· Private foundation
The Alro Steel Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k77 grants · $142k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $400k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $375k
- $250k+2 grants · $2.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $2,000,000 |
| JACKSON COUNTY PARKS | $411,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $100,000 |
| BUILD EACH OTHER UP | $100,000 |
| JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $75,000 |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS | $50,000 |
| JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND | $50,000 |
| WESTERN SCHOOL DISTRICT | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $28,000 |
| CRAWFORD AUSABLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF DETROIT | $25,000 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| MICHIGAN CENTER SCHOOLS | $20,000 |
| KIRTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 73 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Michigan8× · 2017–2024 · $16M · revenue +202%
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +16%
- PFPALOZOLA FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $24k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- TMTHE MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON INCone grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -48%
- MCMACKINAC CENTERone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +3%
- CACOLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +53%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
To conduct interscholastic athletic tournaments throughout the state, consistent with educational values of high school curriculums, to provide assistance in the training of coaches, athletic directors and officials, as well as the…
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
The ucf foundation encourages, stewards and celebrates charitable contributions from alumni and friends to support university of central florida (ucf).
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.
The midwest conference is an interstate league among similarly minded institutions - those which give primary attention to the educational purposes of athletics. member institutions believe that participation in sport enhances the…
Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.
How this is measured
59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 149 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds THE MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON INC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Build Each Other Up NFP ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds MACKINAC CENTER ↗
- Who funds JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CRAWFORD AUSABLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF DETROIT ↗
- Who funds PALOZOLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR A PROSPEROUS AMERICA EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds KIRTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON ↗
- Who funds KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC ↗
- Who funds NFPA EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Jackson Community Foundation · Michigan College Access Network · DTE Energy Foundation · The L H Field Family Foundation · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Alro Steel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Alro Steel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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