· Private foundation
The Cannon Fund
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE | $25,000 |
| LAKESHORE MUSEUM CENTER | $15,000 |
| FRIENDS OF HACKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $15,000 |
| MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| LILI'UOKALANI GARDENS OF THE ISLAND | $5,000 |
| MICHIGAN TECH FUND | $5,000 |
| WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY | $5,000 |
| YMCA CAMP PENDALOUAN | $5,000 |
| MONA LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL | $1,000 |
| WINGS OF MERCY | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WMWEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +87%
- WOWINGS OF MERCY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +92%
- SMSan Miguel Search and Rescue2× · 2018–2019 · $8k · revenue ×14
Funded once
- MTMichigan Tech Universityone grant, 2017 · $40k
- CACOVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +23%
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGANgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +32%
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.
Channels individual, member, and corporate gifts for benefit of community.
To bring together, into one organization, the radiologists of the state of michigan, and provide scientific and medical education to its members.
The mid michigan college foundation is a non-profit michigan corportion organized to receive and administer funds for charitable purposes in support of mid michigan college. the corporation is organized exclusively for the purpose of…
To protect and restore central michigan's land, water, and wildlife resources to improve the quality of life for all.
None
Uniting citizens to conserve, protect and enhance michigan's natural resources and outdoor heritage
To teach & perpetuate the history of military accomplishments of citizens of the state of michigan and to maintain a museum for that purpose.
The organization is dedicated to preservation of michigan great lakes and waterways, maritime history and culture, and provides maritime education opportunities to the public through permanent and changing exhibits, research library, and…
To advance the field of health for the public good.
To provide opportunities for local & regional shrm chapters to network, share best practices, & provide development opportunities to their attendees acting as a conduit to the society for human resource management (national shrm) which…
To develop a common appreciation and knowledge of snowmobiling in michigan.
Maintain historical museum
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 19 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 UNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE ↗
- Who funds Friends of Hackley Public Library ↗
- Who funds Michigan Tech Fund ↗
- Who funds WEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds MONA LAKE WATERSHED COMMISSION DBA MONA LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds WINGS OF MERCY INC ↗
- Who funds MUSKEGON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds San Miguel Search and Rescue ↗
- Who funds COVENANT ACADEMIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds MUSKEGON CLIPPERS ↗
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 Muskegon County · Consumers Energy Foundation · Fremont Area Community Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cannon Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cannon Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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