Michigan · Private foundation
Montague 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.
- $348k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $101,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 37
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Montague Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 42 | $348k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $106k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $115k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $123k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $110k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Musical Society | $85,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Food Gatherers | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washtenaw Community College | $25,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Center for Michigan | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girls Group | $21,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arbor Hospice Inc | $17,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Bryn Mawr College | $16,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Washtenaw Literacy | $15,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($490k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Montague Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · The Martin Family Foundation · Herrick Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Buhr Foundation
How this is measured
About Montague Foundation
- How much does Montague Foundation give?
- Montague Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $348,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 37 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Montague Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (26%), Health (9%).
- Who are Montague Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University Musical Society ($85k), Naples Children Foundation Inc ($45k), Food Gatherers ($30k).
- Does Montague Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Montague 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 Montague Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation.
- Where is Montague Foundation based?
- Montague Foundation is based in MI.
Play a game based on Montague’s filings →