· Private foundation
Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY | $9,008 |
| CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $8,947 |
| ALMA COLLEGE | $7,553 |
| SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY | $4,830 |
| BOYCE COLLEGE | $4,830 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY | $3,563 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $3,563 |
| GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY | $3,563 |
| ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $2,036 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,036 |
| DELTA COLLEGE | $2,036 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $2,036 |
| SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,036 |
| GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $966 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASpring Arbor University3× · 2023–2025 · $16k · revenue +29%
- UOUniversity of Michigan3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +88%
- CUCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE2× · 2024–2025 · $9k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $14k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $14k
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.
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 7 of the 44 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.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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