Michigan · Private foundation
Jmj Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $468k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $252k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Jmj Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $468k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $115k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $209k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $199k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $495k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $424k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $289k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $519k | 26% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Shepherds Our Future | $216,667 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope for Haiti Inc | $167,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | $124,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Amazon Relief | $99,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities West Michigan | $85,500 | 4 | 0% |
| HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 7% |
| St Ann's Home Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Children's Healing Center | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sisters of the Order of St Dominic of Grand Rapids | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Artists Creating Together | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Shepherds Our Future | $216,667 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope for Haiti Inc | $167,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | $124,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Amazon Relief | $99,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities West Michigan | $85,500 | 4 | 0% |
| HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 7% |
| St Ann's Home Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Children's Healing Center | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Sisters of the Order of St Dominic of Grand Rapids | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Artists Creating Together | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Aquinas College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Thomas Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sophia Institute | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Pregnancy Clinics Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Holy Family Radio | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Becket Fund | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Augustine Institute Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Right to Life of Michigan | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jmj 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 Rapids Community Foundation · Daniel and Sharon Bowen Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Frey Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Jmj Foundation
- How much does Jmj Foundation give?
- Jmj Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $467,667 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jmj Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (20%), International (10%).
- Who are Jmj Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Shepherds Our Future ($217k), Hope for Haiti Inc ($167k), Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty ($125k).
- Does Jmj Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jmj 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 Jmj Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Daniel and Sharon Bowen Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Jmj Foundation based?
- Jmj Foundation is based in MI.
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