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Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$706k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
258
Grants FY2024
249
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$80,000
Organizations funded a year
223 to 249
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
28
Total assets, FY2024
$9.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesReligionEducationInternationalCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving252$693k16%
FY2023249$603k20%
FY2022227$488k19%
FY2021223$448kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$382kPublic Benefit$310kHuman Services$284kInternational$211kHealth$183kEducation$171kHousing & Shelter$126kFood & Nutrition$126kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Salvation Army$125,7354n/a
Lutheran World Relief Inc$105,75040%
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan$73,45030%
Samaritan's Purse$72,60040%
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$50,47440%
Thomas More Law Center$32,50041%
Crossroads Counseling Ministries$30,000410%
Concordia University Chicago$23,00040%
Hidden Harvest$22,69540%
I Support the 1 Food Pantry for Veteran$21,91547%
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All grantees of Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Salvation Army$125,7354n/a
Lutheran World Relief Inc$105,75040%
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan$73,45030%
Samaritan's Purse$72,60040%
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$50,47440%
Thomas More Law Center$32,50041%
Crossroads Counseling Ministries$30,000410%
Concordia University Chicago$23,00040%
Hidden Harvest$22,69540%
I Support the 1 Food Pantry for Veteran$21,91547%
Carriage Town Ministries$20,95040%
Underground Railroad Inc$17,12040%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$16,00020%
East Side Soup Kitchen$12,10040%
Travis Mills Foundation$12,00040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$11,30040%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,86040%
Saginaw Valley State University$10,8004n/a
Covenant Healthcare Foundation$10,76640%
Intentional Life Media$10,76040%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$10,00040%
Frankenmuth Historical Association$9,89941%
Michigan Heroes Museum$9,80041%
Frankenmuth School District$9,5003n/a
Focus on the Family$8,3504n/a
Lutherans for Life of Michigan Inc$8,0004n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$8,00040%
American Family Association Inc$8,00040%
Crossover Outreach$8,00040%
Gideons International$7,5504n/a
Heart of Saginaw$7,00033%
American Legion Post 150$7,00044%
Habitat for Humanity$7,00041%
READ Association of Saginaw County$6,35043%
Temple Theatre Foundation$6,0003n/a
Gary Sinise Foundation$6,00040%
Team Rubicon Inc$6,00040%
Shelter of Flint Inc$6,00040%
Doctors Care$6,00040%
The Navigators$5,5004n/a
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$5,5004n/a
Lutheran Braille Workers Inc$5,00040%
Santa's Cupboard$5,00043%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00040%
Concordia University Inc$5,00020%
Mercy Ships International$5,00020%
Davenport University Foundation$5,00020%
Saginaw Future Inc$5,00040%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$5,00010%
Pastoral Leadership Institute$4,80040%
Concordia Theological Seminary$4,5003n/a
Frankenmuth Women's Club$4,25033%
Saginaw Choral Society Inc$4,00040%
Lutheran Church Charities Fund$4,00040%
We Raise Foundation$4,00020%
Region VII Area Agency on Aging$4,00020%
First Liberty Institute$4,00030%
Valley Lutheran High School$4,0004n/a
Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund$4,00040%
Donna S Christmas Trees Inc$4,0003n/a
Emmaus House of Saginaw Inc$4,00041%
Frankenmuth Athletic Association$3,750410%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$3,75040%
Breakloose Inc$3,50041%
Saginaw County Right to Life$3,2504n/a
Old Newsboys of Flint Inc$3,25040%
Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw Founda$3,00040%
Lutheran Bible Translators Inc$3,00040%
Michigan Parkinson Foundation$3,00020%
Great Lakes Bay Health Centers$3,00020%
Healthsource Saginaw Inc$3,0004n/a
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$3,00040%
Mercy Chefs Inc$3,00010%
Whaley Children's Center Inc$3,00040%
Camp Lu Lay Lea Inc$3,0003n/a
Central Michigan University$3,0004n/a
Hospital Hospitality House of Saginaw$3,00040%
Shared Pregnancy Womens Center$2,75030%
Xavier Degroat Autism Foundation$2,50022%
Major Chords for Minors$2,50031%
Joni and Friends$2,50030%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$2,50040%
Orphan Grain Train Inc$2,50010%
Bethany Fellowship Inc$2,5001n/a
Lutheran Womens Missionary League$2,2502n/a
Frankenmuth Dog Bowl Inc$2,00021%
River Jordan Inc$2,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,00010%
The One Hundred Club of Saginaw Cou$2,00041%
Answers in Genesis Inc$2,00020%
Gift of Adoption Fund Inc$2,00020%
Beauty for Ashes$2,0002n/a
Alliance Defending Freedom$2,00010%
H I S Restoration Ministries$2,00022%
Ablelight Inc$2,00020%
Wings of Mercy East Michigan Inc$2,00041%
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$2,00020%
The Apple of His Eye Mission Society$2,00040%
Michigan United Cerebral Palsy$2,00020%
Global Lutheran Outreach Inc$2,00040%
Dementia Society Inc$1,65030%
Operation Second Chance Inc$1,55030%
Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan Inc$1,50010%
Michigan Colleges Alliance$1,50030%
Humane Society of Saginaw County Incorporated$1,45021%
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan$1,40040%
Michigan State University$1,4004n/a
Mid-Michigan Children's Museum$1,40040%
The Arc of Bay County$1,25040%
Saginaw Valley Zoological Society$1,25040%
Keys for Kids Ministries Inc$1,25030%
First Choice of Saginaw$1,2004n/a
Charity Navigator$1,15040%
Lutheran Diaconal Association Inc$1,15040%
Fish Tales$1,10040%
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$1,10040%
Great Lakes Dream Center$1,0503n/a
Michigan Coalition on Donation$1,05031%
Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan$1,05030%
Christian Life Resources Inc$1,00010%
