Michigan · Private foundation
The Thelen 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $532k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Thelen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 15 | $26k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $25k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $28k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $30k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $30k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $30k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $28k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $30k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Tales | $60,500 | 9 | 7% |
| St Catherine of Siena Academy | $14,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bay Area Women's Center | $13,205 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Saginaw | $9,761 | 2 | n/a |
| Bay Area Catholic Schools | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Brian's House Community Group Inc | $5,775 | 4 | 1% |
| Midland Street Merchants | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Bay County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Saginaw Valley Zoological Society | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Tales | $60,500 | 9 | 7% |
| St Catherine of Siena Academy | $14,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bay Area Women's Center | $13,205 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Diocese of Saginaw | $9,761 | 2 | n/a |
| Bay Area Catholic Schools | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Brian's House Community Group Inc | $5,775 | 4 | 1% |
| Midland Street Merchants | $5,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Bay County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Saginaw Valley Zoological Society | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| The Arc of Bay County | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Xavier Degroat Autism Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish of Bay City | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Essexville-Hampton School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| McGuire PTO | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chosen Vision Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Thelen 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Bay Area Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Thelen Family Foundation
- How much does The Thelen Family Foundation give?
- The Thelen Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $25,674 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Thelen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Philanthropy (27%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Thelen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fish Tales ($61k), St Catherine of Siena Academy ($14k), Bay Area Women's Center ($13k).
- Does The Thelen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thelen 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 Thelen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bay Area Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Thelen Family Foundation based?
- The Thelen Family Foundation is based in MI.
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