Michigan · Private foundation
William R Lathers Charitable Trust
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.
- $94k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 23
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations William R Lathers Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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 | 6 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $89k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $69k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $105k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $107k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $87k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $179k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oceana County Council on Aging | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Golden Township | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shelby Public Schools | $21,460 | 3 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Well House | $19,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Ladder Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $18,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Oceana County Council on Aging | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Feeding America West Michigan | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Golden Township | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Shelby Public Schools | $21,460 | 3 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Well House | $19,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Ladder Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $18,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Degage Ministries | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $13,000 | 2 | 4% |
| AARP Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Love Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Western Michigan University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Michigan University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harbor Hospice Foundation | $9,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Ladder Community Center | $8,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hart Public Schools | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Oceana County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities Overcoming Violent Enco | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Extended Grace | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Muskegon Civic Theatre | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Muskegon County Inc D/B/A Harbor Hospice | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paws for a Cause | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paws With A Cause | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Carter Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakeshore Animal Friends Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($343k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William R Lathers Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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: Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Community Foundation for Oceana County · Consumers Energy Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare William R Lathers Charitable Trust with peer funders
About William R Lathers Charitable Trust
- How much does William R Lathers Charitable Trust give?
- William R Lathers Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $93,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does William R Lathers Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are William R Lathers Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($37k), Oceana County Council on Aging ($35k), Feeding America West Michigan ($26k).
- Does William R Lathers Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William R Lathers Charitable Trust 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 William R Lathers Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Muskegon County, Community Foundation for Oceana County, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is William R Lathers Charitable Trust based?
- William R Lathers Charitable Trust is based in MI.
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