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Michigan State University ($2.6M), Conservation Resource Alliance ($1.2M), Great Lakes Fishery Commission ($908k).
- Does Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Consumers Energy Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc based?
- Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc is based in MI.
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