Michigan · Community foundation
Sanilac County Community Foundation
The s.c.c.f.'s primary exempt purpose is to support and promote educational, scientific,literary, cultural and charitable purpose, primarily in and for the residents of sanilac county.
- $779k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $470k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,455
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $351,540
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Sanilac County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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 | $470k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $406k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $135k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $89k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $36k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $42k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $27k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Cavell Conservancy | $26,050 | 3 | 3% |
| Sanilac County Humane Society | $21,959 | 1 | 11% |
| Marlette Historical Society | $19,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Deckerville Ed Foundation | $19,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Sanilac County Historical Society | $16,440 | 2 | 9% |
| St Clair Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | $13,236 | 1 | 0% |
| Cros-Lex Project Blessing | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish | $11,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Moore Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Cavell Conservancy | $26,050 | 3 | 3% |
| Sanilac County Humane Society | $21,959 | 1 | 11% |
| Marlette Historical Society | $19,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Deckerville Ed Foundation | $19,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Sanilac County Historical Society | $16,440 | 2 | 9% |
| St Clair Chamber of Commerce | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | $13,236 | 1 | 0% |
| Cros-Lex Project Blessing | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish | $11,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Moore Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McKenzie Memorial Hospital McKenzie Health System | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Sanilac County Community Foundation
- How much does Sanilac County Community Foundation give?
- Sanilac County Community Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $470,333, out of $779,465 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sanilac County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Philanthropy (8%), Education (8%).
- Who are Sanilac County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Camp Cavell Conservancy ($26k), Sanilac County Humane Society ($22k), Marlette Historical Society ($19k).
- Does Sanilac County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sanilac County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Sanilac County Community Foundation based?
- Sanilac County Community Foundation is based in MI.
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