Michigan · Private foundation
The Trimas 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.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 96%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 33
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 96% of the organizations The Trimas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $104k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $202k | 96% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $195k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trac Kc Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Longview Community Ministries Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alliance Industries Inc | $17,650 | 2 | 6% |
| Community Uplift Partnership | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Repair the World | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agape of North Alabama Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Joliet Montessori School | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Longview Dream Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($224k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Trimas Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Trimas Foundation
- How much does The Trimas Foundation give?
- The Trimas Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $104,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 33 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Trimas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Education (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
- Who are The Trimas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Trac Kc Corporation ($20k), Longview Community Ministries Inc ($18k), Alliance Industries Inc ($18k).
- Does The Trimas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Trimas 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 Trimas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Trimas Foundation based?
- The Trimas Foundation is based in MI.
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