Michigan · Private foundation
The Mardi Gras Fund
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.
- $88k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Mardi Gras Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $88k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $42k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $34k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $45k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $30k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $45k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $52k | 6% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $73k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Musical Society | $33,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Girls Group | $31,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Jazzistry | $30,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Albany Park Theater Project | $30,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cleveland Public Theatre Inc | $29,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | $24,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | $21,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Danztheatre Company | $21,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Art House Inc | $19,000 | 6 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Musical Society | $33,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Girls Group | $31,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Jazzistry | $30,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Albany Park Theater Project | $30,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cleveland Public Theatre Inc | $29,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Chicago Jazz Philharmonic | $24,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | $21,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Danztheatre Company | $21,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Art House Inc | $19,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Free Spirit Media Nfp | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hands On Sports Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland Foundry | $11,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Playmakers Laboratory Theatre | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Riverside Arts Center Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chicago West Community Music Center | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Working in Concert | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mardi Gras Fund 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: Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · AbbVie Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Mardi Gras Fund
- How much does The Mardi Gras Fund give?
- The Mardi Gras Fund reported 17 grants totaling $88,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mardi Gras Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (71%), Youth Development (14%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are The Mardi Gras Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University Musical Society ($34k), Girls Group ($32k), Jazzistry ($30k).
- Does The Mardi Gras Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mardi Gras Fund 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 Mardi Gras Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc, The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Mardi Gras Fund based?
- The Mardi Gras Fund is based in MI.
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