Georgia · Private foundation
Lonnie L Michael 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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations Lonnie L Michael Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 30 | $41k | 37% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $42k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $22k | 65% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $21k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $20k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $22k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $34k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $94,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc | $12,480 | 3 | 0% |
| Athens Academy Inc | $11,117 | 7 | 0% |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Church | $6,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace Preparatory Academy Inc | $5,471 | 1 | 0% |
| UGA Tee Off Club Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Extra Special People Inc | $4,635 | 5 | 0% |
| Clute Barrow Nelson Life Foundation Inc | $4,200 | 8 | 1% |
| St Mary's Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Books for Keeps Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lonnie L Michael 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: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G · Tr Lois & Lucy Lampkin Fdn Ua · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · Walton Electric Trust Inc · The Harris Foundation · The Alice and Noah N Langdale Jr Foundation Inc · The Newland Family Foundation Inc · Peach State Fcu Cares Foundation Inc · Thomas McKey Tillman Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Lonnie L Michael Foundation
- How much does Lonnie L Michael Foundation give?
- Lonnie L Michael Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $41,364 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lonnie L Michael Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (15%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Lonnie L Michael Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The University of Georgia Foundation ($95k), Boys & Girls Club of Athens Inc ($12k), Athens Academy Inc ($11k).
- Does Lonnie L Michael Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lonnie L Michael 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 Lonnie L Michael Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Athens Area Community Foundation Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G.
- Where is Lonnie L Michael Foundation based?
- Lonnie L Michael Foundation is based in GA.
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