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John E Fetzer Institute Inc

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.

$12M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
248
Grants FY2025
259
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,350,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 298
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
29
Total assets, FY2025
$830M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations John E Fetzer Institute Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionInternationalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving202$12M28%
FY2024259$8.6M29%
FY2023298$15M35%
FY2022279$18M34%
FY2021272$7.4M39%
FY2020281$9.3M54%
FY2019216$5.9M92%
FY201819$462k42%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$12MPhilanthropy$11MEducation$11MReligion$9.3MPublic Benefit$9.3MCommunity Improvement$7.4MCivil Rights$7.0MArts & Culture$6.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Independent Sector$4,354,320523%
World Conference of Religions for Peace Inc$4,095,000612%
On Being Project$4,056,400631%
Pvblic Foundation Inc$2,000,0001n/a
Storycorps Inc$1,975,00035%
Braver AngelsInc$1,880,000532%
Chapman University$1,580,21450%
Sojourners Inc$1,539,442512%
Commonweal$1,430,155511%
Social Science Research Council$1,170,00052%
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All grantees of John E Fetzer Institute Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Independent Sector$4,354,320523%
World Conference of Religions for Peace Inc$4,095,000612%
On Being Project$4,056,400631%
Pvblic Foundation Inc$2,000,0001n/a
Storycorps Inc$1,975,00035%
Braver AngelsInc$1,880,000532%
Chapman University$1,580,21450%
Sojourners Inc$1,539,442512%
Commonweal$1,430,155511%
Social Science Research Council$1,170,00052%
Interfaith America$1,062,888511%
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,030,00050%
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$980,000629%
Cistems Inc$975,000245%
Citizen University$830,000327%
2164 Inc$825,000314%
Open Future Institute$823,032646%
Millennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus$821,000315%
Western Michigan University Foundation$810,36181%
The Synergos Institute Inc$720,00053%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$720,00041%
Union Theological Seminary$670,00051%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$567,02430%
Oceanic Preservation Society$500,000215%
Grand Valley State University$489,8067n/a
Sagamore Institute Inc$485,00032%
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$475,00035%
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning$456,20052%
University of California Davis$447,8515n/a
Community Partners$410,00020%
Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute$400,000276%
Center for Interfaith Relations$400,000520%
The Faith Matters Network Collaborative$385,000125%
Pillars Fund$380,00028%
Faith in Public Life Inc$350,000215%
BridgeUSA Group$350,000331%
Wellbeing Action for Youth Inc$346,50035%
Mediators Foundation Inc$331,90048%
Essential Partners Inc$330,88039%
Center for the Contemplative Mind in Soc$328,500258%
Auburn Theological Seminary$325,00034%
Ebenezer Baptist Church$315,0002n/a
Ashoka$312,38840%
Georgetown University$302,90050%
Millions of Conversations Inc$300,000152%
Yale University$300,0001n/a
Western Michigan University$295,6906n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$275,00020%
Healthy Minds Innovations Inc$271,65427%
Mt Zion Baptist Church$270,0008n/a
The Peace Studio$269,400211%
Public Agenda Inc$267,50019%
Fractured Atlas Inc$266,92030%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$265,00022%
Religion News Foundation$260,000212%
The Film Collaborative Inc$250,53012%
New Disabled South Inc$250,0001n/a
Protect What We Love$250,000233%
Mpt Foundation Inc$250,00013%
Workmoney Foundation Inc$250,00010%
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization$245,0001n/a
Trinity Forum Inc$242,000212%
The Biologos Foundation Inc$241,23138%
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$223,00029%
Good Faith Network Inc$220,000216%
Spiritual Directors International$217,00046%
Inner Vision Spiritual Life Maintenance Inc$215,000231%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$210,00021%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$210,00031%
Parliament of the Worlds Religions$205,000211%
Faith in Action Network$205,00030%
Rootead Enrichment Center$200,254214%
Sawalmem$200,0001n/a
Donors of Color Network Inc$200,000115%
Hindus for Human Rights$200,0001n/a
Black Belt Justice Center$200,000115%
Soulforce Inc$200,000120%
Boundless Freedom Project$200,000123%
Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland$200,0001n/a
Mission Talk Inc$200,0001n/a
Undivided Inc$200,000113%
Center for Community Change$200,0001n/a
The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Inc$200,000127%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$200,0001n/a
Vanderbilt University$200,00020%
Land Peace Foundation$200,0001n/a
Alliance for a Just Society$200,00012%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$200,0001n/a
Institute of Church Administration and Management$200,00013%
Milpa$200,0001n/a
Presencing Institute Inc$200,00014%
Jews United for Justice Inc$200,00015%
