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Who funds environment in Michigan: 327 foundations, $33.4 million in grants
327 private foundations paid 749 grants totaling $33,430,861 to environment nonprofits in Michigan, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. The largest funder is Wells Fargo Foundation, with $3,000,000 in 2 grants.
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- Cause
- Environment
- Recipients in
- Michigan
- Foundations
- 327
- Grants
- 749
- Total granted
- $33,430,861
Foundations that funded environment in Michigan
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients. The 300 largest of 327 are listed.
| Foundation | Based in | Grants | Total | Largest grant | Largest grant to | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $3,000,000 | $2,000,000 | Center for Land Reform Inc | Expanding National Heirs' Property Work, PT 2 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Royal Oak, MI | 11 | $2,267,500 | $455,000 | Huron River Watershed Council | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Andrew R and Janet F Miller Foundation | Naples, FL | 3 | $2,125,000 | $2,025,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Dragonfly Fund | Grand Rapids, MI | 2 | $2,005,000 | $2,000,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Capital campaign | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Detroit, MI | 3 | $2,001,000 | $1,000,000 | Friends of the Detroit River | Downriver linked greenways system improvements | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Detroit, MI | 4 | $1,728,025 | $605,000 | Play for A Cause Detroit | Public spaces | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 6 | $1,625,000 | $450,000 | The Green Door Initiative | to provide general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $1,600,000 | $1,000,000 | Center for Land Reform Inc | National land bank network | apps.irs.gov |
| Siemens Foundation | Iselin, NJ | 1 | $1,556,899 | $1,556,899 | Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program | Ev workforce collaborative project | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | 13 | $1,000,925 | $325,000 | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | To improve protections for environmental quality and public health across the state of Michigan. | apps.irs.gov |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 8 | $730,000 | $200,000 | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Funding for general charitable operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carls Foundation | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 3 | $695,000 | $325,000 | Keweenaw Land Trust | Purchase of jacob's creek parcel for a preserve | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $660,000 | $300,000 | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | 5 | $575,000 | $150,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 2 | $562,500 | $450,000 | Center for Land Reform Inc | 79807 supporting the national land bank network in advancing racially equitable outcomes in the reuse of vacant, deteriorated land for community benefit | apps.irs.gov |
| Edmund F and Virginia B Ball Foundation Inc | Muncie, IN | 1 | $530,000 | $530,000 | Inland Seas Education Assoc | Schoolship program & campus renovations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brookby Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 8 | $490,200 | $200,000 | Inland Seas Education Association | Campaign for the Future | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 5 | $475,000 | $250,000 | Center for Land Reform Inc | Project support grant for the center for community progress to increase equitable land and housing in detroit and michigan | apps.irs.gov |
| McKinney Family Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | $450,000 | $250,000 | Michigan Saves | To promate accessible, equitable, and just investments in energy efficiency and clean energy to support healthy and thriving communities | apps.irs.gov |
| Dte Energy Foundation | Detroit, MI | 18 | $422,000 | $100,000 | Releaf Michigan Inc | Environmental leadership | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $400,000 | $250,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | To educate the public about environmental and public health issues impacting detroit and michigan | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 6 | $376,500 | $375,000 | Center for Land Reform Inc | In support of neighborhood revitalization | apps.irs.gov |
| Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 2 | $375,000 | $350,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Social services | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $350,000 | $250,000 | Michigan Saves Inc | to support the launch of an Indiana Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Indiana's economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning | apps.irs.gov |
| Eddema Foundation | Oak Park, IL | 1 | $249,797 | $249,797 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Walters Family Foundation | Milford, MI | 3 | $243,000 | $125,000 | Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc | Wff funding will help the work across forests, lakes and streams of northern michigan to improve economic, environmental, educational and recreational opportunities to engage people in conservation st | apps.irs.gov |
| Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc | White Lake, MI | 1 | $240,000 | $240,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Diane & charleswilson landgrant | apps.irs.gov |
| The Prudential Foundation | Newark, NJ | 1 | $240,000 | $240,000 | Center for Land Reform Inc | To support the center for community progress in elevating newark's housing voucher program for homeownership nationwide and helping other communities adopt its model, while also continuing to improve | apps.irs.gov |
| Laughlin Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 2 | $226,851 | $170,138 | Michigan Wildlife Habitat FDN | Support daily operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert J Trulaske Jr Family Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Collective annual grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Duffy Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 4 | $160,000 | $80,000 | Legacy Land Conservancy | Use consistent w/501(c)(3) status | apps.irs.gov |
