Michigan · Private foundation
Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $673,239
- Organizations funded a year
- 45 to 73
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 | 40 | $1.3M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $1.2M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $1.3M | 16% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $747k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 57 | $896k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $836k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 73 | $620k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 70 | $640k | 11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East African Children's Fund | $860,000 | 8 | 48% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $782,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health St John Foundation | $340,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Austin Catholic High School | $227,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Alternatives for Girls | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Michigan Parkinson Foundation | $220,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Manna Community Meal | $190,000 | 8 | n/a |
| University Liggett School | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Paul Parish Grosse Pointe Farms | $125,000 | 3 | n/a |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Peter J & Constance M Cracchiolo Fndn · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · S Gary Spicer Sr Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund · John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation · Mary and George Herbert Zimmerman Foundation (Att Joan C Skrzyniarz) · William & Martha Ford Fund
How this is measured
Compare Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation with peer funders
About Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation
- How much does Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation give?
- Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $1,305,139 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 73 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (21%), Food & Nutrition (15%), International (13%).
- Who are Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: East African Children's Fund ($860k), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($783k), Henry Ford Health St John Foundation ($340k).
- Does Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo 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 Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Peter J & Constance M Cracchiolo Fndn, Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation.
- Where is Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation based?
- Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation is based in MI.
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