Michigan · Public charity
Michigan Municipal League Foundation
To operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3), and to organize to work with michigan communities to support efforts that bring people together and build equitable community wealth.
- $77k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $72k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 687
- FY2017 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Michigan Municipal League Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $72k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $905k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 687 | $10M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $2.2M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $520k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $57k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Wayne Michigan | $871,499 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Area United Way Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Municipal League (MML) | $118,380 | 3 | n/a |
| Flint and Genesee Group Foundation | $58,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamtramck Parks Conservancy | $33,197 | 1 | 6% |
| Grand Rapids Black Business League | $29,125 | 1 | n/a |
| West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | $29,125 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Bay City Mi | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dearborn | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Wayne Michigan | $871,499 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Area United Way Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Michigan Municipal League (MML) | $118,380 | 3 | n/a |
| Flint and Genesee Group Foundation | $58,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamtramck Parks Conservancy | $33,197 | 1 | 6% |
| Grand Rapids Black Business League | $29,125 | 1 | n/a |
| West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | $29,125 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Bay City Mi | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dearborn | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ye Olde Tap Room Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Corner Brewery LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grain LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1919 Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| G-9 Taverns Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fit4life Health and Fitness LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie Lake Tavern LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Motions | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Long Road Distillers LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Three Blondes Brewing LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 5 Mile Brewing Company LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smyrna Tavern & Table LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brew LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Belleville | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Ortonville | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chelsea | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Utica | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 712 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
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: Small Business Association of Michigan · Detroit Economic Growth Association · Center for Technology and Civic Life
How this is measured
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About Michigan Municipal League Foundation
- How much does Michigan Municipal League Foundation give?
- Michigan Municipal League Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $72,000, out of $77,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 687 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Michigan Municipal League Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (72%), Public Benefit (12%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Michigan Municipal League Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: County of Wayne Michigan ($871k), Capital Area United Way Inc ($120k), Michigan Municipal League (MML) ($118k).
- Does Michigan Municipal League Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan Municipal League Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Small Business Association of Michigan, Detroit Economic Growth Association, Center for Technology and Civic Life.
- Where is Michigan Municipal League Foundation based?
- Michigan Municipal League Foundation is based in MI.
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