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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Michigan, currently Jewish Federation of Detroit, WK Kellogg Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the employment 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 employment in Michigan?

$93M reached 85 employment organizations in Michigan, from 271 funders. 78% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Michigan

$93M reached 85 employment organizations in Michigan, from 271 funders, with no single one dominating.

$93M

granted

organizations

78%

from in-state

The short version

271 funders gave $93M to 85 employment organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
78% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Michigan is Jewish Federation of Detroit, at $15M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Gesher Human Services, at $22M.

Largest funders of employment in Michigan

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

1Jewish Federation of Detroit$15M 2WK Kellogg Foundation$12M 3Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$7M 4Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation$7M 5SVRC Industries Inc Foundation$5M 6Peckham Community Partnership Foundation$4M 7The Ronda E Stryker and William D$3M 8W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corp$3M 9Kinexus Youth Solutions Inc$2M 10Goodwill's Green Works Inc$2M

Employment organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

Gesher Human Services$22M

75 other employment organizations$22M

Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation$10M W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corp$9M Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit$6M SVRC Industries Inc$5M Peckham Vocational Industries Inc$5M

How to find employment funders in Michigan

1
Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to employment in Michigan are Jewish Federation of Detroit, WK Kellogg Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
22% of employment money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Michigan, currently Jewish Federation of Detroit, WK Kellogg Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Michigan?: Jewish Federation of Detroit gives the most to employment organizations in Michigan, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Michigan?: $93M reached 85 employment organizations in Michigan, from 271 funders. 78% 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.

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The regranting layer

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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.