Arizona · Public charity
The Michael Phelps Foundation
THE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION's (mfp) mission is to empower individuals to live healthier, more confident lives by providing water safety, mental wellness, and healthy living education, equipping people with the skills to thrive in and out of the water.
- $564k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $528k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $378,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $378,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Michael Phelps Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 2 | $528k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $571k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $303k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $195k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $177k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $438k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $557k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $2,052,304 | 9 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $342,250 | 6 | 0% |
| The Brighter Days Foundation | $265,322 | 1 | 21% |
| Ross Powers Foundation Dba Level Field Fund | $124,999 | 5 | 42% |
| Tim Tebow Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation | $40,225 | 3 | 4% |
| Lazarus House | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Drowning Prevention Alliance | $38,987 | 7 | 4% |
| The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Michael Phelps Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 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 of the Fox River Valley · The Hope and Grace Charitable Foundation · Ft Cares Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Boys & Girls Clubs of America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About The Michael Phelps Foundation
- How much does The Michael Phelps Foundation give?
- The Michael Phelps Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $528,000, out of $563,637 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Michael Phelps Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (61%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Michael Phelps Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Clubs of America ($2.1M), Special Olympics Inc ($342k), The Brighter Days Foundation ($265k).
- Does The Michael Phelps Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Michael Phelps Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, The Hope and Grace Charitable Foundation, Ft Cares Foundation.
- Where is The Michael Phelps Foundation based?
- The Michael Phelps Foundation is based in AZ.
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