Michigan · Community foundation
Lenawee Community Foundation
We connect people who care with causes that matter, bringing health, happiness, and hope to our community, now and forever.
- $6.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,060
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,274,235
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 47
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $46M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Lenawee Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
PhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 35 | $6.3M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $3.7M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $1.3M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $1.4M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $735k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $673k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $1.0M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $944k | 42% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Employment$8.3MHuman Services$1.5MPublic Benefit$1.3MEducation$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MYouth Development$690kHealth$646kFood & Nutrition$557kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
MN
MI
IN
OH
PA
CA
KY
TN
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Align Center for Workforce Development Inc | $6,326,634 | 2 | 24% |
| Lenawee Chamber Foundation | $1,860,110 | 2 | 8% |
| City of Tecumseh | $1,202,146 | 7 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee Inc | $677,035 | 9 | 14% |
| Croswell Opera House & Fine Arts Association | $664,145 | 9 | 8% |
| Catholic Charities of Jackson | $289,513 | 9 | 1% |
| Hospice of Lenawee | $279,288 | 9 | 1% |
| Hope Community Center Inc | $268,178 | 9 | 11% |
| Adrian Schools Education Foundation | $256,329 | 5 | 2% |
| Shelby County United Fund Inc | $254,749 | 7 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Align Center for Workforce Development Inc | $6,326,634 | 2 | 24% |
| Lenawee Chamber Foundation | $1,860,110 | 2 | 8% |
| City of Tecumseh | $1,202,146 | 7 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee Inc | $677,035 | 9 | 14% |
| Croswell Opera House & Fine Arts Association | $664,145 | 9 | 8% |
| Catholic Charities of Jackson | $289,513 | 9 | 1% |
| Hospice of Lenawee | $279,288 | 9 | 1% |
| Hope Community Center Inc | $268,178 | 9 | 11% |
| Adrian Schools Education Foundation | $256,329 | 5 | 2% |
| Shelby County United Fund Inc | $254,749 | 7 | 5% |
| Msu - Hidden Lake Gardens | $241,775 | 3 | n/a |
| Emma L Bixby Hospital Auxiliary | $235,316 | 4 | 49% |
| Family Counseling & Children's Service of Lenawee County | $224,706 | 8 | 5% |
| Lenawee Emergency and Affordable Housing Corp | $189,655 | 9 | 5% |
| Lenawee County Education Foundation | $186,154 | 7 | 14% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $172,854 | 6 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Lenawee County | $161,894 | 8 | 3% |
| Kappa Kappa Epsilon Society | $157,765 | 3 | 99% |
| Lenawee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $153,418 | 8 | 7% |
| Lenawee Humane Society | $145,221 | 9 | 2% |
| Daily Bread of Lenawee Inc | $141,564 | 8 | 20% |
| Associated Charities of Lenawee County | $137,902 | 9 | 20% |
| Share the Warmth | $136,566 | 8 | 7% |
| Safelite Foundation | $130,000 | 2 | 2% |
| First United Methodist Church | $129,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Lenawee County | $125,461 | 5 | 6% |
| Adrian Community Preschool | $113,672 | 7 | 24% |
| Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc | $100,556 | 7 | 0% |
| Clinton Community Schools | $100,033 | 2 | n/a |
| Lenawee County Mission | $98,146 | 8 | 4% |
| Lenawee County Department on Aging | $96,596 | 4 | n/a |
| Adrian Public School | $85,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Child Care Network | $84,612 | 7 | 1% |
| Blissfield Foundation for Educational Excellence | $78,618 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Learning Connections Inc | $77,575 | 4 | 16% |
| Community Action Agency | $69,411 | 6 | 0% |
| Tournaments for Charity | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adrian Armory Community Center | $64,500 | 1 | 25% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $58,854 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Refuge Ministries International | $58,566 | 6 | n/a |
| Siena Heights University | $53,517 | 2 | 0% |
| Blissfield Community Schools | $52,310 | 4 | n/a |
| Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Adrian College | $48,125 | 5 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $44,534 | 5 | n/a |
| Tecumseh Service Club Inc | $40,238 | 4 | 27% |
| Herrick Memorial Hospital Found | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living Water Works Inc | $39,884 | 4 | 5% |
| Legal Services of Sc Michigan | $38,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | $30,947 | 3 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts | $30,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Dominican Rea Literacy Corporation | $29,872 | 3 | 2% |
| I-92 Ministries | $27,282 | 2 | 5% |
| On Eagles Wings Ministry | $27,238 | 3 | 12% |
| Best Buy Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul St Joseph | $23,920 | 4 | 11% |
| Newlife Church Mi | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Presbyterian Church Tecumseh | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Adrian Rea Literacy Center | $20,061 | 2 | 11% |
| Tri-County Historical Museum Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Hope Baptist Church | $19,904 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Deerfield | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gleaner Life Insurance Society | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Song | $16,850 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Adrian | $16,134 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosaic Church | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lenawee County Historical Society | $15,400 | 2 | 4% |
| Lenawee County Department on Agings Mobile Meals Foundation | $10,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Pedaling for Parkinsons | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Residence XII | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tecumseh District Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sam Beauford Woodworking Inst | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Onsted Kiwanis Community Foundation | $9,905 | 1 | n/a |
| United Hudson Churches | $9,234 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodworking for Warriors | $8,900 | 1 | 9% |
| Sand Creek Community Schools | $8,844 | 1 | n/a |
| Onsted Middle School | $7,830 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $7,746 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Hopkinsville and Christian County Inc | $7,694 | 1 | 1% |
| Lenawee Public Transportation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Adrian Dominican Sisters Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Transportation Connection | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dr Mlk Jr Lenawee Committee | $6,997 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish Adrian | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| South Michigan Food Bank | $6,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Adrian Kiwanis Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tecumseh Fresh Food Initiative Pant | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary International Rotary Club of Adrian Morning Mi | $5,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Nami Southeast Minnesota | $5,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Argyros Family Foundation | $5,197 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lenawee Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 58.
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.
Farver FoundationMI38.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Farver Foundation · Maurice&Dorothy Stubnitz Foundation · Tlc Community Credit Union · Douglas and Mary Kapnick Family Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · The S L Hickman Family Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Sage Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Adrian 2396 · Bell Trust · The Murray Family Foundation · Knapp 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.
About Lenawee Community Foundation
- How much does Lenawee Community Foundation give?
- Lenawee Community Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $6,420,369 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lenawee Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (49%), Human Services (9%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are Lenawee Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Align Center for Workforce Development Inc ($6.3M), Lenawee Chamber Foundation ($1.9M), City of Tecumseh ($1.2M).
- Does Lenawee Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lenawee Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farver Foundation, Maurice&Dorothy Stubnitz Foundation, Tlc Community Credit Union.
- Where is Lenawee Community Foundation based?
- Lenawee Community Foundation is based in MI.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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