Michigan · Private foundation
Wolverine World Wide Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $509k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 60
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations Wolverine World Wide Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k 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 | 18 | $509k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $935k | 51% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $1.4M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 60 | $1.1M | 53% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Ten Footwear Foundation Inc | $802,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Right Place Foundation | $250,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Artprize Grand Rapids | $235,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Greater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Outdoor Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Grand Rapids Whitewater Inc | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Conservation Alliance | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Rockford Community Service Center | $135,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Blandford Nature Center | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Michigan for All | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 65 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wolverine World Wide Foundation 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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · The Wege Foundation
How this is measured
About Wolverine World Wide Foundation
- How much does Wolverine World Wide Foundation give?
- Wolverine World Wide Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $509,165 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 60 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Wolverine World Wide Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (17%), Environment (14%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Wolverine World Wide Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Two Ten Footwear Foundation Inc ($803k), Right Place Foundation ($250k), Artprize Grand Rapids ($235k).
- Does Wolverine World Wide Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wolverine World Wide Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wolverine World Wide Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, The Meijer Foundation.
- Where is Wolverine World Wide Foundation based?
- Wolverine World Wide Foundation is based in MI.
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