Michigan · Private foundation
Read Family Charitable Fund
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.
- $64k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $477k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Read Family Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 8 | $64k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $21k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $37k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $19k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $21k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $9k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $28,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Westside Christian Academy | $22,185 | 8 | 0% |
| Beyond Basics | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund | $13,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Shades of Pink Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kensington Community Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blanchet House of Hospitality | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $1,140 | 3 | 0% |
| Sky Dog Sanctuary Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $28,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Westside Christian Academy | $22,185 | 8 | 0% |
| Beyond Basics | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund | $13,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Shades of Pink Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kensington Community Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blanchet House of Hospitality | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $1,140 | 3 | 0% |
| Sky Dog Sanctuary Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Read Family Charitable Fund 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Read Family Charitable Fund
- How much does Read Family Charitable Fund give?
- Read Family Charitable Fund reported 8 grants totaling $64,190 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Read Family Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Education (17%), Health (16%).
- Who are Read Family Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($29k), Westside Christian Academy ($22k), Beyond Basics ($15k).
- Does Read Family Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Read Family Charitable Fund 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 Read Family Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Network for Good, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Read Family Charitable Fund based?
- Read Family Charitable Fund is based in MI.
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