How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Michigan?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Michigan, currently National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Petsmart Charities Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Michigan?

National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to animals organizations in Michigan, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Michigan?

$170M reached 481 animals organizations in Michigan, from 1,268 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Michigan.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Michigan · Animals

Who funds animals in Michigan

Animals funding in Michigan is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Detroit Zoological Society leads, and the money reaches 481 groups.

$170M

granted

481

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

1,268 funders gave $170M to 481 animals organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Michigan is National Philanthropic Trust, at $18M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Detroit Zoological Society, at $18M.

Largest funders of animals in Michigan

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Michigan, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1National Philanthropic Trust$18M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 3Petsmart Charities Inc$8M 4Network for Good$7M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 6Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$5M 7Duffy Foundation$4M 8Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan$4M 9Bill and Bea Idema Foundation$4M 10The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation$3M

Animals organizations in Michigan that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

471 other animals organizations$85M

Detroit Zoological Society$18M Akashinga Inc$16M John Ball Zoo$15M Michigan Humane Society$14M

How to find animals funders in Michigan

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Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to animals in Michigan are National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Petsmart Charities Inc. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
51% of animals money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Michigan, currently National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Petsmart Charities Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Michigan?: National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to animals organizations in Michigan, $18M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Michigan?: $170M reached 481 animals organizations in Michigan, from 1,268 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Michigan.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.