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Who funds youth development in Michigan

Youth development funding in Michigan is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Brilliant Detroit leads, and the money reaches 852 groups.

$543M
granted
852
organizations
69%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of youth development in Michigan

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

1State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050)$32M2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$23M3Bridgeway Services Inc$20M4The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation$16M5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$13M6The Skillman Foundation$12M7Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan$12M8The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation$11M9The Jamie & Denise Jacob Family Foundation$9M10Kalamazoo Community Foundation$9M

Youth development organizations in Michigan that draw the most

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

842 other youth development organizations$392M

How to find youth development funders in Michigan

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Michigan

    The funders giving the most to youth development in Michigan are State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050), Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bridgeway Services Inc. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the youth development 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    31% of youth development money in Michigan comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Michigan.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Michigan?
Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Michigan, currently State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050), Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Bridgeway Services Inc. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Michigan from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Michigan?
State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050) gives the most to youth development organizations in Michigan, $32M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Michigan?
$543M reached 852 youth development organizations in Michigan, from 1,823 funders. 69% 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
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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.