· Private foundation
The Wadhams Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $138k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
- $250k+1 grant · $710k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $710,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| ANN ARBOR ART CENTER | $50,000 |
| CHAD TOUGH CORNERSTONE CLUB | $50,000 |
| STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOC | $35,000 |
| ANN ARBOR A'S BASEBALL | $20,000 |
| ANN ARBOR PIONEER HS BOOSTER CLUB | $20,000 |
| SHELTER ASSOC WASHTENAW CTY | $17,500 |
| MICHIGAN LEAGUE CONSERVATION VOTERS | $15,000 |
| GARRETT'S SPACE | $15,000 |
| RAY & MARY KNIGHT FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| FISHER HOUSE | $5,000 |
| PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL - HALL OF FAME | $5,000 |
| THERAPEUTIC RIDING | $2,500 |
| HURON RIVER WATER SHED COUNCIL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $199k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +121% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Michigan4× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +202% · 94% of their budget
- AAAnn Arbor Art Association4× · 2020–2024 · $250k · revenue +122%
- TSTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $108k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- UOU OF M ALUMNI ASSOCone grant, 2017 · $252k
- AAANN ARBOR A'S TRAVEL BASEBALLone grant, 2021 · $200k
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +20%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…
Be and create stewards for the water environment of michigan. provide high quality education for michigan's water professionals. educate and inform policy makers and the general public. promote scientifically sound environmental practices…
To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.
To encourage and support its members as professionals responsible for the delivery of patient-focused care.
Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.
The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.
How this is measured
26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 69 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds Ann Arbor Art Association ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Arbor Hospice Inc ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HURON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds CHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANN ARBOR PIONEER BOOSTER CLUB ↗
- Who funds Packard Health Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ↗
- Who funds GARRETT'S SPACE ↗
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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Herrick Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · The Buhr Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Wadhams Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wadhams Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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