Michigan · Private foundation
Worthington Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $246k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $46,615
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Worthington Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $246k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $230k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $224k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $301k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $254k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $249k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $245k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $253k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town Playhouse Inc | $304,160 | 8 | 7% |
| Inland Seas Education Association | $174,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Detroit Opera | $167,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Au Sable Institute | $166,760 | 8 | 3% |
| Ecology Center | $117,520 | 6 | 3% |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grass River Natural Area Inc | $38,583 | 2 | 4% |
| Scenic City Clay Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Seeds | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Hermitage Museum and Gardens | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town Playhouse Inc | $304,160 | 8 | 7% |
| Inland Seas Education Association | $174,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Detroit Opera | $167,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Au Sable Institute | $166,760 | 8 | 3% |
| Ecology Center | $117,520 | 6 | 3% |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Grass River Natural Area Inc | $38,583 | 2 | 4% |
| Scenic City Clay Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Seeds | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Hermitage Museum and Gardens | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lansing Symphony Association | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Norte Youth Cycling | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ecology Project International | $11,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Glen Arbor Arts Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Leslie Science and Nature Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Leelanau Childrens Choir | $9,907 | 2 | n/a |
| Kalamazoo Nature Center | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($810k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Worthington Family 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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Barton J Ingraham & Gail G Ingraham Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Worthington Family Foundation
- How much does Worthington Family Foundation give?
- Worthington Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $245,510 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Worthington Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Environment (20%), Education (8%).
- Who are Worthington Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Old Town Playhouse Inc ($304k), Inland Seas Education Association ($174k), Detroit Opera ($167k).
- Does Worthington Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Worthington Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Worthington Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation.
- Where is Worthington Family Foundation based?
- Worthington Family Foundation is based in MI.
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