Michigan · Private foundation
Sieg Dunlap Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $503k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 120
- Grants FY2026
- 125
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 119 to 130
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 20
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 15% of the organizations Sieg Dunlap Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 118 | $496k | 11% |
| FY2025 | 125 | $516k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 120 | $493k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 119 | $485k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 123 | $488k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 124 | $498k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 130 | $475k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 130 | $474k | 9% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steppenwolf Theatre Company | $232,030 | 10 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $160,000 | 10 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $150,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $149,500 | 10 | 0% |
| Orchard Lake Community Church | $140,046 | 10 | n/a |
| Shedd Aquarium Society | $137,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $117,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Six Rivers Land Conservancy Fka Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy | $94,000 | 10 | 2% |
| Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic | $65,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $63,000 | 10 | 0% |
Show all 144 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 100 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sieg Dunlap Foundation 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 · The Kresge Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · The Samuel L Westerman Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sieg Dunlap Foundation
- How much does Sieg Dunlap Foundation give?
- Sieg Dunlap Foundation reported 120 grants totaling $502,600 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 119 and 130 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Sieg Dunlap Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (19%), Arts & Culture (16%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Sieg Dunlap Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Steppenwolf Theatre Company ($232k), Judicial Watch Inc ($160k), The Heritage Foundation ($150k).
- Does Sieg Dunlap Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sieg Dunlap 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 Sieg Dunlap Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Kresge Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
- Where is Sieg Dunlap Foundation based?
- Sieg Dunlap Foundation is based in MI.
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