Michigan · Private foundation
Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $496k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2026
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 20 | $336k | 35% |
| FY2025 | 9 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $105k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $108k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $229k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $100k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $245k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $241k | n/a |
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, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action House | $67,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Odc Network | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Emanu-El | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arbor Circle Corporation | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | $42,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Ready for School | $36,250 | 4 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids' Food Basket Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($792k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Louis and Helen Padnos 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: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Howard Miller Foundation · Frey Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Greater Ottawa County United Way · Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation
How this is measured
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About Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation
- How much does Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation give?
- Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $495,900 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Health (10%), International (5%).
- Who are Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: Community Action House ($67k), Planned Parenthood of Michigan ($55k), American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc ($50k).
- Does Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Louis and Helen Padnos 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 Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Howard Miller Foundation.
- Where is Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation based?
- Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation is based in MI.
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