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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Michigan, currently The Chicago Community Trust, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Rackham Engineering Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Michigan?

The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to science organizations in Michigan, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Michigan?

$14M reached 26 science organizations in Michigan, from 44 funders. 22% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Michigan

Funding is concentrated: Altarum Institute alone draws 70% of every science grant dollar in Michigan. Most of it comes from outside Michigan: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$14M

granted

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

44 funders gave $14M to 26 science organizations in Michigan across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Michigan; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Michigan is The Chicago Community Trust, at $5M.
The science organization drawing the most is Altarum Institute, at $10M.

Largest funders of science in Michigan

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$5M 2The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$3M 3The Rackham Engineering Foundation$1M 4American Concrete Institute$881k 5Laura and John Arnold Foundation$808k 6Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington$667k 7Alliance for Automotive Innovation Inc$550k 8National Philanthropic Trust$270k 9Breakthrough Energy Foundation$250k 10Michigan Health Endowment Fund$249k

Science organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

Altarum Institute$10M Engineering Society of Detroit$2M Aci Center of Excellence for Carbon$881k

How to find science funders in Michigan

1
Start with the funders already active in Michigan
The funders giving the most to science in Michigan are The Chicago Community Trust, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Rackham Engineering Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
78% of science money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Michigan?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Michigan, currently The Chicago Community Trust, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Rackham Engineering Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Michigan?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to science organizations in Michigan, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Michigan?: $14M reached 26 science organizations in Michigan, from 44 funders. 22% 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.