Michigan · Private foundation
The Briggs-Fisher Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $240k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $168k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Briggs-Fisher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 7 | $240k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $287k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $190k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $230k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $180k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $240k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $170k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $170k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc | $720,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Siena Heights University | $270,000 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $270,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Madonna University | $270,000 | 9 | 0% |
| St Paul Catholic Church | $92,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Walsh College of Accountancy & Business Administration | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rose Hill Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Walsh College Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
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: Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Briggs-Fisher Foundation
- How much does The Briggs-Fisher Foundation give?
- The Briggs-Fisher Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $240,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Briggs-Fisher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Religion (44%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Briggs-Fisher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Society of the Sacred Heart United States Canada Province Inc ($720k), Siena Heights University ($270k), University of Detroit Mercy ($270k).
- Does The Briggs-Fisher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Briggs-Fisher Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Briggs-Fisher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Briggs-Fisher Foundation based?
- The Briggs-Fisher Foundation is based in MI.
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