Leukemia Research Foundation$1,00010%
Carter Kits$1,00010%
Templearts$1,00010%
The Rainbow Connection$1,00010%
Pulse3 Foundation$1,00012%
A Kid Again Inc$1,00010%
M Family Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Frankenmuth Friends of Police$1,0002n/a
Christian Life Resources Saginaw Valley Inc$1,0001n/a
Clear Bible Inc$1,00020%
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children$1,00010%
Dr James Dobson Family Institute$1,00010%
Restoration Community Outreach Inc$1,00010%
Ennis Center for Children Inc$90030%
Field Neurosciences Institute$80030%
Adoption Option Inc$75010%
St Andrews Episcopal Church$7003n/a
Concordia Historical Institute$6503n/a
Saginaw Area Fireworks Incorporated$60640%
Camp Kesem National$51610%
Forgotten Man Ministries$51310%
Disability Services Resource Center$50010%
Pacific Garden Mission$5001n/a
Biblica Inc$5001n/a
Students for Life of America Inc$50010%
The Diaper Alliance Inc$50011%
The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project$50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint$25010%
Alma College$25010%
Nate and Mary Ida Doan Santa House$25011%
American Heart Association Inc$25010%
Do a Little Good$2501n/a
Donate Life America$15010%
St Martin Lutheran Church$1001n/a
Humane Society of Genesee County$10010%
American Diabetes Association$10010%
American Liver Foundation$10010%
Christian Child Care Coalition$1001n/a
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$10010%
Cass River Pet Friendz$1001n/a
St Lukes Lutheran Church$1002n/a
Messiah Lutheran Church$751n/a
Franklin Avenue Mission Inc$5010%
Humane Society of Bay County Inc$5010%
Trinity Lutheran Church$501n/a
Community Church of Christ$5010%
Hospice of Michigan Inc$5010%
Birch Run Athletic Association$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 188 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLutheran World Relief Inc: $105,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $73,450 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $72,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $50,474 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThomas More Law Center: $32,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCrossroads Counseling Ministries: $30,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetConcordia University Chicago: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHidden Harvest: $22,695 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetI Support the 1 Food Pantry for Veteran: $21,915 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCarriage Town Ministries: $20,950 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUnderground Railroad Inc: $17,120 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast Side Soup Kitchen: $12,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTravis Mills Foundation: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $11,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,860 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant Healthcare Foundation: $10,766 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIntentional Life Media: $10,760 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFrankenmuth Historical Association: $9,899 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMichigan Heroes Museum: $9,800 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Family Association Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCrossover Outreach: $8,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHeart of Saginaw: $7,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Legion Post 150: $7,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $7,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetREAD Association of Saginaw County: $6,350 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShelter of Flint Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDoctors Care: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLutheran Braille Workers Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSanta's Cupboard: $5,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConcordia University Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDavenport University Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSaginaw Future Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPastoral Leadership Institute: $4,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFrankenmuth Women's Club: $4,250 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetSaginaw Choral Society Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLutheran Church Charities Fund: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWe Raise Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRegion VII Area Agency on Aging: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Liberty Institute: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 132.

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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.

Saginaw Community FoundationMI57.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saginaw Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Yeo & Yeo Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Bay Area Community Foundation · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Boutell Memorial Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation give?
Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation reported 258 grants totaling $706,319 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 223 and 249 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (10%), Public Benefit (8%), Human Services (7%).
Who are Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Salvation Army ($126k), Lutheran World Relief Inc ($106k), Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan ($73k).
Does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saginaw Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, Wm McNally Family Foundation.
Where is Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation based?
Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 364 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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