Michigan · Private foundation
The Summers Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $17k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,068
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $321k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Summers Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $17k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $27k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $39k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $17k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $21k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Traverse Bay Humane Society | $42,719 | 8 | 1% |
| BISSELL Pet Foundation | $6,233 | 8 | 0% |
| Els for Autism Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Sailors | $3,958 | 3 | 1% |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $3,790 | 4 | 0% |
| Hammerhead Swim Club | $2,680 | 2 | 3% |
| Harbor Springs Library | $2,661 | 3 | 1% |
| Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills Inc | $2,117 | 4 | 0% |
| Harbor Hall Foundation | $1,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Rhonda's Kiss | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Traverse Bay Humane Society | $42,719 | 8 | 1% |
| BISSELL Pet Foundation | $6,233 | 8 | 0% |
| Els for Autism Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Sailors | $3,958 | 3 | 1% |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $3,790 | 4 | 0% |
| Hammerhead Swim Club | $2,680 | 2 | 3% |
| Harbor Springs Library | $2,661 | 3 | 1% |
| Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills Inc | $2,117 | 4 | 0% |
| Harbor Hall Foundation | $1,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Rhonda's Kiss | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | $760 | 1 | 0% |
| Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Blissfest Music Organization | $678 | 1 | 0% |
| Vets Returning Home Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | $319 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $175 | 1 | 0% |
| American Brain Tumor Association | $105 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($92k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Summers Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · The Offield Family Foundation · Frey Foundation · Patricia Miller Anton and William Conrad Anton Foundation · Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc · Triford Foundation · The James Family Charitable Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Mps Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Summers Foundation Inc
- How much does The Summers Foundation Inc give?
- The Summers Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $16,773 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Summers Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (29%), Health (18%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Summers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Little Traverse Bay Humane Society ($43k), BISSELL Pet Foundation ($6k), Els for Autism Foundation ($5k).
- Does The Summers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Summers Foundation Inc 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 Summers Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, The Offield Family Foundation, Frey Foundation.
- Where is The Summers Foundation Inc based?
- The Summers Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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