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Mlg 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.

$28k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$469k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Mlg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$28k14%
FY202422$22k27%
FY202324$47k17%
FY202228$25k25%
FY202127$19k30%
FY202019$29k47%
FY20191$35k0%
FY20182$126k0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$158kHuman Services$138kPublic Benefit$31kInternational$29kCivil Rights$5kFood & Nutrition$4kEducation$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
ND
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Mlg Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Community Based Enterprise$137,510318%
Circle Pines Center$136,80068%
Center for Economic Democracy Inc$12,50050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$8,25070%
Co-Op Rhody$8,0001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$4,85260%
Oxfam-America Inc$4,50060%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$3,78040%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$3,20040%
New Hampshire Democracy Fund$3,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,00040%
Direct Relief$2,25050%
Hias Inc$1,90040%
We the People of Detroit$1,55650%
Human Rights Watch Inc$1,40040%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$1,05050%
American Indian College Fund$1,05060%
United States Association for UNHCR$1,00010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$95060%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$80020%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$80030%
Alternatives for Girls$75070%
J Street Education Fund Inc$62030%
Cots$56130%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$50020%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$30030%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$30020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$25020%
St Josephs Indian School$2501n/a
Global Fund for Women Inc$20010%
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc$20030%
Fund for Equal Justice Inc$20010%
The Sentencing Project$20030%
Vermont Public Radio$1954n/a
New Jewish Narrative Inc$17530%
Concord Feminist Health Center$10010%
Equal Justice America Inc$10010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$10010%
Focushope$10010%
LISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor$7520%
LISTEN Love is Sharing the Exceptional Needs$5010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$501n/a
Global Justice Center$5010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5010%
Finca International Inc$5010%
National Park Foundation$2510%
Michigan Humane Society$2510%
Interfaith Worker Justice$2510%
Charity Navigator$1510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mlg Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Community Based Enterprise: $137,510 over 3y, 18% of budgetCircle Pines Center: $136,800 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetCenter for Economic Democracy Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $8,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $4,852 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $3,780 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Democracy Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $1,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWe the People of Detroit: $1,556 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $1,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $1,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlternatives for Girls: $750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street Education Fund Inc: $620 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCots: $561 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Fund for Women Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Equal Justice Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Sentencing Project: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew Jewish Narrative Inc: $175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetConcord Feminist Health Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice America Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFocushope: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLISTEN Love is Sharing the Exceptional Needs: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Justice Center: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Humane Society: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Worker Justice: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $15 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 45.

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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.

The Ford FoundationNY16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

Compare Mlg Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Mlg Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mlg Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Mlg Foundation

How much does Mlg Foundation give?
Mlg Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $28,176 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mlg Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Human Services (37%), Public Benefit (8%).
Who are Mlg Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Center for Community Based Enterprise ($138k), Circle Pines Center ($137k), Center for Economic Democracy Inc ($13k).
Does Mlg Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mlg 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 Mlg Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Impactassetsinc.
Where is Mlg Foundation based?
Mlg Foundation is based in NH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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