Michigan · Public charity
Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity
Providing vital support and essential services to children with special needs in our community.
- $456k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $98,108
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity 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; $28k 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 | 15 | $450k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $461k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $399k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $247k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $282k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $139k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $161k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $165k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Beaumont Hospital | $615,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities | $294,324 | 3 | 4% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $225,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Far Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts | $143,665 | 9 | 3% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $125,348 | 9 | n/a |
| Friendship Circle | $125,249 | 9 | n/a |
| Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Youthtank Inc | $106,500 | 3 | 11% |
| Vision Hope Community Development Corporation | $85,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Lifelabkids Foundation | $82,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity 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 · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · Molinello Family Foundation · Wendell & Doris Rogers Charitable Foundation · The Village Club Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity with peer funders
About Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity
- How much does Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity give?
- Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity reported 15 grants totaling $455,958 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: William Beaumont Hospital ($615k), Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities ($294k), Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan ($225k).
- Does Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Canton Community Foundation Inc, Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial.
- Where is Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity based?
- Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity is based in MI.