Michigan · Private foundation
Rettig Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2020
- 47
- Grants FY2020
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 73% of the organizations Rettig Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $734k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 45 | $1.0M | 73% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $87k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $77k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $109k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $175,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Josephs Legacy | $120,000 | 3 | 50% |
| Friends of Campbell County Tennessee Animals | $99,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $61,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arc of Appalachia | $58,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Homeless Animal Rescue Team | $50,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Salvation Army | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Walsh Research Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Last Chance Corral | $25,000 | 4 | 6% |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($376k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rettig Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Celanese Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Rettig Foundation
- How much does Rettig Foundation give?
- Rettig Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $1,045,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Rettig Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Animals (36%), Food & Nutrition (23%), Environment (9%).
- Who are Rettig Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Freestore Foodbank Inc ($175k), Josephs Legacy ($120k), Friends of Campbell County Tennessee Animals ($99k).
- Does Rettig Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rettig 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 Rettig Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is Rettig Foundation based?
- Rettig Foundation is based in MI.
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