Michigan · Private foundation
The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable 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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $367k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 49 | $78k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $42k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $37k | 48% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $79k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $44k | 52% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $59k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $23k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $74k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer Relief | $29,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Baxter Community Center | $26,050 | 6 | 0% |
| Fountain Street Church | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Les Cheneaux Culinary School Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Amazon Relief | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Micheles Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Grand Valley State University | $9,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Reconciliation of Life | $7,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $6,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($213k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Sebastian Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Keller Foundation · Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · The Meijer Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation
- How much does The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation give?
- The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $77,668 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (20%), International (18%), Health (13%).
- Who are The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Answer Relief ($30k), Baxter Community Center ($26k), Fountain Street Church ($19k).
- Does The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable 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 William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, Feeding America West Michigan.
- Where is The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation based?
- The William R and Susan K Lewis Charitable Foundation is based in MI.
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