Michigan · Private foundation
Hitchens Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $341k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,264
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Hitchens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 19 | $341k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $33k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $18k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $17k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $18k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $22k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $19k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $18k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $95,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition | $42,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity | $31,500 | 8 | 5% |
| Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc | $26,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pine Rest Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools | $14,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Santiago Panama Mission Adventures | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Munson Medical Center | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $5,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Church | $5,264 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $95,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition | $42,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity | $31,500 | 8 | 5% |
| Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc | $26,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pine Rest Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools | $14,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Santiago Panama Mission Adventures | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Munson Medical Center | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $5,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Immaculate Conception Church | $5,264 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ the King Church | $5,264 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Fred Foundation | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Leelanau Children's Center | $1,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Bruces Legacy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedarville Trojan Athletic Booster Club | $550 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($208k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hitchens Family Foundation 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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The John and Matilda Shumsky Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · The Broad Family Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Hitchens Family Foundation
- How much does Hitchens Family Foundation give?
- Hitchens Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $341,055 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hitchens Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Religion (19%), Education (16%).
- Who are Hitchens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Munson Healthcare Foundations ($95k), Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition ($42k), Habitat for Humanity ($32k).
- Does Hitchens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hitchens Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hitchens Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, The John and Matilda Shumsky Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation.
- Where is Hitchens Family Foundation based?
- Hitchens Family Foundation is based in MI.
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