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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 FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$101k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$285kArts & Culture$232kHealth$79kPhilanthropy$63kFood & Nutrition$50kHuman Services$44kPublic Benefit$25kHousing & Shelter$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k32 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $151k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRANBROOK SCHOOLS$101,000
UNIV OF MICH MUSICAL THEATRE$50,000
NAPLES CHILDREN EDUCATION FOUNDATIO$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$12,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
UNITED WAY$10,000
SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW$10,000
WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,000
U OF M$10,000
FOOD GATHERERS$10,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$5,000
ARBOR HOSPICE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ASPCA$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%CHORE SERVICE: $1k → 9%OZONE HOUSE: $5k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $5k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $3k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $3k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $3k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $3k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MD
DC
OK
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$816k · 44 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
20

Total granted

$816k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+68%

Still filing today

55%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UM
    UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $85k · revenue +93%
  • NC
    NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +277%
  • FG
    FOOD GATHERERS
    4× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR EDUCATION OF WOMEN
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • I
    ISPA
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • CU
    CARE USA
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
3
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
8
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
9
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
10
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ozone House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 79 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
27/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRANBROOK SCHOOLS: $104,500 · OtherCRANBROOK SCHOOLSUNITED WAY: $60,000 · OtherUNITED WAYUNIV OF MICH MUSICAL THEATRE: $50,500 · OtherUNIV OF MICH MUSICAL THEATREUOFM: $47,000 · OtherUOFMPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $35,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODFOOD GATHERERS: $30,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $30,000 · OtherWashtenaw Community College: $25,000 · Other+50 more: $252,300 · Other+50 moreUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $85,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY M…THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT …ARTIS-NAPLES INC: $4,800 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $6,750 · Arts & Culture+4 moreNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyPETER MICHAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $16,500 · EducationMILTON ACADEMY: $13,500 · EducationICE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationSOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationArbor Hospice Inc: $17,500 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHORE SERVICE INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN: $25,000 · Public BenefitGIRLS GROUP: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentGROWING HOPE INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$634,800Arts & Culture$102,550Philanthropy$55,000Education$36,500Human Services$31,000Public Benefit$25,000Youth Development$23,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $85,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS GROUP: $21,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetArbor Hospice Inc: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $16,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWASHTENAW LITERACY: $15,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CORNER FOOD PANTRY INC: $13,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPETER MICHAEL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPackard Health Inc: $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $4,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WRITERS INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetICE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $3,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHORE SERVICE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnn Arbor Summer Festival Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORNER HEALTH CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROWING HOPE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation for Asian Studies Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends In Deed: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT OPERA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE GARDEN INITIATIVES: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Arbor Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WASHTENAW LITERACY ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE CORNER FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds MILTON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PETER MICHAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND ↗
  • Who funds Packard Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗

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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…United Way of Washten…Harry a and Margaret …James a and Faith Kni…DTE Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …Thrift Shop Associati…Edward F Redies Found…The Martin Family Fou…Herrick FoundationUnited Way for Southe…The Buhr Foundation
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Montague Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Montague Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Southern Nazarene University: 1% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 79 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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