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Orsa 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.

$511k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$46,728
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$243k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$250kCommunity Improvement$225kArts & Culture$119kPhilanthropy$104kEducation$80kHuman Services$62kYouth Development$49kCivil Rights$35kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Development Advocates of Detroit$82,00022%
Habitat for Humanity- Northeast Michigan Inc$70,00022%
Plymouth Community Arts Council$61,000226%
Black Legacy Advancement Coalition$35,000214%
Youthtank Inc$28,00024%
Develop Detroit Inc$23,13910%
Crossroads Industries Inc$23,00022%
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy$20,00021%
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan$20,00010%
Samaritas$19,00020%
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All grantees of Orsa Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Development Advocates of Detroit$82,00022%
Habitat for Humanity- Northeast Michigan Inc$70,00022%
Plymouth Community Arts Council$61,000226%
Black Legacy Advancement Coalition$35,000214%
Youthtank Inc$28,00024%
Develop Detroit Inc$23,13910%
Crossroads Industries Inc$23,00022%
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy$20,00021%
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan$20,00010%
Samaritas$19,00020%
Methodist Children's Home Society$18,00020%
Venture Inc$18,0001n/a
First Step The Western Wayne County Project Domestic Assault$17,50010%
Plymouth Historical Society$17,20017%
Trust Neighborhoods$15,0001n/a
Living & Learning Enrichment Center$13,00020%
Plymouth District Library$12,8002n/a
The Senior Alliance Inc$12,5001n/a
Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit$12,0001n/a
New Hope Center for Grief Support Inc$11,00012%
The Refuge in Otsego County$10,50019%
Gaylord Area Council for the Arts$10,50026%
Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley$10,00010%
Rttm Community Center$10,00014%
Metro Food Rescue$10,0001n/a
Detroit Public Media$9,00010%
360 Detroit Inc$8,00012%
Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc$8,00020%
Escot Youth Development Inc$8,00013%
Detroit Horse Power$8,0001n/a
Detroit Future City$8,00010%
Humane Society of Huron Valley$7,5001n/a
Novi Educational Foundation$6,50013%
Ruth Ellis Center$6,20010%
Otsego County United Way Inc$5,5001n/a
Haven Inc$5,00010%
Friendship Circle$5,0001n/a
Foundation for Excellence Walled Lake Schools$5,00014%
Haven Homes of Detroit$5,00011%
Grandmont Rosedale Development Corp$5,0001n/a
Northville Educational Foundation$4,50012%
Elk Country Animal Shelter$2,50011%
Susie Qs Kids Inc$2,50011%
Children's Miracle Network$2,5001n/a
Growing Hope Inc$1,50010%
Friends In Deed$1,50010%
Art Foundation % Tony Roko$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($243k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Orsa Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Development Advocates of Detroit: $82,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity- Northeast Michigan Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPlymouth Community Arts Council: $61,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetBlack Legacy Advancement Coalition: $35,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetYouthtank Inc: $28,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetDevelop Detroit Inc: $23,139 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCrossroads Industries Inc: $23,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetDetroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Economic Development Association of Michigan: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSamaritas: $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMethodist Children's Home Society: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Step The Western Wayne County Project Domestic Assault: $17,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPlymouth Historical Society: $17,200 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetLiving & Learning Enrichment Center: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Hope Center for Grief Support Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Refuge in Otsego County: $10,500 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGaylord Area Council for the Arts: $10,500 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Huron Valley: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRttm Community Center: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetDetroit Public Media: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget360 Detroit Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEscot Youth Development Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetDetroit Future City: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNovi Educational Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetRuth Ellis Center: $6,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaven Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Excellence Walled Lake Schools: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHaven Homes of Detroit: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNorthville Educational Foundation: $4,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetElk Country Animal Shelter: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSusie Qs Kids Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGrowing Hope Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends In Deed: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

Community Foundation …Community Financial C…DTE Energy FoundationUnited Way for Southe…Consumers Energy Foun…Ford PhilanthropyThe Kresge FoundationThe Skillman Foundati…Michigan Health Endow…Margaret Dunning Foun…Canton Community Foun…Children's Hospital o…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI54.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Community Financial Credit Union · DTE Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Kresge Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Margaret Dunning Foundation · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Children's Hospital of Michigan 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.

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How do I get to Orsa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Orsa Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Orsa Foundation

How much does Orsa Foundation give?
Orsa Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $510,981 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Orsa Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (24%), Community Improvement (21%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Orsa Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Community Development Advocates of Detroit ($82k), Habitat for Humanity- Northeast Michigan Inc ($70k), Plymouth Community Arts Council ($61k).
Does Orsa 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 Orsa Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Community Financial Credit Union, DTE Energy Foundation.
Where is Orsa Foundation based?
Orsa Foundation is based in MI.

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 76 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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