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The Michel Foundation at a glance

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The Michel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$6kCivil Rights$4kAnimals$4kHealth$4kEnvironment$4kRecreation & Sports$3kArts & Culture$3kCrime & Legal$900Other$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
11
States reached
$96k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$850
FRANCIS W PARKER SCHOOL$200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$200
ALS ASSOCIATION$200
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN$163
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$160
CAMPERSHIPS FOR NEBAGAMON$104
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$100
CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION$100
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION$100
WBEZ$100
Individual grant recipient$100
Individual grant recipient$100
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $680) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISARAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL: $180 → 14%LANGE FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21k · 30 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
23

Total granted

$21k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+3%

Still filing today

80%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2k · revenue +67%
  • TA
    THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +45%
  • FW
    Francis W Parker School
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • RF
    REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +165%
  • LF
    LANGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +82%
  • SH
    SHELTER HOPE PET SHOP
    one grant, 2018 · $350
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.

04Its field

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.

1
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
Atlantic Legal Foundation

The mission of the alf is to advance the rule of law by advocating limited and efficient government, free enterprise, individual liberty, property rights, effective education, and the use of sound science in judicial and regulatory…

—
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Camp Nebagamon Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 61 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
31/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILING: $3,025 · OtherJUDD GOLDMAN ADAPTIVE SAILINGREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $1,400 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODIndividual grant recipient: $850 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHICAGO YOUTH SHAKESPEARE INC: $825 · OtherCHICAGO YOUTH SHAKESPEARE INCNARAL: $700 · OtherLANGE FOUNDATION: $500 · Other+25 more: $3,710 · Other+25 moreTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,390 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE O…Francis W Parker School: $1,200 · EducationFrancis W Parker Sc…LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $900 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY O…CAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATION: $676 · EducationCAMP NEBAGAMON FOUN…AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $400 · EducationAMHERST COLLEGE TRU…University of Chicago: $400 · EducationUniversity of Chica…Trustees of Tufts College: $200 · Education+2 more: $175 · EducationTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,375 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN…Humane World for Animals Inc: $700 · AnimalsHumane World…+2 more: $150 · AnimalsCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1,041 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORT…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $525 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESO…THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL RE…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSER…ROATAN MARINE PARK INTERNATIONAL INC: $405 · EnvironmentROATAN MARIN…EARTHJUSTICE: $150 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentAmerican Liver Foundation: $2,000 · HealthAmerican L…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $405 · HealthAMYOTROPHI…EVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $250 · HealthEVERY MOTH…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $135 · HealthIMMUNE DEFICIENCY FOUNDATION: $100 · HealthEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $800 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $360 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100 · Crime & LegalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $902 · Civil Rights
Other$13,510Education$5,341Animals$3,225Environment$3,221Health$2,890Crime & Legal$1,260Civil Rights$902

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,375 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $1,390 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $1,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1,041 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $902 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO YOUTH SHAKESPEARE INC: $825 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON FOUNDATION: $676 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $525 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLANGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROATAN MARINE PARK INTERNATIONAL INC: $405 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $405 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWags and Walks: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PUBLIC RADIO: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASHER HOUSE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPADI AWARE FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Michel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home