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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Michigan, currently The Meijer Foundation, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation, The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Michigan?

The Meijer Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Michigan, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Michigan?

$676M reached 487 environment organizations in Michigan, from 1,372 funders. 52% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Michigan

$676M reached 487 environment organizations in Michigan, from 1,372 funders, with no single one dominating.

$676M

granted

487

organizations

52%

from in-state

The short version

1,372 funders gave $676M to 487 environment organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
52% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Michigan is The Meijer Foundation, at $47M.
The environment organization drawing the most is West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens, at $101M.

Largest funders of environment in Michigan

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

1The Meijer Foundation$47M 2Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation$46M 3The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation$39M 4United States Energy Foundation$25M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$21M 6Charles Stewart Mott Foundation$20M 7Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$18M 8The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation$16M 9National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$15M 10The Chicago Community Trust$14M

Environment organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

477 other environment organizations$303M

West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens$101M Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc$87M Conservative Energy Network$33M Center for Land Reform Inc Dba Center for Community Progress$24M

How to find environment funders in Michigan

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Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to environment in Michigan are The Meijer Foundation, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation, The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
48% of environment money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Michigan, currently The Meijer Foundation, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation, The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Michigan?: The Meijer Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Michigan, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Michigan?: $676M reached 487 environment organizations in Michigan, from 1,372 funders. 52% 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 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.