Michigan · Private foundation
John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 3 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $12k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $27k | 86% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Lutheran Seminary Foundation | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Covenant Healthcare Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frankenmuth Area Fine Arts Council | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr 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.
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How this is measured
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About John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr
- How much does John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr give?
- John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr reported 3 grants totaling $2,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (64%), Education (26%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan Lutheran Seminary Foundation ($10k), Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary ($10k), Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc ($9k).
- Does John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr based?
- John & Ann L Koester Charitable Tr is based in MI.
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