Michigan · Private foundation
Vaughan 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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 2%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Vaughan Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Vaughan Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 33 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 2% of the organizations Vaughan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $2.2M | 2% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $2.3M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $1.9M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $1.4M | 5% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $1.3M | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $955,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | $910,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Trinity Health - Michigan | $800,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Washtenaw Literacy | $585,000 | 8 | 20% |
| Horses' Haven | $530,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | $420,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Fisher House Michigan | $395,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum | $375,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Michigan Humane Society | $375,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University Musical Society | $360,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vaughan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Duffy Foundation · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · DTE Energy Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Martin Family Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation
How this is measured
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About Vaughan Foundation
- How much does Vaughan Foundation give?
- Vaughan Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $2,255,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Vaughan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Animals (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Vaughan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Heat and Warmth Fund ($955k), Shelter Association of Washtenaw County ($910k), Trinity Health - Michigan ($800k).
- Does Vaughan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vaughan 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 Vaughan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duffy Foundation, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County.
- Where is Vaughan Foundation based?
- Vaughan Foundation is based in MI.
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