Michigan · Private foundation
Payne Family Trust
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.
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $477,910
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,389,548
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Payne Family Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $4.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $133k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $188k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $206k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $2,776,764 | 6 | 2% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $1,110,705 | 6 | 1% |
| National Organization for Women Inc | $555,353 | 6 | 11% |
| AIDS United | $555,353 | 6 | 3% |
| Stonewall Library and Archives Inc | $273,301 | 5 | 21% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($282k), not named here.
About Payne Family Trust
- How much does Payne Family Trust give?
- Payne Family Trust reported 6 grants totaling $4,779,097 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Payne Family Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (65%), Animals (20%), Education (10%).
- Who are Payne Family Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Southern Poverty Law Center Inc ($2.8M), National Wildlife Federation ($1.1M), National Organization for Women Inc ($555k).
- Does Payne Family Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Payne Family Trust 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.
- Where is Payne Family Trust based?
- Payne Family Trust is based in MI.
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