United Nations Development Corporation$200,0001n/a
Accord Network$199,300133%
One Spirit Learning Alliance Ltd$190,000213%
Broadway Advocacy Coalition Inc$190,000221%
The Task Force for Global Health Inc$187,77530%
National Opinion Research Center$185,24630%
The Foundation for Religious Literacy$175,0002n/a
The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation$175,00015%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$175,00010%
Lighthouse Community Church$169,1408n/a
Black Mountain School of Theology & Community$165,000158%
The Pachamama Alliance$152,50091%
Care Lab$150,000136%
Christianity Today International$150,00011%
Eden Theological Seminary$150,00012%
Amoris Christi Inc$150,000116%
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd dba HERE Art Center$149,66781%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$140,40012%
Beloved Builders Inc$140,00035%
Wisdom Thinkers Network Inc$133,000354%
Foundational Questions Institute$130,00035%
Build Up Boys Inc$127,000340%
Inward Bound Mindfulness Education Inc$125,60034%
Pride in the Pews Nfp Inc$125,000225%
Duke University$125,00010%
The William J Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies Inc$120,000113%
The Academy of Management Inc$100,00021%
Edward Charles Foundation$100,00010%
National Lgbtq Task Force$97,80051%
Prime Produce Limited$96,50018%
Christian Alliance for Orphans$95,00013%
Council of Michigan Foundations$95,00060%
Leadership Foundations$92,00014%
21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center$80,00027%
Listen First Project Inc$80,00016%
Holy Trinity Church$78,4976n/a
Artswestchester Inc$75,0001n/a
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands$75,00010%
American Society of the University of Haifa$75,00011%
The Dinner Party Labs Co Npoc Services$75,00017%
Charter for Compassion International$75,000121%
Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference Inc$65,00023%
Justfaith Ministries Inc$60,00024%
St Lukes Episcopal Church$55,7807n/a
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies$55,70016%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55,60080%
United Way of South Central Michigan$55,53090%
Essie Justice Group$55,00011%
Dignity USA Inc$52,600610%
The Witness Inc$50,212212%
Minister Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church O$50,2072n/a
Reimagine$50,000156%
Heartwood Refuge$50,0002n/a
Science for the Church$50,0001n/a
Dwight Hall at Yale$50,00021%
Street Psalms$50,00026%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$50,00011%
Order of St Benedict Inc$50,0001n/a
Council on Foundations Inc$45,00010%
Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc$45,00011%
The Berry Center Inc$45,00051%
Equal Justice Initiative$44,32060%
Freedom Center for Social Justice$43,38045%
Animals Best Friend Fund Inc$40,900512%
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc$40,78070%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$40,00010%
Conscious Capitalism Inc$40,00041%
Northstar School$40,00031%
Florida Oceanographic Society Inc$40,00040%
Sisters of St Francis$36,0007n/a
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$35,5004n/a
Kay Tita$33,00014%
Oakwood Neighborhood Association$32,200427%
Kino Border Initiative Inc$31,80040%
Beacon House Community Ministry Inc$31,60051%
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Inc$31,00010%
National Public Education Support Fund$30,00011%
Greenheart International$30,00010%
California Institute of Integral Studies$30,00030%
Johnson C Smith Theological Seminary Inc$30,0001n/a
T'Ruah$30,00011%
Center for Action and Contemplation$25,68030%
International Leadership Association Inc$25,00013%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$24,00060%
Geneva Camp & Retreat Center$23,55460%
St Augustine Cathedral$22,3403n/a
Smithsonian Institution$21,08660%
Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley$21,02342%
Center for Christianity and Public Life$20,40022%
Peacejam Foundation$20,00011%
Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-Usa$20,00022%
Be Recovered Foundation$20,0002n/a
Michigan Rebels Fastpitch$18,70065%
St Joseph Parish$17,6534n/a
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra$17,30060%
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center$17,24271%
Dignity-Boston Inc$17,2006n/a
Rockwood Leadership Institute$16,28820%
Church We Hope for Inc$15,4002n/a
Religion Communicators Council$15,000121%
The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism$15,00014%
Yvette a Flunder Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Arawaka Inc$15,00022%
Organic Oneness$15,00013%
Dolphin Research Center Inc$14,00070%
Gustavus Adolphus College$13,40050%
Mountainside Communion$13,1003n/a
The Education Alliance-Business and Community for Public Schools Inc$13,00011%
Kalamazoo Gay & Lesbian Resource Center$13,00031%
Diocese of Kalamazoo$12,8505n/a
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion$12,50024%
Community Healing Centers$12,11070%
Gryphon Place$11,35070%
Bread for the City Inc$11,20030%
Heifetz International Music Institute Inc$11,02360%
Earth Island Institute Inc$11,00020%
Global Force for Healing$11,000113%
Interfaith Conference of Metropolit$10,60021%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,20020%
Hermitage Community Inc$10,10025%
