How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Michigan?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Michigan, currently Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc, Feeding America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture 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 food and agriculture in Michigan?

$125M reached 147 food and agriculture organizations in Michigan, from 727 funders. 70% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Michigan

Michigan's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$125M

granted

147

organizations

70%

from in-state

The short version

727 funders gave $125M to 147 food and agriculture organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
70% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Michigan is Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc, at $24M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Gleaners Community Food Bank, at $31M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Michigan

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

1Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc$24M 2Feeding America$9M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 4Senior Resources of West Michigan$6M 5WK Kellogg Foundation$6M 6The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation$4M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$3M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 9Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$3M 10Ford Motor Company Fund$3M

Food and agriculture organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

Gleaners Community Food Bank$31M Forgotten Harvest Inc$22M

137 other food and agriculture organizations$19M

Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$16M Fair Food Network Inc$9M Eastern Market Corporation$7M Agewell Services of West Michigan$6M Greater Lansing Food Bank$6M Kids' Food Basket Inc$4M Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network$4M Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc$3M

How to find food and agriculture funders in Michigan

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Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Michigan are Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc, Feeding America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
30% of food and agriculture money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Michigan, currently Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc, Feeding America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Michigan?: Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Michigan, $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Michigan?: $125M reached 147 food and agriculture organizations in Michigan, from 727 funders. 70% 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.