Michigan · Private foundation
John C and Mary Jane Howard 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.
- $177k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 47 | $175k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $80k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $75k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $83k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $73k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $73k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $64k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $66k | 19% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Alliance | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | $37,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $31,500 | 9 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $21,400 | 8 | 0% |
| The Presbyterian Church of Traverse City | $18,000 | 5 | n/a |
| National Parkinson Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity - Grand Traverse Region | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition | $12,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($295k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John C and Mary Jane Howard 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 Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
Compare John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation with peer funders
About John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation
- How much does John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation give?
- John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $176,662 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Health (16%), International (11%).
- Who are John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Freedom Alliance ($90k), Munson Healthcare Foundations ($40k), Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ($39k).
- Does John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John C and Mary Jane Howard 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 John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation, Oleson Foundation.
- Where is John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation based?
- John C and Mary Jane Howard Foundation is based in MI.
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