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Mackinac Island Community Foundation
The MACKINAC ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION promotes the general well-being of island residents and visitors, by working in community partnerships to generate endowed and un-endowed funds and stimulate community-wide initiatives.
- $837k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $744k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $146,238
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Mackinac Island Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 18 | $684k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $854k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $597k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $500k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $889k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $549k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $310k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $452k | 17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Mackinac Island | $1,548,591 | 9 | n/a |
| Mackinac Island Medical Center | $978,907 | 9 | 36% |
| Wawashkamo Golf Club | $572,552 | 5 | 24% |
| Cheboygan Life Support Systems Inc | $235,036 | 5 | 1% |
| St Anne Parish Mackinac Island | $228,758 | 6 | n/a |
| Mackinac Arts Council | $225,847 | 8 | 16% |
| Mackinac Island Housing Corporation | $182,911 | 4 | n/a |
| Mackinac Horsemen's Association | $175,682 | 9 | 25% |
| Mackinac Island Public School | $135,053 | 8 | n/a |
| Mackinac State Historic Parks | $89,791 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Mackinac Island | $1,548,591 | 9 | n/a |
| Mackinac Island Medical Center | $978,907 | 9 | 36% |
| Wawashkamo Golf Club | $572,552 | 5 | 24% |
| Cheboygan Life Support Systems Inc | $235,036 | 5 | 1% |
| St Anne Parish Mackinac Island | $228,758 | 6 | n/a |
| Mackinac Arts Council | $225,847 | 8 | 16% |
| Mackinac Island Housing Corporation | $182,911 | 4 | n/a |
| Mackinac Horsemen's Association | $175,682 | 9 | 25% |
| Mackinac Island Public School | $135,053 | 8 | n/a |
| Mackinac State Historic Parks | $89,791 | 4 | n/a |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | $80,759 | 7 | n/a |
| Little Stone Church | $69,456 | 3 | n/a |
| Starling Shakespeare Company Inc | $54,029 | 5 | 18% |
| Mackinac Associates | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Rehab and Mobility Systems | $47,947 | 3 | n/a |
| Mackinac Connect Foundation | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mackinac Straits Health System Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| MSRW Mackinaw Straits Raptor watch | $39,485 | 3 | 7% |
| Straits Pride | $33,324 | 3 | n/a |
| Mackinac Marine Rescue | $30,686 | 1 | n/a |
| Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch | $27,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Northland College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Recovery Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mackinac Island Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 George G Fund · Trivisonno Foundation · Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · Pulte Family Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mackinac Island Community Foundation
- How much does Mackinac Island Community Foundation give?
- Mackinac Island Community Foundation reported 19 itemized grants totaling $743,557, out of $836,753 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mackinac Island Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (27%), Health (25%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Mackinac Island Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Mackinac Island ($1.5M), Mackinac Island Medical Center ($979k), Wawashkamo Golf Club ($573k).
- Does Mackinac Island Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mackinac Island Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The George G Fund, Trivisonno Foundation, Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation.
- Where is Mackinac Island Community Foundation based?
- Mackinac Island Community Foundation is based in MI.
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