Michigan · Nonprofit
JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC
JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,930,568 to it, the largest being John E Fetzer Memorial Trust Fund ($2,906,283). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $66M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $813M
What John E Fetzer Institute Inc does
Programs
Partnership development with philanthropic allies - the fetzer institute works with fellow funders to support sacred-rooted work toward shared flourishing. Examples of key partners advancing this work are: 1) ebenezer baptist church to provide general operating support; 2) new venture fund supporting aapi civic engagement fund and voter justice project; 3) workmoney foundation, inc. To provide general operating support; and 4) the community foundation for greater atlanta to provide general operating support.
$5,656,400 spentFaith & spirituality - fetzer's work in this area helps address social problems through the lens of the sacred to create a larger impact toward shared flourishing. The institute supports spiritual care providers, spiritual innovators, and researchers who work to understand and contribute to a culture of love rooted in spirituality. It also supports religious leaders, scholars, practitioners, and faith-based organizations in embodying and sharing the narratives of love that live in their distinct traditions. Examples of partners advancing this work include: 1) baylor univeristy's global study on casuality in human flourishing; 2) on being project to fund the 2024 on being gathering and to provide general operating support; 3) brandeis university's work establishing a national network of spiritual care providers with the chaplaincy innovation lab; and 4) faith matters network collaborative to support the work of emerging spiritual innovation.
$3,387,349 spentAdvancing democracy, education, & science - working with unified networks and coalitions, the fetzer institute contributes to shared flourishing by working with groups like: 1) citizen university to support civic saturdays and civic fellowship programs; 2) inner explorer to support social and emotional learning that addresses meaning and purpose; 3) regents of the university of california, davis to support the pathways to compassion project; and 4) millennial action project to implement the pluribus fellowship for young lawmakers.
$619,618 spentBoard & staff-directed funds - fetzer's work in this area supports staff and trustees in their work to fulfill our mission to help build the spiritual foundation for a loving world through charitable giving and service. Examples include: 1) board and president's fund supporting trustee directed grants; 2) matching gifts program to support charitable giving by staff and trustees; and 3) community giving program to acknowledge staff's volunteer activities in their communities.
$586,064 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $566M to $817M (+44%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Daniel J Cardinali
Chairperson of board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $2.9M → $950k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 65% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 17% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $750k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC has grown faster than half of the 119 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC?
- JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,930,568 to it, the largest being John E Fetzer Memorial Trust Fund ($2,906,283). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $7,930,568 in grants to JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC?
- John E Fetzer Memorial Trust Fund is the largest funder on record, with $2,906,283 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOHN E FETZER INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing