Michigan · Public charity
Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation
To inspire active lifestyles and healthy food choices through education, environmental change, community events, and policy leadership.
- $8.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $149,356
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $773k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 34 | $8.3M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $8.4M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $7.3M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $6.9M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $7.0M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $7.7M | 8% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $7.8M | 21% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $7.7M | 18% |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$31MHealth$15MHuman Services$6.6MFood & Nutrition$3.4MRecreation & Sports$3.3MCommunity Improvement$1.2MArts & Culture$709kEnvironment$256kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) | $6,696,741 | 9 | 4% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc | $6,514,782 | 9 | 12% |
| Genesee Isd | $6,329,096 | 9 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $5,320,364 | 9 | 0% |
| The Crim Fitness Foundation Inc | $4,615,538 | 9 | 16% |
| Van Buren Isd | $3,708,301 | 6 | n/a |
| Saginaw Intermediate School District | $3,522,632 | 9 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $3,432,839 | 9 | 1% |
| Calhoun Intermediate School District | $2,771,763 | 9 | n/a |
| Tuscola Intermediate School District | $2,460,234 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) | $6,696,741 | 9 | 4% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc | $6,514,782 | 9 | 12% |
| Genesee Isd | $6,329,096 | 9 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $5,320,364 | 9 | 0% |
| The Crim Fitness Foundation Inc | $4,615,538 | 9 | 16% |
| Van Buren Isd | $3,708,301 | 6 | n/a |
| Saginaw Intermediate School District | $3,522,632 | 9 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $3,432,839 | 9 | 1% |
| Calhoun Intermediate School District | $2,771,763 | 9 | n/a |
| Tuscola Intermediate School District | $2,460,234 | 7 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $2,412,744 | 9 | n/a |
| Lahc - Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities | $1,932,342 | 7 | 13% |
| Eastern Upper Peninsula Isd | $1,863,635 | 9 | n/a |
| Gratiot-Isabella Resd | $1,815,078 | 8 | n/a |
| Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency | $1,555,332 | 9 | n/a |
| Kent Intermediate School District | $1,481,456 | 7 | n/a |
| Wayne State University | $1,147,820 | 6 | n/a |
| Health Department of Northwest Michigan | $872,953 | 9 | n/a |
| Traverse Bay Area Isd | $822,884 | 6 | n/a |
| Livingston Educational Svc Agency | $684,586 | 5 | n/a |
| Washtenaw Intermediate School District | $668,469 | 2 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Schools Foundation | $656,554 | 5 | 8% |
| Dhd #10 | $631,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative | $628,733 | 6 | 29% |
| Traverse City Area Public Schools | $601,961 | 9 | n/a |
| Western Upper Penisula Dhd | $499,798 | 5 | n/a |
| Growing Hope Inc | $453,252 | 5 | 16% |
| American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeastern Mi Inc | $444,071 | 5 | 2% |
| Bronson South Haven Hospital | $426,027 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Healthy Community | $371,892 | 2 | 23% |
| Michigan Association of Planning | $369,165 | 9 | 8% |
| Eaton Isd | $333,334 | 2 | n/a |
| Traverse Bay Area Isd | $332,846 | 3 | n/a |
| Greater Flint Health Coalition Inc | $298,906 | 2 | 2% |
| Copper Country Comm Mental Health | $288,378 | 5 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $244,806 | 4 | n/a |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Refugee Development Center | $198,555 | 3 | 12% |
| Oakland County | $173,740 | 7 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Safety Foundation | $164,778 | 7 | n/a |
| Norte Youth Cycling | $141,159 | 5 | 13% |
| Child and Family Charities | $107,837 | 2 | 1% |
| Oakwood Healthcare Foundation | $97,417 | 2 | 1% |
| Dickinson-Iron District Health Dept | $90,116 | 3 | n/a |
| Chaldean American Ladies of Charity | $82,718 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance | $72,083 | 1 | 41% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore | $70,950 | 2 | 2% |
| Genesis Harbor of Opportunities Promoting Excellence | $67,183 | 2 | 14% |
| Beaumont Health | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Macomb Community Action | $64,209 | 1 | n/a |
| Maple Valley Public Schools | $58,748 | 1 | n/a |
| Plainfield Township (Loon Lake) | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Public Schools | $47,212 | 1 | n/a |
| Iron Belle Trail Fund | $46,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Dewitt Public Schools | $43,526 | 5 | n/a |
| Ida Public School District | $43,079 | 2 | n/a |
| Reeths-Puffer Schools | $40,519 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Greenways Coalition | $36,750 | 1 | 35% |
| Lansing Public Schools | $35,698 | 2 | n/a |
| Charlotte Public Schools Education Foundation Inc | $31,671 | 1 | n/a |
| Ann Arbor Public Schools | $28,638 | 3 | n/a |
| Crawford AuSable School District | $27,283 | 2 | n/a |
| Bath Community Schools | $25,172 | 2 | n/a |
| Oakdale Neighbors | $23,680 | 2 | 6% |
| Holt Public Schools | $22,351 | 2 | n/a |
| East Jordan Schools | $20,910 | 2 | n/a |
| Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision | $19,007 | 2 | 1% |
| Madison District Public Schools | $17,546 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Harrison | $16,885 | 1 | n/a |
| Charter Township of Orion Mi | $13,935 | 1 | n/a |
| Hastings Area School System | $12,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Boyne City Public Schools | $12,238 | 1 | n/a |
| Ironwood Public Schools | $11,727 | 1 | n/a |
| Ptsa Michigan Congress of Parents Teachers and Students | $11,134 | 2 | n/a |
| The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation | $9,280 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison School District | $8,794 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Health Improvement Alliance | $8,491 | 1 | 1% |
| Ashley Community Schools | $7,495 | 1 | n/a |
| Ludington Area Schools | $6,229 | 1 | n/a |
| Manchester Community Schools | $5,528 | 1 | n/a |
| The James and Grace Lee Boggs School | $5,205 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.
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.
Michigan Health Endowment FundMI46.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association Inc · Michigan College Access Network · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Carls Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation
- How much does Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation give?
- Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $8,264,032 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (25%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) ($6.7M), National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc ($6.5M), Genesee Isd ($6.3M).
- Does Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association Inc, Michigan College Access Network.
- Where is Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation based?
- Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation is based in MI.
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