Michigan · Private foundation
The Saran 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $226k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Saran Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 3 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $11k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $992 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curious Kids Museum | $12,270 | 2 | 1% |
| Our House of the Way | $2,196 | 2 | 9% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oakland County Foster Closet | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
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 Saran Family Foundation
- How much does The Saran Family Foundation give?
- The Saran Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $2,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Saran Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Human Services (23%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are The Saran Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Curious Kids Museum ($12k), Our House of the Way ($2k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan ($2k).
- Does The Saran Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Saran 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 Saran Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Saran Family Foundation based?
- The Saran Family Foundation is based in MI.
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