Michigan · Private foundation
The Howard Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $46k
- Granted FY2020
- 14
- Grants FY2020
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Howard Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Howard Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $46k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 7% of the organizations The Howard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 14 | $46k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $48k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Converse University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Howard House Inc | $16,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Grand Teton National Park Foundation | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Raleigh Fine Arts Society Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina Museum of History Associates Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Wake County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meredith College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance Medical Ministry Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howard 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: Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About The Howard Foundation
- How much does The Howard Foundation give?
- The Howard Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $46,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Howard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Religion (8%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Howard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Converse University ($60k), Friends of the Howard House Inc ($16k), Grand Teton National Park Foundation ($10k).
- Does The Howard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howard 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 Howard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Howard Foundation based?
- The Howard Foundation is based in MI.
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