How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Michigan?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Michigan, currently United Way of South Central Michigan, United Way Worldwide, Harlem Children's Zone Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Michigan?

$44M reached 287 disaster and safety organizations in Michigan, from 487 funders. 60% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Michigan

$44M reached 287 disaster and safety organizations in Michigan, from 487 funders, with no single one dominating.

$44M

granted

287

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

487 funders gave $44M to 287 disaster and safety organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Michigan is United Way of South Central Michigan, at $4M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is United Way for Southeastern Michigan, at $13M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Michigan

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

1United Way of South Central Michigan$4M 2United Way Worldwide$4M 3Harlem Children's Zone Inc$3M 4Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan$2M 5Michigan 2-1-1 Inc$2M 6Benson & Edith Ford Fund$2M 7Michigan Health Endowment Fund$2M 8The Jewish Fund$1M 9Ruth Mott Foundation$1M 10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$1M

Disaster and safety organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

277 other disaster and safety organizations$17M

United Way for Southeastern Michigan$13M Detroit Public Safety Foundation$4M Teen Street Skills$2M Flint Police Foundation Inc$2M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Michigan

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Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Michigan are United Way of South Central Michigan, United Way Worldwide, Harlem Children's Zone Inc. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
40% of disaster and safety money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Michigan, currently United Way of South Central Michigan, United Way Worldwide, Harlem Children's Zone Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Michigan?: United Way of South Central Michigan gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Michigan, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Michigan?: $44M reached 287 disaster and safety organizations in Michigan, from 487 funders. 60% 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.