Michigan · Public charity
Sparrow Foundation
The mission of the foundation is to operate for the benefit of and to carry out the purposes of the nonprofit and tax-exempt subsidiaries of umh- sparrow health system, a michigan nonprofit corporation ("sole member"), and its mission to improve the health of the people in our community by providing quality, compassionate care to…
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $108,399
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,161,945
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sparrow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $3.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $499k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.8M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $3.8M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward W Sparrow Hospital | $25,216,309 | 9 | 1% |
| Sparrow Eaton Hospital | $489,351 | 4 | 0% |
| Sparrow Clinton Hospital | $193,022 | 4 | 0% |
| Sparrow Carson Hospital | $162,609 | 3 | 0% |
| Sparrow Ionia Hospital | $71,280 | 3 | 0% |
| Sparrow Specialty Hospital | $31,224 | 2 | 0% |
| East Lansing Athletic Club | $14,380 | 1 | n/a |
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: Michigan Health & Hospital Association Dba Mha · Michigan Center for Rural Health
How this is measured
About Sparrow Foundation
- How much does Sparrow Foundation give?
- Sparrow Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $1,509,591, out of $2,419,629 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sparrow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Sparrow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Edward W Sparrow Hospital ($25M), Sparrow Eaton Hospital ($489k), Sparrow Clinton Hospital ($193k).
- Does Sparrow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sparrow Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Michigan Health & Hospital Association Dba Mha, Michigan Center for Rural Health.
- Where is Sparrow Foundation based?
- Sparrow Foundation is based in MI.
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