Michigan · Private foundation
The Shyft Group Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $62k
- Granted FY2022
- 15
- Grants FY2022
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of The Shyft Group Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Shyft Group Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $62k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 4
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 47% of the organizations The Shyft Group Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 15 | $62k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $19k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $238k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton Community Health | $200,000 | 1 | 17% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eaton County Agricultural Society | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Eaton Community Palliative Care | $8,742 | 1 | 1% |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charlotte Frontieer Days Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Casa for Kids Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Davenport University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton Community Health | $200,000 | 1 | 17% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eaton County Agricultural Society | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Eaton Community Palliative Care | $8,742 | 1 | 1% |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charlotte Frontieer Days Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Casa for Kids Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Davenport University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Conservative Union Foundationinc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Eaton Area Senior Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Siren Eaton Shelter | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Area United Way Inc | $1,696 | 1 | 0% |
| Martin Luther College | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| R J Scheffel Memorial Toy Project Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Optimist International Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlotte Athletic Boosters | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shyft Group 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About The Shyft Group Foundation
- How much does The Shyft Group Foundation give?
- The Shyft Group Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $62,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Shyft Group Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), Health (37%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are The Shyft Group Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Eaton Community Health ($200k), The Heat and Warmth Fund ($25k), Eaton County Agricultural Society ($10k).
- Does The Shyft Group Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shyft Group Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Shyft Group Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is The Shyft Group Foundation based?
- The Shyft Group Foundation is based in MI.
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