Michigan · Private foundation
Old Trail Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $602k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $480,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Old Trail Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $602k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $254k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $136k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $93k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $110k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $134k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $104k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $169k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation | $140,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Conservation Resource Alliance | $103,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $87,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Power of Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Armed Forces Thanksgiving | $9,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Wreaths Across America | $7,503 | 3 | 0% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Old Trail 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: Frey Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Old Trail Foundation
- How much does Old Trail Foundation give?
- Old Trail Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $602,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Old Trail Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (49%), Education (14%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Old Trail Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation ($141k), Conservation Resource Alliance ($104k), Leelanau Conservancy ($87k).
- Does Old Trail Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Old Trail 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 Old Trail Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frey Foundation, Grand Rapids Community Foundation, The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc.
- Where is Old Trail Foundation based?
- Old Trail Foundation is based in MI.
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