Michigan · Private foundation
The Ferrantino Foundation
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.
- $155k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $73,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Ferrantino Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | 10 | $149k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $141k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $151k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $220k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $117k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $91k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $282k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $400,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dynami Foundation | $327,400 | 7 | 25% |
| University of Michigan | $168,333 | 8 | 14% |
| Central Michigan University | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shades of Pink Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Robert J Turner Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $9,705 | 6 | 0% |
| The Kiefer Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Plymouth Lions Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ferrantino 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Aa Van Elslander Foundation · Butzel Long Charitable Trust · Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Consumers Energy Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Ferrantino Foundation
- How much does The Ferrantino Foundation give?
- The Ferrantino Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $154,893 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ferrantino Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Health (38%), International (5%).
- Who are The Ferrantino Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan State University ($400k), Dynami Foundation ($327k), University of Michigan ($168k).
- Does The Ferrantino Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ferrantino Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ferrantino Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, Aa Van Elslander Foundation.
- Where is The Ferrantino Foundation based?
- The Ferrantino Foundation is based in MI.
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