Michigan · Private foundation
West End Health Foundation
To provide funding for health and wellness solutions in western Marquette County. Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $373k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2024
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations West End Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 | 47 | $373k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $370k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $219k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $206k | 74% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $206k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $193k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $138k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $112k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc | $166,579 | 6 | 1% |
| Negaunee Public Schools | $148,100 | 8 | n/a |
| NICE Community Schools | $137,812 | 8 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan University | $119,351 | 3 | n/a |
| County of Marquette | $100,975 | 6 | n/a |
| Start the Cycle | $68,532 | 5 | n/a |
| Upcap Services Inc | $65,749 | 4 | 0% |
| Ishpeming Public School District | $65,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Superior Health Foundation | $56,750 | 6 | 1% |
| Republic Michigamme Schools | $51,500 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc | $166,579 | 6 | 1% |
| Negaunee Public Schools | $148,100 | 8 | n/a |
| NICE Community Schools | $137,812 | 8 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan University | $119,351 | 3 | n/a |
| County of Marquette | $100,975 | 6 | n/a |
| Start the Cycle | $68,532 | 5 | n/a |
| Upcap Services Inc | $65,749 | 4 | 0% |
| Ishpeming Public School District | $65,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Superior Health Foundation | $56,750 | 6 | 1% |
| Republic Michigamme Schools | $51,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Ishpeming Commission on Aging | $46,806 | 4 | 5% |
| Up Childrens Therapy | $45,720 | 4 | n/a |
| The Ishpeming Cancer Society Serving Marquette Co | $45,251 | 5 | 9% |
| Partridge Creek Farm Inc | $28,450 | 4 | 8% |
| Courage Incorporated | $26,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Negaunee Senior Citizens Center | $21,752 | 3 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc Marquette County | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $16,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Ishpeming Skiers Training Facilities Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bay Cliff Health Camp | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Center Inc | $11,949 | 3 | 0% |
| Superior Shore Systems Inc | $10,055 | 3 | n/a |
| My Community Dental Centers Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Ishpeming | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ishpeming Township Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Upeninsulin | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Superior Community Partnership Inc | $9,050 | 4 | 1% |
| Copper Shores Community Health Foundation | $6,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $6,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Peninsula Luge Club | $6,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Range Mountain Bike Club | $6,096 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedar Tree | $6,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Salvation Army | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Trillium House Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Six Feet Over | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Just Believe | $3,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigamme United Methodist Institute Inc | $2,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Room at the Inn | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Services of Marquette Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| United Way of Marquette County | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| 906 Adventure Team | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Upper Michigan Chapter | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Superior String Alliance Inc | $1,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Iron Range Hockey Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ore to Shore | $775 | 2 | 0% |
| Ishpeming Ski Club Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Peninsula Rainbow Pride | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Richmond Township Community Club | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Up Pink Power Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| Adult Learning Systems Up Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp Assoc Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($403k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget West End Health Foundation 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: Superior Health Foundation · Community Foundation of Marquette County · Phyllis & Max Reynolds Foundation · United Way of Marquette County · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Tourville Foundation · Frazier Fund Inc · Ray & Peg Hirvonen Charitable Foundation · Me Davenport Fund a Private Foundation Inc · L G Kaufman Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About West End Health Foundation
- How much does West End Health Foundation give?
- West End Health Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $373,323 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does West End Health Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (26%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are West End Health Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc ($167k), Negaunee Public Schools ($148k), NICE Community Schools ($138k).
- Does West End Health Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does West End Health 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 West End Health Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Superior Health Foundation, Community Foundation of Marquette County, Phyllis & Max Reynolds Foundation.
- Where is West End Health Foundation based?
- West End Health Foundation is based in MI.
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