Michigan · Private foundation
Melling Family 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Melling Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 10 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $95k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $201k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $95k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $77k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $68k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $45k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $87k | 26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County | $59,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Shop Rat Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ferris State University | $34,500 | 7 | n/a |
| The Jackson Friendly Home | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| John George Home Inc | $25,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Reece Endeavor of Midland | $14,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Lions of Michigan Service Foundation Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Lumen Christi High School | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Michigan Theatre of Jackson Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County | $59,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The Shop Rat Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ferris State University | $34,500 | 7 | n/a |
| The Jackson Friendly Home | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| John George Home Inc | $25,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Reece Endeavor of Midland | $14,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Lions of Michigan Service Foundation Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Lumen Christi High School | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Michigan Theatre of Jackson Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Lansing | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Services Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lansing Catholic High School | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Family Service and Childrens Aid | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Disability Connections Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jackson Interfaith Shelter | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Jackson Habitat for Humanity | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lily Missions Center | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lazy Bs Ranch Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Allegiance Health Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($481k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melling Family 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 Alvin L Glick Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Jackson Community Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Lavery Foundation · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · The Hurst Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · Macchia Family Foundation · Addison P Cook III Foundation · Weatherwax Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Melling Family Foundation
- How much does Melling Family Foundation give?
- Melling Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $90,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melling Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (61%), Education (20%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are Melling Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Compassionate Ministries of Jackson County ($59k), The Shop Rat Foundation Inc ($50k), Ferris State University ($35k).
- Does Melling Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melling Family 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 Melling Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alvin L Glick Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, Jackson Community Foundation.
- Where is Melling Family Foundation based?
- Melling Family Foundation is based in MI.
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