Michigan · Private foundation
The Winkle Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $532k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Winkle Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | 9 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $79k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $79k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $34k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $34k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $14k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $8k | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus on the Family | $39,817 | 3 | n/a |
| The Luke Society Inc | $29,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Michigan Christian School Association | $21,865 | 8 | 0% |
| All Belong | $18,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Eagle Village Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Hope | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Hope Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Liferesource Ministries Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 16% |
| New Hope Shelter | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Living Stones Academy | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus on the Family | $39,817 | 3 | n/a |
| The Luke Society Inc | $29,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northern Michigan Christian School Association | $21,865 | 8 | 0% |
| All Belong | $18,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Eagle Village Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Hope | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Hope Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Liferesource Ministries Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 16% |
| New Hope Shelter | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Living Stones Academy | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Canefire Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Right to Life of Michigan | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Calvin Christian Reformed Church | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $1,120 | 2 | 0% |
| Bible Basics International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Orphans | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Target Dayton Ministries Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Every Man A Warrior Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Refuge Church of Cadillac Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scottsdale Bible Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resurrection Life Church | $600 | 2 | n/a |
| The Heritage Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Revival Center | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakeshore Rescue Missions | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oasis | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifewise Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| CaringBridge | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Potters House | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Winkle 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: Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Marion & Marlene Betten Foundation · Stephen and Valerie Spoelhof Foundation · Cadillac Area Community Foundation · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Winkle Family Foundation
- How much does The Winkle Family Foundation give?
- The Winkle Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $54,563 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Winkle Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Health (21%), Community Improvement (19%).
- Who are The Winkle Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Focus on the Family ($40k), The Luke Society Inc ($30k), Northern Michigan Christian School Association ($22k).
- Does The Winkle Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Winkle Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Winkle Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation, Barnabas Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Winkle Family Foundation based?
- The Winkle Family Foundation is based in MI.
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