Michigan · Private foundation
Positive Step Foundation Inc
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.
- $131k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $17,772
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $374k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Positive Step Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 46 | $131k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $101k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $27k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $13k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Horse Power | $54,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Bark Nation | $30,599 | 3 | 0% |
| Lacasa | $25,516 | 4 | 0% |
| Howell Nature Center | $19,940 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc Livingston | $14,400 | 4 | 2% |
| No Swine Left Behind | $10,759 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Rapids Pitbull Alliance Inc | $8,239 | 2 | n/a |
| Dog Aide | $7,690 | 2 | 1% |
| District5animalalliancedetroit | $5,609 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Catalysts | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 64 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Positive Step Foundation Inc 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: Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Edward and June Kellogg Foundation Dba Kellogg Family Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Ann Arbor Spark · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Robert W & Maxine C Parker Foundation Inc · Livingston County United Way · Von Voigtlander Family Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation
How this is measured
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About Positive Step Foundation Inc
- How much does Positive Step Foundation Inc give?
- Positive Step Foundation Inc reported 46 grants totaling $130,830 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Positive Step Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (47%), Youth Development (22%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Positive Step Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Detroit Horse Power ($55k), Bark Nation ($31k), Lacasa ($26k).
- Does Positive Step Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Positive Step Foundation Inc 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 Positive Step Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ted and Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, BISSELL Pet Foundation.
- Where is Positive Step Foundation Inc based?
- Positive Step Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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