Michigan · Community foundation
Leelanau Township Community Foundation
To support public charities in the leelanau township area and award educational scholarships.
- $253k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $198k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,677
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Leelanau Township Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 9 | $198k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $115k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $168k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $213k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $76k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $168k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $125k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $180k | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northport Public School | $340,442 | 9 | n/a |
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $141,997 | 5 | 10% |
| Northport Community Arts Center | $111,904 | 9 | 21% |
| Leelanau Township | $68,601 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Community Center Inc | $63,228 | 4 | 7% |
| Leelanau County Cancer Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Homestretch Nonprofit Housing Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Village of Northport | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northport Arts Association | $39,200 | 3 | 22% |
| Northwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership | $30,000 | 1 | 20% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northport Public School | $340,442 | 9 | n/a |
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $141,997 | 5 | 10% |
| Northport Community Arts Center | $111,904 | 9 | 21% |
| Leelanau Township | $68,601 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Community Center Inc | $63,228 | 4 | 7% |
| Leelanau County Cancer Foundation | $55,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Homestretch Nonprofit Housing Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Village of Northport | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northport Arts Association | $39,200 | 3 | 22% |
| Northwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership | $30,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Leelanau Reach | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leelanau Children's Center | $26,710 | 3 | 1% |
| Peninsula Housing | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum | $22,795 | 2 | 6% |
| Power Book Bags | $19,769 | 3 | 5% |
| Leelanau Township Library | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Omena Historical Society | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Community Vision | $11,909 | 1 | 4% |
| Women's Resource Center Grand Traverse Area | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Omena Village Preservation Assoc | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Leelanau Energy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 5loaves2fishnmi | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Leelanau Uncaged Corporation | $8,580 | 1 | 12% |
| Omena Historical Society | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Church of Christ Board | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ShareCare of Leelanau Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Leelanau Township Community 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: Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Wolf Robe Foundation · Chetcuti Evans Foundation Co Anna Albanice · Robet Foundation Inc · Hp Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Inc · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Leelanau Township Community Foundation
- How much does Leelanau Township Community Foundation give?
- Leelanau Township Community Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $198,325, out of $252,628 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Leelanau Township Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Leelanau Township Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northport Public School ($340k), Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc ($142k), Northport Community Arts Center ($112k).
- Does Leelanau Township Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Leelanau Township Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rotary Charities of Traverse City, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Wolf Robe Foundation.
- Where is Leelanau Township Community Foundation based?
- Leelanau Township Community Foundation is based in MI.
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