Michigan · Private foundation
Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $94k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $502k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 15 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $44k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $52k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $66k | 59% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $35k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $52k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $31k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan House | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Matrix Human Services | $15,200 | 5 | 0% |
| American Lutheran Church | $14,113 | 4 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Inc | $13,680 | 4 | n/a |
| Cross Lutheran Church | $8,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Living Waters Ministries | $6,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Cross of Glory Lutheran Church | $6,512 | 2 | n/a |
| All Saints Lutheran Church | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Micah 6 Community | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan House | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Matrix Human Services | $15,200 | 5 | 0% |
| American Lutheran Church | $14,113 | 4 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Inc | $13,680 | 4 | n/a |
| Cross Lutheran Church | $8,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Living Waters Ministries | $6,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Cross of Glory Lutheran Church | $6,512 | 2 | n/a |
| All Saints Lutheran Church | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Micah 6 Community | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritas | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Johns Lutheran Church | $4,950 | 2 | n/a |
| St Martin Lutheran Church | $4,117 | 4 | n/a |
| Camp Cavell Conservancy | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Macomb Charitable Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Good Shepherd Coalition | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Compassion Pregnancy Center | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Revelation Lutheran Chruch | $2,800 | 1 | n/a |
| St Martins Lutheran Church | $2,761 | 5 | n/a |
| Faith Lutheran Church Dba Holy Faith Church | $2,590 | 2 | n/a |
| Genesis Lutheran Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Lutheran Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Love Rising Lutheran Church | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Evangelical Lutheran Church | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Peters Evangelical Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $729 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | $400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($295k), not named here.
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: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation with peer funders
About Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation
- How much does Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation give?
- Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $93,716 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (61%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Samaritan House ($16k), Trinity Lutheran Church ($16k), Matrix Human Services ($15k).
- Does Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation based?
- Mt Zion Lutheran Church Foundation is based in MI.
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