Michigan · Private foundation
Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $938k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 4 | $65k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $118k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $74k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $87k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $95k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $93k | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan University | $100,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Peace Lutheran Church | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc-Saginaw | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Temple Theatre Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Covenant Healthcare Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Templearts | $40,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Major Chords for Minors | $39,500 | 5 | 9% |
| Mid-Michigan Children's Museum | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Child Abuse & Neglect Council Great Lakes Bay Region | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Frankenmuth Historical Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan University | $100,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Peace Lutheran Church | $70,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc-Saginaw | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Temple Theatre Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Covenant Healthcare Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Templearts | $40,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Major Chords for Minors | $39,500 | 5 | 9% |
| Mid-Michigan Children's Museum | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Child Abuse & Neglect Council Great Lakes Bay Region | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Frankenmuth Historical Association | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Health Improvement Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hemlock Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Caring Closet Inc | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($189k), not named here.
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: Saginaw Community Foundation · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Morley Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Yeo Family Foundation · Drsamuel Shaheen Family Foundation · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Wm McNally Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund
- How much does Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund give?
- Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund reported 4 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Human Services (18%), Education (16%).
- Who are Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Michigan University ($100k), Peace Lutheran Church ($70k), Young Mens Christian Assoc-Saginaw ($70k).
- Does Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saginaw Community Foundation, Frank N Andersen Foundation, Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation.
- Where is Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund based?
- Robert W & Eileen E Hesse Memorial Fund is based in MI.
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