Michigan · Private foundation
The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $569k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $201,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $727k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 17 | $368k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $269k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $268k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $161k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $157k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $160k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $138k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $189k | 24% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Church | $241,000 | 6 | n/a |
| United Way of Genesee County | $200,000 | 8 | 1% |
| United Way of Saginaw County | $178,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Flint Public Library | $111,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | $52,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc Shiawassee County Inc | $45,200 | 9 | 4% |
| Mott Community College | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw | $29,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Whaley Children's Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flint Institute of Arts | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Church | $241,000 | 6 | n/a |
| United Way of Genesee County | $200,000 | 8 | 1% |
| United Way of Saginaw County | $178,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Flint Public Library | $111,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | $52,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc Shiawassee County Inc | $45,200 | 9 | 4% |
| Mott Community College | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw | $29,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Whaley Children's Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flint Institute of Arts | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw Founda | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nrityanjali | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Mott Community College | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Back to the Bricks Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Arts Access | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($876k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Big John Steak and Onion 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: Consumers Energy Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Whiting Foundation · Tummala Charitable Foundation · The Hagerman Foundation · Saginaw Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation
- How much does The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation give?
- The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $568,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Youth Development (20%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Mary Church ($241k), United Way of Genesee County ($200k), United Way of Saginaw County ($178k).
- Does The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Consumers Energy Foundation, Anna Paulina Foundation, Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation based?
- The Big John Steak and Onion Foundation is based in MI.
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