Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Michael Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Michael Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 15 | $89k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $88k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $87k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $101k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $93k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $83k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $86k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $83k | 18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbridge Institute Inc | $148,490 | 9 | 3% |
| The Waldorf Institute of Southern California | $70,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Center for Anthroposophy | $58,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Nature Institute | $29,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Coalition for the Common Good | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Association for Waldorf Education in San Diego | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tamarack Waldorf School Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Washington-Waldorf School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Valley Waldorf Association Dba Cedarwood Waldorf School | $4,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Kimberton Waldorf School | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($428k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Michael Foundation Inc 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: Waldorf Schools of North America · Rsf Social Finance Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Michael Foundation Inc
- How much does The Michael Foundation Inc give?
- The Michael Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $89,165 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Michael Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (94%), Environment (4%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Michael Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sunbridge Institute Inc ($148k), The Waldorf Institute of Southern California ($70k), Center for Anthroposophy ($58k).
- Does The Michael Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michael Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Michael Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Waldorf Schools of North America, Rsf Social Finance Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Michael Foundation Inc based?
- The Michael Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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