Michigan · Private foundation
Preston S and Barbara J Parish 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.
- $96k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,264
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 61
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $96k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $131k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $122k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $218k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $179k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 61 | $68k | 52% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $35k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of South Central Michigan | $92,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heritage Community of Kalamazoo Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | $39,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Kalamazoo College | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Western Michigan University | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ministry With Community Inc | $19,000 | 7 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation 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: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund · United Way of South Central Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation
How this is measured
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About Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation
- How much does Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation give?
- Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $95,920 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 61 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Human Services (20%), Health (18%).
- Who are Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum ($150k), Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center ($105k), United Way of South Central Michigan ($92k).
- Does Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Preston S and Barbara J Parish 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 Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Tyler-Little Family Foundation, Irving S Gilmore Foundation.
- Where is Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation based?
- Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation is based in MI.
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