Michigan · Private foundation
Manthei Charitable Trust
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.
- $304k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $304,370
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $304,370
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $139k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Manthei Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 1 | $304k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $140k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $140k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $248k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $270k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Roots Childcare | $304,370 | 1 | 40% |
| Thornston Educational Fund | $217,360 | 5 | 2% |
| Lift Up America | $157,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Orphan Helpersinc | $128,000 | 5 | 7% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $49,708 | 1 | n/a |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $35,595 | 2 | 0% |
| Plies | $22,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Genesis Church | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Semilla Inc | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| English Language Institute in China | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Roots Childcare | $304,370 | 1 | 40% |
| Thornston Educational Fund | $217,360 | 5 | 2% |
| Lift Up America | $157,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Orphan Helpersinc | $128,000 | 5 | 7% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $49,708 | 1 | n/a |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $35,595 | 2 | 0% |
| Plies | $22,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Genesis Church | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Semilla Inc | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| English Language Institute in China | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Island Ministries | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Embracing the Journey | $5,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Biglife International Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lifestream Foundtion | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Life Foundation USA | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Overland Missions Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Manthei Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About Manthei Charitable Trust
- How much does Manthei Charitable Trust give?
- Manthei Charitable Trust reported 1 grants totaling $304,370 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Manthei Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Religion (24%), Education (21%).
- Who are Manthei Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Little Roots Childcare ($304k), Thornston Educational Fund ($217k), Lift Up America ($157k).
- Does Manthei Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Manthei Charitable Trust 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 Manthei Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Manthei Charitable Trust based?
- Manthei Charitable Trust is based in MI.
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