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The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$463k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$125,679
Organizations funded a year
28 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$25M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving40$463k28%
FY202428$449k25%
FY202333$508k15%
FY202229$375k10%
FY202128$227k36%
FY202033$375k36%
FY201929$345k17%
FY201835$469k40%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.3MFood & Nutrition$750kRecreation & Sports$485kEducation$433kHuman Services$285kArts & Culture$120kEnvironment$61kCivil Rights$49kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc$663,27690%
Grass Lake Farmers Market$205,119864%
Trinity Health - Michigan$164,88380%
Acorn Farmers Market and Cafe$106,405421%
Grass Lake Senior Center$93,595624%
Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative$92,45762%
Chelsea Senior Center$85,27085%
Hutan$58,1915n/a
Chelsea District Schools$43,6758n/a
Grass Lake Community Schools$43,6658n/a
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All grantees of The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc$663,27690%
Grass Lake Farmers Market$205,119864%
Trinity Health - Michigan$164,88380%
Acorn Farmers Market and Cafe$106,405421%
Grass Lake Senior Center$93,595624%
Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative$92,45762%
Chelsea Senior Center$85,27085%
Hutan$58,1915n/a
Chelsea District Schools$43,6758n/a
Grass Lake Community Schools$43,6658n/a
Dexter Senior Citizens Inc$31,15023%
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc$26,99520%
Open Air Market of Stockbridge$23,4053n/a
Potawatomi Mountain Bike Association$17,136139%
Dexter United Methodist Church$16,0603n/a
Webster Township Historical Society$14,50038%
Chelsea Childrens Cooperative Inc$12,000113%
Chelsea Education Foundation$9,17545%
Main Street Park Alliance$7,50010%
Faith in Action Inc$7,40020%
Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization$6,00026%
Run for the Rolls Inc$6,0003n/a
Friends of Chelsea District Library$5,4001n/a
Huron River Methodist Church$5,3851n/a
Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express$5,00010%
Michigan State University$5,0001n/a
Tri-County Office on Aging$4,0002n/a
St Louis Center$2,50060%
Monitor Base Ball Club of Chelsea Mi$2,0002n/a
Jackson YMCA Inc$1,50030%
Manchester Area Historical Society Inc$1,5001n/a
Stockbridge Area Chamber of Commerce$1,5003n/a
Emanuel United Church of Christ$1,0001n/a
Friends of the Dexter District Library$9711n/a
Friends of the Stockbridge Branch Library$8001n/a
Crossroads Community Church$7501n/a
River Raisin Watershed Council$75020%
Chelsea Aquatic Club$50011%
Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce$50010%
Town Hall Players$5001n/a
Legacy Land Conservancy$50010%
Community Bible Church of Manchester$5001n/a
Washtenaw Area Council for Children$5001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Stockbridge Area Arts Council Inc$5001n/a
Chelsea Area Friends for Recreation$5001n/a
Stockbridge Community News$33010%
Cancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor$30010%
Home of New Vision$2501n/a
Michigan Scholastic Cycling Association$20010%
Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc: $663,276 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGrass Lake Farmers Market: $205,119 over 8y, 64% of budgetTrinity Health - Michigan: $164,883 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAcorn Farmers Market and Cafe: $106,405 over 4y, 21% of budgetGrass Lake Senior Center: $93,595 over 6y, 24% of budgetHuron Waterloo Pathways Initiative: $92,457 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetChelsea Senior Center: $85,270 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetDexter Senior Citizens Inc: $31,150 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc: $26,995 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPotawatomi Mountain Bike Association: $17,136 over 1y, 39% of budgetWebster Township Historical Society: $14,500 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetChelsea Childrens Cooperative Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetChelsea Education Foundation: $9,175 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetMain Street Park Alliance: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFaith in Action Inc: $7,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRiverfolk Music & Arts Organization: $6,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetWestern-Washtenaw Area Value Express: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Louis Center: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJackson YMCA Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Raisin Watershed Council: $750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChelsea Aquatic Club: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChelsea Area Chamber of Commerce: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Land Conservancy: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStockbridge Community News: $330 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCancer Support Community of Greater Ann Arbor: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Scholastic Cycling Association: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc · Trinity Health - Michigan · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Copper Nail Community Resale Shop · James a and Faith Knight Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation

How much does The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation give?
The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $463,343 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
Who are The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc ($663k), Grass Lake Farmers Market ($205k), Trinity Health - Michigan ($165k).
Does The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc.
Where is The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation based?
The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 95 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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