| McGregor Fund | Detroit, MI | 2 | $160,000 | $100,000 | The Greening of Detroit | Program Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ames Family Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 3 | $150,000 | $50,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Charitable contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Clif Family Foundation | Saint Helena, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Revitalize the Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| Jonathan & Kathleen Altman FNDTN | Santa Fe, NM | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Conservative Energy Network | For its states and regions program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation | North Muskegon, MI | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Operational purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven C Leuthold Family Foundation | Brevard, NC | 2 | $127,000 | $85,000 | Keweenaw Land Trust | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Richard F and Carolyn A Chormann Family Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Palmer woods pledge 1000 acre project | apps.irs.gov |
| William T and Frances A Little Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $125,000 | $75,000 | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Inc | General projects around West Paw Preserve/Paw Paw River Basin | apps.irs.gov |
| Oleson Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 4 | $121,500 | $54,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | The ridge expansion and director's fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hall Houseman Family Foundation | Richland, MI | 4 | $108,968 | $75,533 | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson-Webber Foundation | Detroit, MI | 2 | $102,200 | $100,000 | Chandler Park Conservancy | Operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Americana Foundation | Novi, MI | 5 | $101,000 | $25,000 | Citizens for A Safe and Clean Lake Superior | Educating and advocating for wetland protections in marquette county - phase 2 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edp Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 2 | $100,000 | $80,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General assistance | apps.irs.gov |
| Ua Jansing-Cook Foundation A014576 | Greensboro, NC | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Bosch Community Fund | Farmington Hills, MI | 5 | $96,049 | $70,771 | Friends of the Rouge | Fotr operating and program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Ralph L & Winifred E Polk Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 5 | $90,000 | $50,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Nature conservation and promotion | apps.irs.gov |
| Rivian Foundation | Irvine, CA | 1 | $90,000 | $90,000 | The Greening of Detroit | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Harry A and Margaret D Towsley Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 4 | $87,500 | $50,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund | Grosse Pointe, MI | 5 | $80,000 | $25,000 | Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Dow Company Foundation | Midland, MI | 3 | $76,000 | $35,000 | Chippewa Nature Center Inc | Community wellbeing | apps.irs.gov |
| Dart Foundation Fka Solid Waste Management Foundation | Mason, MI | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Woldumar Nature Association | Grounds, facility maintenance, and volunteer coordination. | apps.irs.gov |
| Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Paddle Antrim | Campaign 2025 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Annenberg Foundation | Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Honeoye Falls Foundation Inc | Honeoye Falls, NY | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | To support conserving the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county. | apps.irs.gov |
| Consumers Energy Foundation | Jackson, MI | 7 | $72,000 | $25,000 | Chippewa Nature Center Inc | Building a new home for youth to experience nature at chippewa nature center | apps.irs.gov |
| Enna Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $72,000 | $72,000 | Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition | Building organizational capacity and hiring an executive director | apps.irs.gov |
| Alden and Vada Dow Fund | Midland, MI | 3 | $65,000 | $25,000 | The Little Forks Conservancy | Operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hershey Family Foundation | Bonita Springs, FL | 2 | $61,000 | $60,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | For unrestricted use in exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| John C Markey Charitable Fund | Charlotte, NC | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | Ecology Center | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| HCS Foundation | Westlake, OH | 1 | $56,960 | $56,960 | Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc | Community-driven conservation campaign and 52.5% mineral rights on 3480 acres of land located in wilber township, iosco county, mi | apps.irs.gov |
| Worthington Family Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 3 | $52,395 | $25,000 | Inland Seas Education Association | Hands on school programs | apps.irs.gov |
| The Porter Family Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 6 | $51,109 | $35,259 | Michigan Climate Action Network | Environmental education | apps.irs.gov |
| Shulman-Rochambeau Charitable Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $51,000 | $50,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Adele Braun Charitable Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | For general charitable purposes of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Julius and Cynthia Huebner Foundation | Grosse Pointe, MI | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kanter Family Foundation | Sandy, UT | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | Support Charitable Purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Richardson Foundation | Green Cove Springs, FL | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Afognak Fund | Fox Point, WI | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General Operating Support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Argosy Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Conservative Energy Network | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| J Ferrantino Charitable Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $45,000 | $45,000 | Michigan Audubon Society | Education/operation | apps.irs.gov |