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center$10,00042%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$10,00050%
Calvin University$10,0001n/a
Actors Ensemble Inc$10,0001n/a
Bsk Theological Seminary Inc$10,00011%
Pathways to Peace$10,00015%
Pride Network Inc$10,000110%
Center for Spirituality in Nature$10,0001n/a
Black Religious Scholars Group Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Faith Project Inc$10,00017%
Forward Justice$10,00010%
Center for Courage & Renewal$10,00012%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$10,0001n/a
Peace Literacy Institute$10,0001n/a
Indiana University Foundation$10,00010%
The Nobelity Project$10,00051%
Center for the Spiritual Journey Inc$10,000120%
United Lutheran Seminary$10,0001n/a
Akom Kese Planning Committee Inc$10,0001n/a
Teachers College Columbia University$10,0001n/a
Save Venice Inc$10,00020%
Nappanee Development Corporation$10,0001n/a
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation$10,00010%
Western States Center$10,00010%
University of Dayton$10,00010%
The Sophia Institute$10,00013%
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice$10,00011%
A Network for Grateful Living Inc$10,00013%
Indigenous Environmental Network$10,0001n/a
Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Gallery Inc$10,0001n/a
The Ladies of Hope Ministries Inc$10,00011%
Indiana University School of Medicine$9,9991n/a
Ministry With Community Inc$9,87470%
Fuller Theological Seminary$9,77510%
Safe Place$9,56270%
Apple Farm Community Inc$9,50042%
Westwood Christian Reformed Church$9,4006n/a
Rosie's Place Inc$9,00020%
Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc$9,00010%
Hope College$8,97010%
Portage Northern Baseball Boosters$8,5004n/a
Equality Michigan$8,40031%
Second Harvest Heartland$8,00040%
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts$7,89070%
Family & Children Services Inc$7,52060%
John W Brick Mental Health Foundation Inc$7,50011%
Portage Community Outreach Center Inc$7,47070%
Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi$7,27450%
Flyover Art$7,2003n/a
Catholic Schools of Greater Kalamaz$7,2004n/a
Centerpoint Church$7,0001n/a
Kalamazoo Abraham Lincoln Institute$7,00017%
Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard$6,90320%
Ballet Arts Ensemble Inc$6,80043%
Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River Inc$6,50051%
Plainsong Farm & Ministry$6,0002n/a
Arlington Outdoor Education Association Inc$6,00031%
Homeboy Industries$6,00010%
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc$6,00010%
The Cultural ConservancySacred Land Foundation$6,00011%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$6,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$6,00060%
Kalamazoo Literacy Council$5,20060%
Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan$5,11070%
Norbertine Community of New Mexico$5,0001n/a
WellspringKaritas Foundation$5,00011%
Abbey of Gethsemani$5,0001n/a
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation$5,00040%
Villa Guadalupe Senior Services Corp$5,0003n/a
The Bogliasco Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Everyday Democracy Inc$5,00010%
Human Rights Campaign Foundation$4,80020%
Glass Art Kalamazoo$4,80051%
Vicksburg Community Schools$4,7724n/a
The Land Institute$4,70070%
Trauma Recovery Associates$4,50049%
Oakwood Bible Church$4,3203n/a
Valley Conservation Council$4,00021%
All Species Kinship$4,00031%
The Gillispie School$4,00010%
EARTH University Foundation Inc$4,00010%
San Domenico School$4,00010%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$4,00020%
Compassion International Incorporated$3,8443n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Pittsburgh$3,64040%
Public Media Network$3,62240%
Kalamazoo Islamic Center$3,6203n/a
Kalamazoo in Bloom Inc$3,50071%
Winchell Elementary PTO$3,4504n/a
Compassion Place$3,3804n/a
University of Rochester$3,30030%
Childfund International USA$3,28440%
Senior Services Inc$3,14030%
Grace Christian Reformed Church$3,1305n/a
IBU Foundation$3,00022%
George Washington Carver Community Center$3,0003n/a
Michigan Humanities Council$2,91240%
Kalamazoo County Humane Society$2,90040%
Junior Achievement of the Michigan Great Lakes Inc$2,80030%
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra$2,75040%
The Staunton Augusta Art Center Inc$2,70050%
Donorschooseorg$2,69450%
American Friends of University College Oxford Inc$2,68740%
Vicksburg Band Boosters Inc$2,60452%
Kalamazoo Christian School Association$2,60070%
Kamsc Parents Organization$2,5001n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul St Joseph$2,50024%
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv$2,50050%
Marcellus Community Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
Three Rivers Community Players Inc$2,5002n/a
Kairos Dwelling$2,42060%
Valley Family Church$2,4202n/a
Main Street Media Group$2,4001n/a
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$2,40040%
American Shakespeare Center$2,40030%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2,40050%
Kalamazoo Nature Center$2,17560%
Project Als Inc$2,02010%
Michigan Basketball Association$2,00022%
Classic Car Club of America Museum Inc$2,00020%
Three Rivers Pride$2,0001n/a
Documentary Educational Resources Inc$2,00010%
Asbury United Methodist Church$2,0001n/a
Friends of Silence$2,00013%
