Michigan · Private foundation
The Gordon J Hammersley 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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | $160k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $117k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $105k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $73k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $80k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $84k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $85k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $70k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | $43,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Purple Heart Project | $30,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc | $27,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Mother Hubbards Cupboard Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Central Michigan University | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Society for the Preservation of New Engl | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($365k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gordon J Hammersley 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: Consumers Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good
How this is measured
Compare The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation with peer funders
About The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation
- How much does The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation give?
- The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $159,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (50%), International (12%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Archangel Ancient Tree Archive ($43k), Leelanau Conservancy ($40k), Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo ($40k).
- Does The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gordon J Hammersley 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 Gordon J Hammersley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Consumers Energy Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation based?
- The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation is based in MI.
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