Ohio · Private foundation
The Michel Family 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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $390k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Michel Family 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 | 25 | $41k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $37k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $48k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $39k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $36k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $33k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voteorg | $14,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $13,150 | 8 | 0% |
| US Vote Foundation Inc | $12,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Dermatology Foundation | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| When We All Vote | $11,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $9,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $9,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $8,500 | 8 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $7,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voteorg | $14,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $13,150 | 8 | 0% |
| US Vote Foundation Inc | $12,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Dermatology Foundation | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| When We All Vote | $11,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $9,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $9,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $8,500 | 8 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $7,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Musical Arts Association | $2,650 | 2 | 0% |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Summit School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| J Street | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc | $550 | 1 | 0% |
| Groundwork USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ideastream | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Michel Family Foundation 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Michel Family Foundation
- How much does The Michel Family Foundation give?
- The Michel Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $41,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Michel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Public Benefit (14%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Michel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Voteorg ($14k), Coalition for the Homeless Inc ($13k), US Vote Foundation Inc ($12k).
- Does The Michel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Michel Family 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 Michel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Michel Family Foundation based?
- The Michel Family Foundation is based in OH.
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