Kalamazoo College$2,00010%
Central Wesleyan Church$2,0001n/a
Christian Associates$2,0001n/a
Friends of the Cheat Inc$2,00010%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$2,00030%
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation$2,00010%
Northside Association for Community Development$2,00010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$2,00010%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$2,00010%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$2,00040%
Westwood United Methodist Church$2,0002n/a
Salvation Army$1,9402n/a
Generous Hands Inc$1,92470%
Samaritan's Purse$1,90030%
Lending Hands of Michigan Inc$1,88060%
Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts Ptso Inc$1,8503n/a
Innocent$1,60020%
Cornell University$1,60040%
Little Mary's Hospitality House Ltd$1,50061%
The American Chestnut Foundation$1,50020%
Kalamazoo Concert Band$1,48061%
Kalamazoo Public Library$1,4581n/a
Lumen Vitae Inc$1,44020%
Religion News Association$1,40011%
American University$1,40030%
American Heart Association Inc$1,38240%
Sim USA Incorporated$1,3302n/a
The Discovery Center$1,32010%
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan$1,30070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,25020%
Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community$1,20010%
Heritage Christian Reformed Church$1,2002n/a
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Sw Michigan$1,20020%
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center$1,15020%
Looking Out Foundation$1,12530%
Al-Van Humane Society Inc$1,10020%
Wellspring-Cori Terry and Dancers$1,10030%
Animal Rescue Project$1,10020%
Arlington Food Assistance Center$1,03710%
The River Church$1,0002n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$1,00050%
Keystone Place Inc$1,00010%
Saturn Entertainment Group$1,0001n/a
Eleanor's Pantry Inc$1,0001n/a
National Park Foundation$1,00010%
Kazoo School$1,00010%
Wheatland Music Organization Inc$1,00010%
Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center$1,0002n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kalamazoo Inc$1,00010%
Claretian Associates Inc$1,0001n/a
Christian Neighbors Inc$1,0001n/a
Pathways Hospice$1,00010%
North Point Ministries Inc$1,0001n/a
Women in Film & Video Inc$1,00010%
Rise Against Suicide$1,00010%
Ecumenical Senior Center Inc$1,00010%
Baitulmaal Inc$1,00010%
Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation$1,00010%
Chikaming Open Lands$1,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
South County Community Services$1,00010%
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music$1,00011%
Allegheny Mountain Institute$1,00020%
Arlington Free Clinic Inc$1,00020%
Graduate Theological Union$1,00010%
Word of Life Christian Church of Flint$1,00010%
Lifeline Energy Foundation$96240%
Shepherd's Center of Greater Kalamazoo$96051%
Partners for Affordable Housing$93520%
Comstock Community Center Inc$85220%
Hampshire College Trustees$80040%
Northern Waters Land Trust$80040%
Milwood Community Church$8001n/a
Brandenburg Concert$8003n/a
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$80030%
Iowa 4-H Foundation$80030%
Kalamazoo Valley Gleaners Inc$80010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$72120%
Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn$71040%
Queer Theatre Inc$7091n/a
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation$70020%
Crescendo Academy of Music$70030%
Impact Church$7001n/a
American Horticultural Society$70020%
Samaritans Carriage$6501n/a
Grand Rapids Trans Foundation$6181n/a
Immigration Law & Justice Michigan$60620%
Cantus$60030%
Children's Miracle Network$60020%
Lifesong for Orphans Inc$60010%
Kentucky Public Radio Inc$60040%
The Barn Theatre School for Advanced Theatre Training$60020%
Farmers Alley Theatre$60020%
American Indian College Fund$60030%
Co Lab Theater Group Inc$60020%
Kalamazoo Gospel Mission$6001n/a
Black China Caucus Association$6001n/a
Sherman Street Christian Reformed Church$5901n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago$58020%
Salvation Army$5782n/a
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$57030%
Smile Train Inc$55020%
Special Olympics Inc$51310%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$50030%
49azo Inc$5001n/a
The Peoples Church$5001n/a
King Westwood PTO$5002n/a
Vicksburg Little League$50011%
First Day Shoe Fund$50010%
Congregation of St Joseph$5001n/a
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo$50010%
Culture Is Not Optional Nfp$50010%
Nancy M & Douglas M Yeager Family Foundation$50010%
American Whitewater$50010%
Bronson Methodist Hospital$50010%
Premier Athletics for Youth Development$50010%
Kalamazoo Chinese Academy$5001n/a
Georgie Badiel Foundation Inc$50010%
Portage Parks Foundation Inc$50011%
Grace Christian Educational Association$50010%
Lions of Michigan Service Foundation Inc$50010%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$50020%
Sisters From Another Mother$5001n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$50010%
Second Christian Reformed Church$5002n/a
Journey Family Church$5001n/a
Living Stones Academy$50010%
Harbor Impact Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Citrus County 4-H Association Inc$50010%
Friends of Wwoz Inc$50010%
Urban Alliance Inc$50010%
Mennonite Mission Network$5001n/a
