Michigan · Public charity
Michigan State University Research Foundation
To provide support for the board of trustees of michigan state university and to promote, sponsor, assist, and carry out educational, scientific, charitable and related activities and objectives of michigan state university.
- $13M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 74%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,420
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,162,542
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $656M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 74% of the organizations Michigan State University Research Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $477k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
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 | 23 | $13M | 43% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $12M | 74% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $18M | 94% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $15M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $12M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $13M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $35M | 0% |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$142MHealth$784kCommunity Improvement$702kScience & Tech$194kArts & Culture$21kOther$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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $141,680,519 | 9 | n/a |
| Grip Medical Properties I LLC | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vetr Health LLC | $93,404 | 3 | n/a |
| Ride Yourway | $84,876 | 2 | n/a |
| Reel Free LLC | $75,970 | 3 | n/a |
| Healthbar | $74,673 | 3 | n/a |
| Smart Bridge Medical | $70,845 | 1 | n/a |
| Movefactorx | $67,173 | 2 | n/a |
| Carbon Stealth Design LLC | $55,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $53,368 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $141,680,519 | 9 | n/a |
| Grip Medical Properties I LLC | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vetr Health LLC | $93,404 | 3 | n/a |
| Ride Yourway | $84,876 | 2 | n/a |
| Reel Free LLC | $75,970 | 3 | n/a |
| Healthbar | $74,673 | 3 | n/a |
| Smart Bridge Medical | $70,845 | 1 | n/a |
| Movefactorx | $67,173 | 2 | n/a |
| Carbon Stealth Design LLC | $55,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $53,368 | 1 | n/a |
| Curacollaborative LLC | $50,628 | 3 | n/a |
| Motion Grazer Ai | $47,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Elite Care Technologies | $31,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Quantitative Coin Grading | $31,265 | 2 | n/a |
| Sbe Medical | $28,060 | 2 | n/a |
| Farmish Inc | $27,591 | 2 | n/a |
| Titan Bioplastics | $25,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Preemier Diagnostics LLC | $25,780 | 2 | n/a |
| Sharp & Flat Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faycrest Studios | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cavgene Therapeutics Inc | $23,721 | 1 | n/a |
| Student Achievement Systems | $22,752 | 2 | n/a |
| Bookscore LLC | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wimage | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mfgparts | $20,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Blutapp Dba Blulateral | $19,570 | 1 | n/a |
| Vped | $18,745 | 2 | n/a |
| Trueline Health | $18,420 | 1 | n/a |
| Photonicare Inc | $18,170 | 1 | n/a |
| Emergency Medicine Innovations | $16,871 | 1 | n/a |
| Everfriendsai | $16,579 | 1 | n/a |
| Fieldman | $16,125 | 1 | n/a |
| JustAir Solutions | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simple Estimate LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisckar LLC | $14,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Kikcit LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lucid Biosystems | $9,508 | 1 | n/a |
| First Rule Cm | $9,416 | 1 | n/a |
| Labr Inc | $8,228 | 1 | n/a |
| Kozi Ale | $5,005 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
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About Michigan State University Research Foundation
- How much does Michigan State University Research Foundation give?
- Michigan State University Research Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $12,798,255 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michigan State University Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Health (1%), Community Improvement (0%).
- Who are Michigan State University Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan State University ($142M), Grip Medical Properties I LLC ($400k), Vetr Health LLC ($93k).
- Does Michigan State University Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Michigan State University Research Foundation based?
- Michigan State University Research Foundation is based in MI.
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