Michigan · Public charity
Michigan Colleges Alliance
Michigan Colleges Alliance is a collective of excellent independent colleges and universities located throughout Michigan. MCA helps students pursue their educational goals by organizing on campus tours, funding scholarships and connecting graduates with meaningful careers that span the globe.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $118,311
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,068,691
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Michigan Colleges Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $3.9M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.6M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo College | $10,787,061 | 9 | 2% |
| Hope College | $3,759,406 | 9 | 0% |
| Olivet College | $2,731,128 | 9 | 1% |
| Aquinas College | $1,413,446 | 9 | 1% |
| Adrian College | $1,369,212 | 9 | 0% |
| Alma College | $754,857 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $681,878 | 9 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $669,068 | 9 | 0% |
| Madonna University | $618,811 | 9 | 0% |
| Spring Arbor University | $590,233 | 9 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo College | $10,787,061 | 9 | 2% |
| Hope College | $3,759,406 | 9 | 0% |
| Olivet College | $2,731,128 | 9 | 1% |
| Aquinas College | $1,413,446 | 9 | 1% |
| Adrian College | $1,369,212 | 9 | 0% |
| Alma College | $754,857 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $681,878 | 9 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $669,068 | 9 | 0% |
| Madonna University | $618,811 | 9 | 0% |
| Spring Arbor University | $590,233 | 9 | 0% |
| Andrews University | $524,915 | 9 | 0% |
| Siena Heights University | $450,297 | 9 | 0% |
| College for Creative Studies | $86,076 | 2 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michigan Colleges Alliance 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: Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr · The VombergTrumley Foundation · Robert B Westfall Foundation · The Gerber Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Consumers Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Michigan Colleges Alliance
- How much does Michigan Colleges Alliance give?
- Michigan Colleges Alliance reported 15 grants totaling $3,459,472 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michigan Colleges Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Michigan Colleges Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kalamazoo College ($11M), Hope College ($3.8M), Olivet College ($2.7M).
- Does Michigan Colleges Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan Colleges Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr, The VombergTrumley Foundation, Robert B Westfall Foundation.
- Where is Michigan Colleges Alliance based?
- Michigan Colleges Alliance is based in MI.
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