Michigan · Public charity
We the People MI
To organize, train, and educate communities throughout Michigan to promote racial and economic justice; facilitate relationships between community leaders from rural, suburban, and urban communities across Michigan and strengthen democratic practices.
- $450k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations We the People MI funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k 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 | 2 | $450k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $450k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $300k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Voices | $450,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Miigwech Inc | $450,000 | 2 | 29% |
| 482 Forward | $140,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Mothering Justice | $120,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Michigan United | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | $60,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Allied Media Projects Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · Promote the Vote Fund Inc · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Windward Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About We the People MI
- How much does We the People MI give?
- We the People MI reported 2 grants totaling $450,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does We the People MI fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (28%), Public Benefit (28%), Philanthropy (19%).
- Who are We the People MI's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Michigan Voices ($450k), Miigwech Inc ($450k), 482 Forward ($140k).
- Does We the People MI fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as We the People MI?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, Tides Foundation, Promote the Vote Fund Inc.
- Where is We the People MI based?
- We the People MI is based in MI.
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