Michigan · Community foundation
Manistee County Community Foundation
To facilitate, promote, and serve philanthropy and permanent endowments to enhance the quality of life in manistee county.
- $785k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $722k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,876
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $184,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $48M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Manistee County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k 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 | 25 | $722k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $734k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $505k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.1M | 47% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $761k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $510k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $364k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $320k | 80% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manistee Area Public Schools | $635,725 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Manistee | $469,193 | 5 | n/a |
| Networks Northwest | $389,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $236,752 | 2 | 1% |
| Village of Onekama | $204,587 | 3 | n/a |
| Manistee County Council on Aging | $169,800 | 5 | 10% |
| Armory Youth Project | $162,607 | 5 | 19% |
| Village of Bear Lake | $145,172 | 3 | n/a |
| Arcadia Township | $137,144 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Manistee County | $128,655 | 6 | 22% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manistee Area Public Schools | $635,725 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Manistee | $469,193 | 5 | n/a |
| Networks Northwest | $389,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $236,752 | 2 | 1% |
| Village of Onekama | $204,587 | 3 | n/a |
| Manistee County Council on Aging | $169,800 | 5 | 10% |
| Armory Youth Project | $162,607 | 5 | 19% |
| Village of Bear Lake | $145,172 | 3 | n/a |
| Arcadia Township | $137,144 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Manistee County | $128,655 | 6 | 22% |
| Dickson Township | $121,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seeds | $110,900 | 3 | 2% |
| Betsie Valley Elementary School | $101,599 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Kaleva | $99,925 | 4 | n/a |
| Alliance for Economic Success | $73,743 | 3 | 15% |
| Manistee Conservation District | $67,252 | 4 | n/a |
| Pleasant Valley Community Center | $65,961 | 3 | 22% |
| Friends of Orchard Beach State Park | $54,148 | 1 | n/a |
| Onekama Township | $54,110 | 2 | n/a |
| Portage Lake Watershed Forever | $52,368 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership | $50,000 | 3 | 20% |
| Historic Vogue Theatre of Manistee | $48,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Friends of the Ramsdell | $47,770 | 4 | 3% |
| Pleasanton Township | $40,640 | 2 | n/a |
| Disabled American Veterans | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Kaleva Historical Society | $35,000 | 3 | 55% |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $33,559 | 2 | n/a |
| Spirit of the Woods Conservation Club | $33,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Manistee Recreation Association | $31,500 | 1 | 26% |
| Springdale Township | $30,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Smartrails | $25,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Cleon Township | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $21,775 | 1 | n/a |
| Manistee Township | $21,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Rotary Charities of Traverse City | $20,318 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Northwest Michigan | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manistee Cross Country Ski Council & Shoreline Cycle | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shoreline Cycling Club | $19,490 | 1 | n/a |
| Onekama Consolidated Schools | $17,135 | 2 | n/a |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $14,370 | 1 | 0% |
| Writers Series of Traverse City | $14,135 | 2 | 1% |
| Hospice of Michigan Inc | $14,110 | 2 | 0% |
| Manistee Community Kitchen | $13,887 | 2 | 4% |
| City of Manistee Housing Commission | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Manistee Saints Baseball Club Inc | $13,050 | 1 | n/a |
| West Shore Community College Foundation | $13,023 | 2 | 3% |
| Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manistee Friendship Society | $11,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Jefferson Community Park Committee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Copemish | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manistee Civic Players Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear Lake Area Historical Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Great Lakes Initiatives | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Manistee Watershed Conservation Council | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Casman Alternative Academy | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Congregational Church of Manistee | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear Lake Athletic Booster Club | $7,452 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Saviours Historical Society Inc | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Manistee Art Institute | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakeshore Childrens Advocacy Center | $6,920 | 1 | 2% |
| Little Mary's Hospitality House Ltd | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Financial Credit Union | $6,456 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Sparks Meaning | $6,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Power Book Bags | $5,941 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Michigan Health Services Inc | $5,715 | 1 | 0% |
| Manistee County Humane Society | $5,644 | 1 | 2% |
| Kcs Angels Inc | $5,603 | 1 | 3% |
| Whistle Stop Child Care Center | $5,233 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Eastlake | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Betsie Valley Community Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tahquamenon Education Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($752k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Manistee County Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Cadillac Area Community Foundation · Nickless Family Charitable Foundation · Charlevoix County Community Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Frey Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About Manistee County Community Foundation
- How much does Manistee County Community Foundation give?
- Manistee County Community Foundation reported 29 itemized grants totaling $721,964, out of $785,322 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Manistee County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (41%), Education (15%), Environment (12%).
- Who are Manistee County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Manistee Area Public Schools ($636k), City of Manistee ($469k), Networks Northwest ($390k).
- Does Manistee County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Manistee County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, Community Foundation for Muskegon County.
- Where is Manistee County Community Foundation based?
- Manistee County Community Foundation is based in MI.
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