Michigan · Private foundation
Karen Colina Wilson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $32k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $289k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Karen Colina Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $32k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $60k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $92k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $59k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $79k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Maria | $38,682 | 4 | 0% |
| Autism Alliance of Michigan | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassionate Response | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $19,985 | 2 | 0% |
| Sweet Dreamzzz Inc | $15,756 | 2 | 3% |
| New Hope Shelter | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Philharmonic | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Three Pillars an Educational Service Provider | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Metro Detroit | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Maria | $38,682 | 4 | 0% |
| Autism Alliance of Michigan | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassionate Response | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $19,985 | 2 | 0% |
| Sweet Dreamzzz Inc | $15,756 | 2 | 3% |
| New Hope Shelter | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Philharmonic | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Three Pillars an Educational Service Provider | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Metro Detroit | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heroes for Children | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chamber Music Detroit | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Rainbow Connection | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro Detroit Share Group | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Paint and Play 4 Kiddos | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgepointe Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Karen Colina Wilson 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: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Helen L Kay Charitable Trust · Ford Philanthropy · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · Eagles for Children · The Kresge Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Karen Colina Wilson Foundation
- How much does Karen Colina Wilson Foundation give?
- Karen Colina Wilson Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $32,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Karen Colina Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (29%), Human Services (28%), Education (20%).
- Who are Karen Colina Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vista Maria ($39k), Autism Alliance of Michigan ($30k), Beaumont Health Foundation ($20k).
- Does Karen Colina Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Karen Colina Wilson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Karen Colina Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include DTE Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Helen L Kay Charitable Trust.
- Where is Karen Colina Wilson Foundation based?
- Karen Colina Wilson Foundation is based in MI.
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