Michigan · Private foundation
The Worsham 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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $136k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Worsham Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 8 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $14k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $15k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $18k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $10k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $12k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Gatherers | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $17,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Horses' Haven | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| 826 Michigan Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Covenant House Michigan | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University Musical Society | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society of Women Engineers Detroit | $5,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dexter Area Museum Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Gatherers | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $17,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Horses' Haven | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| 826 Michigan Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Covenant House Michigan | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University Musical Society | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Society of Women Engineers Detroit | $5,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dexter Area Museum Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Washtenaw Association for Community | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Leslie Science and Nature Center | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Science Center | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Group | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Develop It | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haven Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Steep Theatre | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Worsham 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Vaughan Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · DTE Energy Foundation · Duffy Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation Inc · United Way of Washtenaw County · The Skillman Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Worsham Family Foundation
- How much does The Worsham Family Foundation give?
- The Worsham Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $14,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Worsham Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (28%), Human Services (19%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The Worsham Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Food Gatherers ($19k), Humane Society of Huron Valley ($17k), Horses' Haven ($14k).
- Does The Worsham Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Worsham 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 Worsham Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Vaughan Foundation.
- Where is The Worsham Family Foundation based?
- The Worsham Family Foundation is based in MI.
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