How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Michigan?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Michigan, currently The Kresge Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Michigan?

$1.4B reached 973 community development organizations in Michigan, from 1,425 funders. 75% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Michigan

Community development funding in Michigan is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Foundation for Detroit's Future leads, and the money reaches 973 groups.

$1.4B

granted

973

organizations

75%

from in-state

The short version

1,425 funders gave $1.4B to 973 community development organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
75% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Michigan is The Kresge Foundation, at $124M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Foundation for Detroit's Future, at $158M.

Largest funders of community development in Michigan

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

1The Kresge Foundation$124M 2Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$112M 3WK Kellogg Foundation$104M 4The Ford Foundation$91M 5The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation$58M 6Foundation for Uptown Reinvestment$47M 7M-1 Rail$47M 8Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan$46M 9The Gilbert Family Foundation$44M 10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$32M

Community development organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

963 other community development organizations$799M

Foundation for Detroit's Future$158M

How to find community development funders in Michigan

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Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to community development in Michigan are The Kresge Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
25% of community development money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Michigan, currently The Kresge Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Michigan?: The Kresge Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Michigan, $124M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Michigan?: $1.4B reached 973 community development organizations in Michigan, from 1,425 funders. 75% 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 camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

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.