Michigan · Private foundation
Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $314k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% 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 | 34 | $290k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $267k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $263k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $297k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $272k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $262k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $273k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $291k | 39% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, 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 | $501,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $345,000 | 8 | 18% |
| Grand Valley State University | $294,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Jackson College | $194,228 | 9 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $124,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Spring Arbor University | $116,993 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Michigan University | $103,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Ferris State University | $65,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $44,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Baker College | $31,000 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $501,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $345,000 | 8 | 18% |
| Grand Valley State University | $294,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Jackson College | $194,228 | 9 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $124,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Spring Arbor University | $116,993 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Michigan University | $103,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Ferris State University | $65,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $44,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Baker College | $31,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Alma College | $25,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Adrian College | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $17,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Kettering University | $17,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Cedarville University | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $12,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Aquinas College | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo College | $11,334 | 6 | 0% |
| Kansas State University | $10,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Indiana Wesleyan University | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Siena Heights University | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trine University | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lawrence Technological University | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Seton Hill University | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cornerstone University | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Belmont Abbey College Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Michigan University | $6,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Miami University | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Davenport University | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwood University | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleary University | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Kentucky University | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Olivet College | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jackson School of the Arts Assoc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel University Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Findlay | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cascades Humane Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harding University Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huntington University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Michael's College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia College Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($394k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr supplied at peak.
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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: The Alvin L Glick Foundation · The Gerber Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The VombergTrumley Foundation · Kanitz Louis J & Golda I Main Ac · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Lorna a Welch Charitable Foundation Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Michigan Colleges Alliance · Lavere & Gladys Chase Scholarship Fd · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc
How this is measured
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About Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr
- How much does Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr give?
- Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr reported 38 grants totaling $314,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Health (12%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan State University ($501k), University of Michigan ($345k), Grand Valley State University ($295k).
- Does Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Alvin L Glick Foundation, The Gerber Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr based?
- Myer & Lois Franklin Charitable Tr is based in MI.
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