Michigan · Private foundation
The Fetter Family 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.
- $611k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Fetter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k 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 | $611k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $366k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $702k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $760k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $285k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $411k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Circle | $800,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | $725,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Congregation Beth Ahm | $343,072 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $239,999 | 4 | 0% |
| Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc | $206,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Higher Hopes | $93,150 | 5 | 11% |
| Tzedek Association | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jarc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Circle | $800,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | $725,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Congregation Beth Ahm | $343,072 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of United Hatzalah Inc | $239,999 | 4 | 0% |
| Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc | $206,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Higher Hopes | $93,150 | 5 | 11% |
| Tzedek Association | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jarc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Lone Soldier Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| America Gives Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yad Ezra | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 30 Hearts | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mercy Ships International | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kosher Troops Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($538k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fetter Family 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: The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family Foundation · 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 Fetter Family Foundation
- How much does The Fetter Family Foundation give?
- The Fetter Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $610,833 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Fetter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Youth Development (23%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Fetter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friendship Circle ($800k), Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network ($725k), Congregation Beth Ahm ($343k).
- Does The Fetter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fetter Family 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 Fetter Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Fetter Family Foundation based?
- The Fetter Family Foundation is based in MI.
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