· Private foundation
Greater Lansing Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of Greater Lansing Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Capital Region Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $87k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $81k
- $250k+1 grant · $490k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $489,769 |
| HARRY HARRIS SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $23,323 |
| CAPITAL AREA HUMANE SOCIETY | $16,221 |
| LAWRENCE AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $13,957 |
| EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL | $13,812 |
| HAYES-GREEN-BEACH HOSPITAL | $13,672 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US | $8,800 |
| NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY | $8,800 |
| BORN FREE USA | $8,800 |
| VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA MI | $8,800 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $8,800 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $8,800 |
| AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION | $8,800 |
| ORIGAMI REHABILITATION | $7,217 |
| WKAR-DEPARTMENT OF BROADCASTING | $7,217 |
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 (FY21–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ICINGHAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $102k · revenue +64%
- EWEDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL9× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +40%
- NANATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- I5IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTERone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -31%
- CRCAPITOL REGION CHAPTER OF NATLone grant, 2020 · $5k
- PPPOTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +36%
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.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
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.
Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…
Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O
The mission of the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) is to create meaningful connections between people, animals and the natural world so all can thrive. The vision of the DZS is to be a force for positive change in a world where animals…
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.
Our mission is to foster compassionate human and animal connections; forge safe, healthy, and thriving communities for animals; provide care and transitional sheltering to animals; provide leadership and guidance to the animal sheltering…
The mission of the michigan animal rescue league is to provide the highest quality of life to dogs and cats through rescue, medical care, socialization and behavioral support, short- and long-term sanctuary, adoption, and community…
Our mission is to promote the humane treatment and responsible care of animals in west michigan through education, example, placement and protection.
To act as a vehicle to provide access to organized systems of health care and improve the health status of individuals in the community.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 34 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 CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INGHAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DISABILITY NETWORK CAPITAL AREA ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF LANSING ↗
- Who funds DKG SUPPORTING CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds DKG INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORSTER WOODS ADULT DAY SERVICES ↗
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: Capital Region Community Foundation · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Lansing Economic Area Partnership · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Greater Lansing Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Lansing Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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