· Private foundation
Re Olds Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k41 grants · $107k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $168k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOLDUMAR NATURE CENTER | $25,000 |
| IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| HIGHFIELDS | $15,000 |
| CHARLOTTE SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS | $15,000 |
| RE OLDS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM | $12,000 |
| WILDSIDE REHABILITATION & EDUCATION | $12,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS-LANSING | $12,000 |
| CHILD & FAMILY CHARITIES | $12,000 |
| EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| GREATER LANSING FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| MITTEN MISFITS FARM SANCTUARY | $10,000 |
| ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER | $10,000 |
| WAI-IAM INC | $9,000 |
| EXPERIENTIAL INK | $9,000 |
| CANINES FOR CHANGE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $156k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
80 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ICINGHAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY7× · 2017–2024 · $77k · revenue +64%
- GLGREATER LANSING FOOD BANK8× · 2017–2024 · $63k · revenue +37%
- CAChild and Family Charities2× · 2022–2024 · $62k · revenue +89%
Funded once
- LPLANSING PROMISE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $50k
- ABANNIE'S BIG NATURE LESSON2× · 2022–2023 · $45k
- LPLANSING PROMISE FOR LANSING SAVEone grant, 2023 · $28k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.
Public library
Safeguard southern michigan's land and water to support diverse, resilient, and thriving communities - forever
To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.
Lansing Promise helps students in gaining access to higher education through readiness and scholarships.
Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.
To conserve, sustain, and connect natural areas, land, and waters that make the places we live special
Works to end environmental injustice by empowering communities at the grassroots level.the corporation is organzied exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including for such purposes, the makeing of…
Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.
To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.
To advocate for, educate, and assist our target populations. our services address the needs of many different people, but we continue to target our services to older adults and persons with disabilities.
How this is measured
60 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 60 of the 138 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds INGHAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds R E OLDS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER LANSING FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Child and Family Charities ↗
- Who funds Allen Neighborhood Center ↗
- Who funds HIGHFIELDS INC ↗
- Who funds HAVEN HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Wildside Rehabilitation And Education Center ↗
- Who funds WAI-IAM INC ↗
- Who funds LANSING ART GALLERY & EDUCATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds SMALL TALK CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds OLIVET COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT LANSING ↗
- Who funds MITTEN MISFITS FARM SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds Reach Studio Art Center ↗
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: Capital Region Community Foundation · Joe D Pentecost Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Lansing Economic Area Partnership · Lansing Rotary Foundation · Jackson Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · Desk Drawer Fund · United Way of South Central Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Re Olds Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Re Olds Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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