Michigan · Private foundation
Thewes 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.
- $380k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Thewes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 14 | $380k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $340k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $269k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $294k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $254k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $280k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $259k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecrest Academy Inc | $320,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Apostolic School Inc | $240,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Thomas More Academy | $155,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Crc Na Inc | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Missionaries of Charity Inc | $75,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Right to Life - Lifespan Educational Fund | $73,400 | 6 | 3% |
| Everest Academy Inc | $60,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Media Research Center | $42,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mother and Unborn Baby Care Inc | $37,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mary's Mantle | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecrest Academy Inc | $320,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Apostolic School Inc | $240,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Thomas More Academy | $155,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Crc Na Inc | $80,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Missionaries of Charity Inc | $75,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Right to Life - Lifespan Educational Fund | $73,400 | 6 | 3% |
| Everest Academy Inc | $60,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Media Research Center | $42,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mother and Unborn Baby Care Inc | $37,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Mary's Mantle | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Lennon Center | $33,750 | 7 | 2% |
| The Doves Nest Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Right to Life-Lifespan Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| All Saints Church Inc | $6,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Live Action | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urbi Et Orbi Communications Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($868k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thewes 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.
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How this is measured
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About Thewes Family Foundation
- How much does Thewes Family Foundation give?
- Thewes Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $380,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Thewes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Human Services (29%), Religion (20%).
- Who are Thewes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Pinecrest Academy Inc ($320k), Sacred Heart Apostolic School Inc ($240k), St Thomas More Academy ($155k).
- Does Thewes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thewes 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 Thewes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catholic Foundation of Michigan, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Thewes Family Foundation based?
- Thewes Family Foundation is based in MI.
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