Michigan · Private foundation
James C Acheson 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.
- $368k
- Granted FY2023
- 23
- Grants FY2023
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of James C Acheson Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of St Clair County, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year James C Acheson Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $368k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $77,485
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations James C Acheson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 22 | $291k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $243k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $294k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $613k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $472k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $659k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $506k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sons | $269,450 | 8 | 23% |
| Studio 1219 Inc | $260,150 | 5 | 62% |
| Blue Water Community Action | $200,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Athletic Factory Inc | $90,686 | 5 | 15% |
| Port Huron Schools | $51,822 | 6 | n/a |
| Citizens for a Vibrant Community | $23,500 | 6 | 14% |
| Blue Water Young Professionals | $22,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Hunter Hospitality House Inc | $19,690 | 6 | 5% |
| Operation Transformation | $18,500 | 8 | 2% |
| A Beautiful Me Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sons | $269,450 | 8 | 23% |
| Studio 1219 Inc | $260,150 | 5 | 62% |
| Blue Water Community Action | $200,100 | 3 | 1% |
| Athletic Factory Inc | $90,686 | 5 | 15% |
| Port Huron Schools | $51,822 | 6 | n/a |
| Citizens for a Vibrant Community | $23,500 | 6 | 14% |
| Blue Water Young Professionals | $22,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Hunter Hospitality House Inc | $19,690 | 6 | 5% |
| Operation Transformation | $18,500 | 8 | 2% |
| A Beautiful Me Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Blue Water Land Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Fay School Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Blue Water Habitat for Humanity | $5,750 | 1 | 1% |
| The Electrochemical Society Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Bernard's School Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Safe Horizons | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| P S Youre My Hero | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Community Garden | $2,350 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Port Huron | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Grosse Pointe Academy | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arc of St Clair County | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Grace Episcopal Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grosse Pointe Yacht Club | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James C Acheson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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 St Clair County · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way of St Clair County · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About James C Acheson Foundation
- How much does James C Acheson Foundation give?
- James C Acheson Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $367,914 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James C Acheson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Arts & Culture (19%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are James C Acheson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sons ($269k), Studio 1219 Inc ($260k), Blue Water Community Action ($200k).
- Does James C Acheson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James C Acheson 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 James C Acheson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of St Clair County, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way of St Clair County.
- Where is James C Acheson Foundation based?
- James C Acheson Foundation is based in MI.
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