Friends of Portage Senior Center$46030%
Housing Resources Inc$44020%
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens$42020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$42040%
Colleagues International$40010%
Special Recreation Association of Central Lake Cou$40010%
St Anselms Abbey School Inc$4002n/a
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$40020%
Nashville Wildlife Conservation Center$40011%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$40020%
The Phillips Collection$40010%
Call to Action$40010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$40020%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$40020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$40010%
Joni and Friends$40020%
Kalamazoo Cultural Center$40010%
Portage District Library$4002n/a
Grip Training Institute$40020%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$36030%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$35020%
Three Rivers Academic Mentoring Inc$32811%
La Casa Inc$31220%
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival$3112n/a
The Academy of American Poets Inc$31030%
States Newsroom$30420%
Melmark New England Inc$3002n/a
Douglass Community Association$30020%
Southwest Michigan Land Conservency Inc$30020%
Hht Foundation$30010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$26020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$25820%
The Carter Center Inc$25010%
Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts Inc$25010%
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County Inc$24010%
University of Illinois Foundation$22020%
Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference$2101n/a
Helping Our Women Inc$20620%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$20610%
Austin Area Urban League$20610%
Community Homeworks Inc$20310%
Base Camp Urban Outreach$20010%
Disart$20010%
American Cancer Society Inc$20010%
Kalamazoo Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends$2001n/a
Non-Violence International$20010%
Goshen College Inc$20010%
Give a Beat Foundation$20010%
Kalamazoo Community Chorale$2001n/a
Jung Society of Washington$20010%
The Common Good Inc$20010%
Ferris Foundation$20010%
Fight Colorectal Cancer Inc$20020%
Elderheart Inc$20010%
Harm Reduction Therapy Center$20010%
Michigan Humane Society$20010%
Open Heart Magic$20010%
Sunnyside United Methodist Church$2001n/a
Volunteers of America Inc$2001n/a
Lifewater Inc$20010%
Tenants Together$20010%
Universal Door Meditation Center$20010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$20020%
Woodland Wildcats PTO$2002n/a
10 Thousand Windows Inc$20010%
Spina Bifida Association of America$20010%
John Ball Zoo$20010%
Binder Park Zoological Society Inc$20010%
Church World Service Inc$20010%
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc$20010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$20010%
Haitian Community Help & Support Ce$2001n/a
Oxfam-America Inc$20010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$20010%
Society for History and Racial Equity$2001n/a
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope$20010%
International Rescue Committee INC$20010%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$20010%
Sidwell Friends School$2001n/a
Open Roads Bike Program$20010%
Ascension Borgess Foundation$20020%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$20010%
Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Assoc$20010%
Allies for Greyhounds$2001n/a
Microgrants$20010%
Benzie Area Christian Neighbors Inc$20010%
Allied Media Projects Inc$20010%
Center for Religion and Diplomacy Inc$20010%
Read and Write Kalamazoo$19030%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$19010%
Saugatuck Center for the Arts Inc$17610%
Ticket to Dream Foundation$16010%
Zero Prostate Cancer$16010%
Downtown Women's Center$15410%
West Michigan Cancer Center$15010%
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting Inc$15010%
4 Circles Beyond Inc$15010%
Battle Creek Pride Corporation$1401n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$1371n/a
Abide Womens Health Services$10710%
The Humane Society of Elkhart County Inc$10710%
Encourage Bc$10710%
The Thirst Project$10410%
Habitat for Humanity of Elkhart Cou$10010%
Animal Rescue Fund$1001n/a
Junior League of Battle Creek$10010%
Jail Project of Texas$10010%
Three Rivers Food Site Inc$10010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$10010%
Geris Resource Center$1001n/a
The V Foundation$10010%
Kalamazoo Bee Club$1001n/a
National Lawyers Guild Foundation Inc$10010%
Faiths 100 Incorporated$1001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10010%
Community Nature Connection$10010%
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo$10010%
Sierra Club Foundation$10010%
Spirit of the Woods Music Association$1001n/a
Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative$8010%
Michigan Maritime Museum Inc$8010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$7010%
Movember Foundation$5210%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$5010%
Wings of Hope Hospice & Palliative Care Inc$5010%
Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services$5010%
PKS Kids$5010%
Feeding America$5010%
Partnership to End Addiction$5010%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati$5010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region$5010%
