· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $512k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $703k
- $250k+1 grant · $600k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPRESSION CENTER | $600,000 |
| EMU FOUNDATION | $101,500 |
| PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER | $100,000 |
| SAFEHOUSE CENTER | $100,000 |
| SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY | $75,000 |
| AVALON HOUSING | $75,000 |
| VISTA MARIA | $75,000 |
| FOOD GATHERERS | $75,000 |
| NEUTRAL ZONE | $51,000 |
| OZONE HOUSE | $50,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN | $42,132 |
| MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET | $40,000 |
| CORNER HEALTH CENTER | $40,000 |
| DAWN FARM | $40,000 |
| COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK | $40,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $740k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PNPeace Neighborhood Center4× · 2021–2024 · $265k · revenue +16%
- SASHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY6× · 2018–2024 · $248k · revenue +147%
- FGFOOD GATHERERS5× · 2020–2024 · $240k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- DCDEXTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLSone grant, 2022 · $100k
- MPMICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +74%
- UWUNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTYone grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -92%
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.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.
Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…
Community & home supports, inc. was founded to help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we strive to fulfill our purpose by developing, leading, and participating in collaborative and innovative efforts that support…
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
The mission of the washtenaw housing alliance is to end homelessness in our community.
Focusing community resources to meet community needs the United Way of Marquette County works to advance the common good by connecting people with health and human care issues they are concerned about and to provide the oversight the…
Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.
To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.
To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…
The mission of harm reduction is to reduce substance abuse and related activities in a respectful manner in collaboration with the user
Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.
To apply the principles of workforce development to grow michigan's economy while improving the lives of michigan workers.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 48 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.
- Who funds Peace Neighborhood Center ↗
- Who funds SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY ↗
- Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
- Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
- Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
- Who funds Dawn Incorporated ↗
- Who funds CORNER HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN FOSTER CARE CLOSET ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK ↗
- Who funds Homeless Action Network of Detroit ↗
- Who funds SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds OUR HOUSE ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Neutral Zone ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF DEXTE ↗
- Who funds Alpha House A Place for New Beginnings ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY ↗
- Who funds A Brighter Way ↗
- Who funds Friends In Deed ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jenkins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jenkins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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