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Siebenthaler Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$547k
Granted FY2023
23
Grants FY2023
23
Organizations funded FY2023
74%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$18,240
Largest grant, FY2023
$91,200
Organizations funded a year
23 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
10
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 74% of the organizations Siebenthaler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $422k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202323$547k74%
FY202231$29k6%
FY202130$26k3%
FY202030$25k0%
FY201931$24k0%
FY201834$26k6%
FY201735$26kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$128kReligion$123kAnimals$96kHuman Services$93kArts & Culture$72kHealth$67kRecreation & Sports$53kEducation$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
KY
VA
KS
AR
TN
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Pauls Episcopal Church$60,0006n/a
Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc$51,60072%
AMVETS Post 114$49,500733%
K9s for Warriors Inc$45,60010%
Epic Outreach Inc$45,600119%
Cancer Care Inc$27,36010%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$27,36010%
Good Samaritan Family Services$25,00072%
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc$18,24010%
Unbound$18,24010%
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All grantees of Siebenthaler Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Pauls Episcopal Church$60,0006n/a
Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc$51,60072%
AMVETS Post 114$49,500733%
K9s for Warriors Inc$45,60010%
Epic Outreach Inc$45,600119%
Cancer Care Inc$27,36010%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$27,36010%
Good Samaritan Family Services$25,00072%
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc$18,24010%
Unbound$18,24010%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$18,24010%
Asbury College$13,68010%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$9,12010%
Munson Healthcare Foundations$6,00060%
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy$5,50060%
Elk Rapids Garden Club$5,5007n/a
Cherryland Middle School$4,0002n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,00060%
Salvation Army$3,0006n/a
American Heart Association Inc$3,00060%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$3,00060%
Acme Christian Thrift Store &Food Pantry$3,00060%
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan Inc$2,75050%
Cherryland Humane Society$2,55060%
Elk Rapids Community Cupboard$2,0001n/a
Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation$2,00060%
Grass River Natural Area Inc$2,00060%
Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc$1,60060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,50060%
Elk Rapids Area Historical Society$1,50061%
Art Rapids$1,4001n/a
Traverse Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Traverse City Philharmonic$1,25050%
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$1,00060%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,00040%
Michigan Audubon Society$1,00060%
Hospice of Michigan Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($235k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Siebenthaler Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTraverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc: $51,600 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetAMVETS Post 114: $49,500 over 7y, 33% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $45,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEpic Outreach Inc: $45,600 over 1y, 19% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $27,360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: $27,360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGood Samaritan Family Services: $25,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetShakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc: $18,240 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnbound: $18,240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $18,240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsbury College: $13,680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $9,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMunson Healthcare Foundations: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAcme Christian Thrift Store &Food Pantry: $3,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Northern Michigan Inc: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCherryland Humane Society: $2,550 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $2,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGrass River Natural Area Inc: $2,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChild & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Inc: $1,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetElk Rapids Area Historical Society: $1,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTraverse Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Traverse City Philharmonic: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Michigan Inc: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Audubon Society: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Grand Traverse Regional Community FoundationMI30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Julius H and Barbara B Beers Family Foundation · William G Janis & Susanne M Janis Family Foundation · The Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation Inc C/O Leslie Lee · Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation · Hildreth Foundation Inc · United Way of Northwest Michigan · Hayden Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Siebenthaler Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Siebenthaler Foundation

How much does Siebenthaler Foundation give?
Siebenthaler Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $547,400 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Siebenthaler Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (18%), Religion (17%), Animals (14%).
Who are Siebenthaler Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: St Pauls Episcopal Church ($60k), Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc ($52k), AMVETS Post 114 ($50k).
Does Siebenthaler Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Siebenthaler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Siebenthaler Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Oleson Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation.
Where is Siebenthaler Foundation based?
Siebenthaler Foundation is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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