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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Michigan, currently Michigan Health & Hospital Association, The Big Ten Conference Inc, Bronson Methodist Hospital. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Michigan?

Michigan Health & Hospital Association gives the most to health organizations in Michigan, $222M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Michigan?

$1.5B reached 414 health organizations in Michigan, from 1,620 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 · Health

Who funds health in Michigan

$1.5B reached 414 health organizations in Michigan, from 1,620 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.5B

granted

414

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

1,620 funders gave $1.5B to 414 health 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 health in Michigan is Michigan Health & Hospital Association, at $222M.
The health organization drawing the most is Regents of the University of Michigan, at $537M.

Largest funders of health in Michigan

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

1Michigan Health & Hospital Association$222M 2The Big Ten Conference Inc$119M 3Bronson Methodist Hospital$65M 4Henry Ford Health System Foundation$55M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$53M 6Bronson Healthcare Group$47M 7McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation$44M 8Beaumont Health Foundation$35M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$32M 10McLaren Health Care Corporation$30M

Health organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

Regents of the University of Michigan$537M

404 other health organizations$434M

Henry Ford Health System$156M Bronson Healthcare Group$95M William Beaumont Hospital$89M

How to find health funders in Michigan

1
Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to health in Michigan are Michigan Health & Hospital Association, The Big Ten Conference Inc, Bronson Methodist Hospital. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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 health money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Michigan, currently Michigan Health & Hospital Association, The Big Ten Conference Inc, Bronson Methodist Hospital. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Michigan?: Michigan Health & Hospital Association gives the most to health organizations in Michigan, $222M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Michigan?: $1.5B reached 414 health organizations in Michigan, from 1,620 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 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.