Michigan · Private foundation
Mahogany 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.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Mahogany Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 5 | $89k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $80k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $84k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $94k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $78k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $69k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $85k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $78k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norte Youth Cycling | $118,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Grand Traverse Conservation District | $67,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc | $54,000 | 5 | 3% |
| For Love of Water | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Northwest Michigan Community Action | $34,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Generations Ahead | $28,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of Peninsula Community Library | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Northwestern Michigan College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Traverse City Film Festival | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norte Youth Cycling | $118,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Grand Traverse Conservation District | $67,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc | $54,000 | 5 | 3% |
| For Love of Water | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Northwest Michigan Community Action | $34,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Generations Ahead | $28,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of Peninsula Community Library | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Northwestern Michigan College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Traverse City Film Festival | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan Inc | $7,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Leadership Incubator Inc HackPlus | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tc Paw Cat Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($298k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mahogany 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: Oleson Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation · Green Brick Foundation Inc · The Brookby Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About Mahogany Foundation
- How much does Mahogany Foundation give?
- Mahogany Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $89,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mahogany Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Youth Development (17%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Mahogany Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Norte Youth Cycling ($119k), Grand Traverse Conservation District ($68k), Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc ($54k).
- Does Mahogany Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mahogany 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 Mahogany Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oleson Foundation, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Rotary Charities of Traverse City.
- Where is Mahogany Foundation based?
- Mahogany Foundation is based in MI.
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