Michigan · Private foundation
The Michael F McManus 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.
- $491k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Michael F McManus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 24 | $491k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $708k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $828k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $311k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $226k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $436k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $216k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $116k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make A Difference Rescue Inc | $887,293 | 9 | 72% |
| Angels' Place | $591,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Westside Christian Academy | $391,150 | 9 | 6% |
| Racquet Up Detroit | $342,500 | 9 | 4% |
| St Mary Catholic Central High School | $115,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Southfield Christian School | $101,740 | 4 | n/a |
| Sparklefaith Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Angels Schools Foundation Inc | $95,500 | 8 | n/a |
| House of Providence | $37,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Eton Academy | $33,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($592k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Michael F McManus Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Barton Malow Foundation · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · Eagles for Children · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Mihalich Charitable Foundation · Seizert Family Foundation · Somerset Collection Charitable Foundation · Lula C Wilson Trust Xxxxx3003 · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · The Kresge Foundation
How this is measured
About The Michael F McManus Foundation
- How much does The Michael F McManus Foundation give?
- The Michael F McManus Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $490,617 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Michael F McManus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Animals (26%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are The Michael F McManus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Make A Difference Rescue Inc ($887k), Angels' Place ($592k), Westside Christian Academy ($391k).
- Does The Michael F McManus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michael F McManus 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 Michael F McManus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Barton Malow Foundation, Catholic Foundation of Michigan.
- Where is The Michael F McManus Foundation based?
- The Michael F McManus Foundation is based in MI.
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