Michigan · Private foundation
Jenkins 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Jenkins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 30 | $1.8M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $915k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $790k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $300k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $110k | 91% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peace Neighborhood Center | $265,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | $247,600 | 6 | 2% |
| Food Gatherers | $240,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vista Maria | $215,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ozone House Inc | $122,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Girls Group | $105,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Dawn Incorporated | $105,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Corner Health Center | $105,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Michigan Foster Care Closet | $105,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jenkins 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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor · DTE Energy Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Jenkins Foundation
- How much does Jenkins Foundation give?
- Jenkins Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,820,732 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Jenkins Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Human Services (25%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are Jenkins Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Peace Neighborhood Center ($265k), Shelter Association of Washtenaw County ($248k), Food Gatherers ($240k).
- Does Jenkins Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jenkins 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 Jenkins Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
- Where is Jenkins Foundation based?
- Jenkins Foundation is based in MI.
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