· Private foundation
The Martin Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k69 grants · $219k
- $10k–50k26 grants · $441k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| U OF M - HEALTH SYSTEMSMICHIGAN MEDICINE | $150,000 |
| USSMA SAILING FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| U OF M - ACCELERATE BLUE FUND | $40,000 |
| EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| LOYOLA ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR ARTS | $25,000 |
| U OF M - MARSAL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DEAN'S DISCRETIONARY FUND | $25,000 |
| WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| ANN ARBOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $25,000 |
| U OF M - DEAN'S DISCRETIONARY FUND | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| U OF M - OBSTETRICS AND GYNOCOLOGY | $25,000 |
| HARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY - HANCOCK | $15,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN | $11,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
112 repeat relationships: 82 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE5× · 2020–2024 · $340k · revenue +4%
- GLGreat Lakes Center for the Arts5× · 2020–2024 · $108k · revenue +53%
- AAAnn Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc4× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +78%
Funded once
- UOU OF M - DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGYone grant, 2021 · $200k
- BYBAYVIEW YACHT CLUBgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +41%
- TFTAPESTRY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $100k
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.
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.
The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.
The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…
To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.
How this is measured
106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 189 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 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BAYVIEW YACHT CLUB ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN ↗
- Who funds Great Lakes Center for the Arts ↗
- Who funds ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE USMMA SAILING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
- Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds HOPE MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP ↗
- Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
- Who funds HARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EMERSON SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds KEWEENAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK ↗
- Who funds YPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
- Who funds SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Duffy Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Buhr Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon)
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Martin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Martin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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