Ohio · Private foundation
John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $222k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 100% of the organizations John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 10 | $202k | 90% |
| FY2025 | 2 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $84k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $155k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $102k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Saginaw County | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bay County Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hidden Harvest | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Templearts | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saginaw Spirit Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Field Neurosciences Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Underground Railroad Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SVRC Industries Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Saginaw County | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bay County Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Hidden Harvest | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Templearts | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saginaw Spirit Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Field Neurosciences Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Underground Railroad Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SVRC Industries Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Warm Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Future Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Bay County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ahsrat Co | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Challenge of Saginaw Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($248k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund 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 Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund
- How much does John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund give?
- John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund reported 11 grants totaling $221,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Philanthropy (21%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: United Way of Saginaw County ($175k), Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan ($100k), Boys & Girls Club of Bay County Inc ($80k).
- Does John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saginaw Community Foundation, Alice E Turner Memorial Trust, Frank N Andersen Foundation.
- Where is John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund based?
- John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund is based in OH.
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