Michigan · Private foundation
Melvin R & Ada C Greiser 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,913
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,565
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $702k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 22 | $51k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $51k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $68k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $53k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $46k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $50k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $48k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $42k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peak Foundation | $39,494 | 8 | n/a |
| Trine University | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| USA Swimming Inc | $23,332 | 5 | 0% |
| Marian High School | $15,055 | 2 | n/a |
| Paws for a Cause Inc | $14,800 | 6 | n/a |
| Minutes Matter - McAdd | $13,376 | 3 | n/a |
| Peaceful Paths Inc | $12,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $11,707 | 2 | 0% |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $9,300 | 4 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871) | $8,875 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melvin R & Ada C Greiser 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.
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How this is measured
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About Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation
- How much does Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation give?
- Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $51,324 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (14%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Peak Foundation ($39k), Trine University ($27k), USA Swimming Inc ($23k).
- Does Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvin R & Ada C Greiser 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 Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ge Aerospace Foundation, Enterprise Holdings Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation based?
- Melvin R & Ada C Greiser Foundation is based in MI.
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