How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Michigan?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Michigan, currently Legal Services Corporation, Michigan State Bar Foundation, The Gilbert Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Michigan?

$153M reached 124 crime and legal organizations in Michigan, from 405 funders. 54% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Michigan

One funder dominates the giving, Legal Services Corporation, at 31% of the total.

$153M

granted

124

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

405 funders gave $153M to 124 crime and legal organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Michigan is Legal Services Corporation, at $47M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, at $26M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Michigan

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

1Legal Services Corporation$47M 2Michigan State Bar Foundation$37M 3The Gilbert Family Foundation$5M 4WK Kellogg Foundation$3M 5First Steps Kent$3M 6The Chicago Community Trust$3M 7Community Foundation for Southeast$2M 8Michigan Health Endowment Fund$2M 9The Ronda E Stryker and William D$2M 10United Way for Southeastern Michigan$2M

Crime and legal organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

114 other crime and legal organizations$36M

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan$26M Michigan Advocacy Program$25M Lakeshore Legal Aid$21M Legal Aid of Western Michigan$16M Detroit Justice Center$8M Michigan Legal Services$6M

How to find crime and legal funders in Michigan

1
Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Michigan are Legal Services Corporation, Michigan State Bar Foundation, The Gilbert Family Foundation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
46% of crime and legal money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Michigan, currently Legal Services Corporation, Michigan State Bar Foundation, The Gilbert Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Michigan?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Michigan, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Michigan?: $153M reached 124 crime and legal organizations in Michigan, from 405 funders. 54% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.