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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Michigan, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, University Development Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Michigan?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Michigan, $142M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Michigan?

$2.4B reached 1,734 education organizations in Michigan, from 4,715 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 · Education

Who funds education in Michigan

$2.4B reached 1,734 education organizations in Michigan, from 4,715 funders, with no single one dominating.

$2.4B

granted

1,734

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

4,715 funders gave $2.4B to 1,734 education 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 education in Michigan is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $142M.
The education organization drawing the most is Hillsdale College, at $428M.

Largest funders of education in Michigan

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$142M 2University Development Foundation$100M 3Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$87M 4Lilly Endowment Inc$82M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$71M 6The Kresge Foundation$62M 7United Jewish Foundation$52M 8Starfish Family Services Inc$45M 9WK Kellogg Foundation$45M 10Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$40M

Education organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

1,724 other education organizations$1.5B

Hillsdale College$428M

How to find education funders in Michigan

1
Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to education in Michigan are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, University Development Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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 education money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Michigan, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, University Development Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Michigan?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Michigan, $142M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Michigan?: $2.4B reached 1,734 education organizations in Michigan, from 4,715 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 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.