Michigan · Private foundation
The Lebel 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $276k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 59% of the organizations The Lebel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 22 | $46k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $43k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $19k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $21k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society & Animal Rescue of Muskegon County | $6,070 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control | $5,996 | 3 | 0% |
| Cannonsville Critters | $5,669 | 3 | 1% |
| Missaukee Humane Society | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pleasant Hearts Pet Food Pantry | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Spay Neuter Initiative Pa | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Michigan Wildlife Center | $4,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grand Rapids Pitbull Alliance Inc | $3,937 | 2 | n/a |
| Paws Rescue | $3,888 | 2 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society & Animal Rescue of Muskegon County | $6,070 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control | $5,996 | 3 | 0% |
| Cannonsville Critters | $5,669 | 3 | 1% |
| Missaukee Humane Society | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pleasant Hearts Pet Food Pantry | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Spay Neuter Initiative Pa | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| West Michigan Wildlife Center | $4,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grand Rapids Pitbull Alliance Inc | $3,937 | 2 | n/a |
| Paws Rescue | $3,888 | 2 | 6% |
| Bestpals Animal Rescue Center | $3,474 | 2 | 3% |
| Salvation Army | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ruff Ruck Challenge | $2,085 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus on Ferals | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| L C Rescue | $2,000 | 1 | 7% |
| A Feral Haven | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Cat Crew Co | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Noah Project | $1,850 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Solo | $1,805 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lebel 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: Two Seven Oh Inc · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lebel Family Foundation
- How much does The Lebel Family Foundation give?
- The Lebel Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $46,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Lebel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (67%), Health (13%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are The Lebel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Prostate Cancer Foundation ($15k), Humane Society & Animal Rescue of Muskegon County ($6k), Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control ($6k).
- Does The Lebel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lebel 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 Lebel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Two Seven Oh Inc, BISSELL Pet Foundation, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is The Lebel Family Foundation based?
- The Lebel Family Foundation is based in MI.
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