Michigan · Private foundation
Jonathan 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.
- $208k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,488
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Jonathan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% 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 | 12 | $208k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $160k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $197k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $173k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $266k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $70k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Christian University | $394,779 | 5 | 1% |
| Grace Adventures | $258,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Rush Creek Bible Church | $169,080 | 8 | n/a |
| Calvary Undenominational Church | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $50,989 | 7 | 0% |
| Salt Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Collective | $37,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Bible Doctrines to Live by Inc | $19,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Lifeline Ministries Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Pregnancy Care Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Christian University | $394,779 | 5 | 1% |
| Grace Adventures | $258,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Rush Creek Bible Church | $169,080 | 8 | n/a |
| Calvary Undenominational Church | $60,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wedgwood Christian Services | $50,989 | 7 | 0% |
| Salt Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Collective | $37,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Bible Doctrines to Live by Inc | $19,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Lifeline Ministries Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Pregnancy Care Center | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Gospel Fellowship | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Publications Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($424k), not named here.
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: Comerica Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Jonathan Foundation
- How much does Jonathan Foundation give?
- Jonathan Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $208,466 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jonathan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (52%), Education (34%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Jonathan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grace Christian University ($395k), Grace Adventures ($259k), Rush Creek Bible Church ($169k).
- Does Jonathan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jonathan 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 Jonathan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Comerica Charitable Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation.
- Where is Jonathan Foundation based?
- Jonathan Foundation is based in MI.
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