Michigan · Private foundation
James a Welch Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $188k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2026
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 27% of the organizations James a Welch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 13 | $188k | 46% |
| FY2025 | 11 | $155k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $143k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $159k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $146k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $147k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $117k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $133k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Institute of Music | $238,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Flint Science Fair Inc | $155,000 | 8 | 41% |
| Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village | $120,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Tapology Inc | $112,500 | 5 | 12% |
| Flint Institute of Arts | $104,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Imichigan Productions | $57,500 | 4 | 8% |
| Kettering University | $45,051 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Artistic Minds | $44,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Chosen Few Arts Council | $23,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $22,067 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Institute of Music | $238,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Flint Science Fair Inc | $155,000 | 8 | 41% |
| Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village | $120,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Tapology Inc | $112,500 | 5 | 12% |
| Flint Institute of Arts | $104,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Imichigan Productions | $57,500 | 4 | 8% |
| Kettering University | $45,051 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Artistic Minds | $44,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Chosen Few Arts Council | $23,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $22,067 | 2 | n/a |
| Mott Community College | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Flint Institute of Science & History | $18,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Dedicated Believers Ministries | $16,710 | 2 | 9% |
| Grand Blanc Youth Arts | $13,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Artdillo Studios | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Active Boys in Christ | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Blanc Community Schools | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($375k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James a Welch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Hagerman Foundation · Ruth Mott Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · The Serra Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About James a Welch Foundation
- How much does James a Welch Foundation give?
- James a Welch Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $188,155 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does James a Welch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Education (15%), Employment (15%).
- Who are James a Welch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Flint Institute of Music ($239k), Flint Science Fair Inc ($155k), Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village ($120k).
- Does James a Welch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James a Welch Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James a Welch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The Hagerman Foundation.
- Where is James a Welch Foundation based?
- James a Welch Foundation is based in MI.
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