· Private foundation
The Mall 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $185k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| BEER CITY DOG BISCUITS | $20,000 |
| PARADISUS DEI | $20,000 |
| ST PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH | $20,000 |
| NORTH KENT CONNECT | $10,000 |
| MT CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
| MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| HAVE MERCY | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MASON COUNTY | $10,000 |
| HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL OF FAITH | $10,000 |
| KIDS' FOOD BASKET | $10,000 |
| ONE DAY NICHE | $10,000 |
| CENTRAL MONTCALM COMMUNITY FUND | $10,000 |
| KINGS TABLE MINISTRY | $10,000 |
| NILES TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 15% of The Mall Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 70% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 61%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HMHave Mercy6× · 2020–2025 · $63k · revenue +44%
- PDPARADISUS DEI INC5× · 2021–2025 · $55k · revenue +79%
- BCBEER CITY DOG BISCUITS6× · 2020–2025 · $44k · revenue ×18
Funded once
- MOMEALS ON WHEELSone grant, 2020 · $5k
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF W MIone grant, 2023 · $5k
- HDHELEN DEVOS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALone grant, 2020 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.
Catholic charities is dedicated to provide extensive social service programs to help people challenged by developmental disabilities, frail and vulnerable elders, families and children. the organization also provides services through…
To provide quality care, facilities and supportive services for adults with a developmental disability, traumatic brain injury or mental illness. being enabled by god, we strive to provide an intentionally christian environment and program…
Catholic Community Response Team provides direct support and referral services to those in crisis needing emergency assistance to meet their basic needs. We do it in a manner inspired by the Gospel of Jesus. Our focus is to keep families…
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
To provide quality care, facilities, and supportive services for adults with a developmental disability, traumatic brain injury or mental illness. being enabled by god, we strive to provide an intentionally christian environment and…
Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…
Christian care communities enhances the journey of life for those we serve. recognizing the unique needs of each individual christian care offers an array of housing and care options including independent living. 24-hour skilled nursing…
Luther home of mercy (lhm) is a ministry enriching lives and individual abilities, serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Hope gospel mission exists to offer christ-centered, life changing help to the homeless and needy in western wisconsin.
The Center's mission is to reach out in Christ's love by assisting individuals/families who are facing difficult situations.
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Have Mercy ↗
- Who funds PARADISUS DEI INC ↗
- Who funds BEER CITY DOG BISCUITS ↗
- Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
- Who funds ONE DAY NICHE ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MONTCALM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRANCISCAN LIFE CENTER NETWORK INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds CLAY STREET CENTER ↗
- Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds INDIAN TRAILS CAMP ↗
- Who funds NILES TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS ↗
- Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center ↗
- Who funds AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds RENEWAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Frey Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Feeding America West Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mall Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Franciscan Life Center Network Incorporated: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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