National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 223 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John E Fetzer Institute Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 22 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIndependent Sector: $4,354,320 over 5y, 23% of budgetWorld Conference of Religions for Peace Inc: $4,095,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetOn Being Project: $4,056,400 over 6y, 31% of budgetStorycorps Inc: $1,975,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetBraver AngelsInc: $1,880,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetChapman University: $1,580,214 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSojourners Inc: $1,539,442 over 5y, 12% of budgetCommonweal: $1,430,155 over 5y, 11% of budgetSocial Science Research Council: $1,170,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetInterfaith America: $1,062,888 over 5y, 11% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $1,030,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement: $980,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetCistems Inc: $975,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetCitizen University: $830,000 over 3y, 27% of budget2164 Inc: $825,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetOpen Future Institute: $823,032 over 6y, 46% of budgetMillennial Action Project Dba Future Caucus: $821,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetWestern Michigan University Foundation: $810,361 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetThe Synergos Institute Inc: $720,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetInner-City Muslim Action Network: $720,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetUnion Theological Seminary: $670,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $567,024 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $500,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetSagamore Institute Inc: $485,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPublic Religion Research Institute Inc: $475,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCollaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning: $456,200 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity Partners: $410,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPastoral Care & Counseling Institute: $400,000 over 2y, 76% of budgetCenter for Interfaith Relations: $400,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetThe Faith Matters Network Collaborative: $385,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPillars Fund: $380,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetFaith in Public Life Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetBridgeUSA Group: $350,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetWellbeing Action for Youth Inc: $346,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetMediators Foundation Inc: $331,900 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetEssential Partners Inc: $330,880 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetCenter for the Contemplative Mind in Soc: $328,500 over 2y, 58% of budgetAuburn Theological Seminary: $325,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetAshoka: $312,388 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgetown University: $302,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMillions of Conversations Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Minds Innovations Inc: $271,654 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetThe Peace Studio: $269,400 over 2y, 11% of budgetPublic Agenda Inc: $267,500 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $266,920 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Ohio Organizing Collaborative: $265,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetReligion News Foundation: $260,000 over 2y, 12% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI129.2× affinity85 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation · Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to John E Fetzer Institute Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About John E Fetzer Institute Inc

How much does John E Fetzer Institute Inc give?
John E Fetzer Institute Inc reported 248 grants totaling $12,365,138 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 298 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does John E Fetzer Institute Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (13%), Philanthropy (12%), Education (12%).
Who are John E Fetzer Institute Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Independent Sector ($4.4M), World Conference of Religions for Peace Inc ($4.1M), On Being Project ($4.1M).
Does John E Fetzer Institute Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John E Fetzer Institute Inc 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 E Fetzer Institute Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Irving S Gilmore Foundation, Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation.
Where is John E Fetzer Institute Inc based?
John E Fetzer Institute Inc is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 857 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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