| Patagoniaorg | Ventura, CA | 3 | $45,000 | $15,000 | East Michigan Environmental Action Council Inc | To support environmental projects. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gordon J Hammersley Foundation | Leland, MI | 3 | $45,000 | $30,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Support ofsustainability, education,and humanitarian causes | apps.irs.gov |
| Kbih Foundation Inc (f/k/a Kranberg-Harris Foundation Inc) | Chicago, IL | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Superior Watershed Partnership | To further exempt purpose of recipient | apps.irs.gov |
| Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Sustaining environmental education and conservation at the knc | apps.irs.gov |
| The Jampel Family Foundation | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Unrestricted charitable gift | apps.irs.gov |
| Ford Philanthropy | Dearborn, MI | 3 | $37,500 | $17,500 | Friends of the Rouge | Employee volunteering | apps.irs.gov |
| Soter Kay Foundation F/k/a Sarah Ross Soter Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $36,500 | $36,500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | To further its exempt purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| HP Foundation | Suttons Bay, MI | 3 | $35,000 | $20,000 | The Leelanau Conservancy | Sugar loaf project | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | Ecology Center | Project support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrice K Aaron Family Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | Ecology Center Inc | Support for organizational activities | apps.irs.gov |
| Green Brick Foundation Inc | Traverse City, MI | 3 | $31,000 | $20,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | General operation | apps.irs.gov |
| Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 4 | $30,993 | $9,993 | Dahlem Conservancy | Education and animals | apps.irs.gov |
| The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 3 | $30,500 | $25,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | To assist with the protection of land on old mission peninsula | apps.irs.gov |
| James A and Faith Knight Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 2 | $30,000 | $15,000 | Legacy Land Conservancy | To help support the general operatin | apps.irs.gov |
| Tuktawa Foundation | Orchard Lake, MI | 3 | $29,500 | $12,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | Social welfare | apps.irs.gov |
| Fenton Bettie Case | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $28,751 | $28,751 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation | The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $28,000 | $23,000 | Conservative Energy Network | To support the Texas Land & Liberty Coalition's expansion and increased deployment of utility-scale renewable energy across rural Texas | apps.irs.gov |
| Allen Foundation | Midland, MI | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Comm garden irrigation | apps.irs.gov |
| Alpern Family Foundation Inc | Huntington Station, NY | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Circle of Blue | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| American Electric Power Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $25,000 | $20,000 | Berrien Connection | Eagle Building Renovation Project | apps.irs.gov |
| Dole Family Foundation | Seattle, WA | 4 | $25,000 | $11,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Green Earth Liangs Inc | Milpitas, CA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | To preserveand plant ancient trees | apps.irs.gov |
| Hamp Family Fund | Detroit, MI | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Conservancy fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Holly Palmer Foundation | Holland, MI | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance | Fund operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Renker Family Foundation | El Segundo, CA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | To support land conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Sauerland Foundation | Milford, OH | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Sec Charitable Corporation | Naples, FL | 3 | $25,000 | $10,000 | Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes | To further charitable works | apps.irs.gov |
| Shupe Family Foundation | Mesa, AZ | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Paw Paw Lake Foundation | To further the mission of the donee | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hansen Charitable Foundation | Luther, MI | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Land Conservancy of West Michigan | General funds | apps.irs.gov |
| The Martin Fabert Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Wright Service Corp Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation | West Des Moines, IA | 1 | $23,500 | $23,500 | Arboretum Detroit | Urban greening support | apps.irs.gov |
| Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 2 | $22,500 | $12,500 | Kalamazoo Nature Center Inc | Operational support for the education department | apps.irs.gov |
| Mary I Dobrovir Charitable Trust | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $21,250 | $21,250 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | For general fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Farmer Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 2 | $21,000 | $20,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Exempt purpose of organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 2 | $21,000 | $15,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Alarm system | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Harding Foundation | Flint, MI | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Support the ridge project | apps.irs.gov |
| Elhapa Foundation Inc | Lexington, KY | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Joe D Pentecost Foundation | East Lansing, MI | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Woldumar Nature Association | Unrestricted contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| L & N Andreas Foundation | Mankato, MN | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Grant is for recipients general fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Inc | Traverse City, MI | 2 | $20,000 | $15,000 | Inland Seas Education Association | Charitable activities | apps.irs.gov |
| Marshall B Front Family Charitable Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Programming | apps.irs.gov |
| The Anthony and Susan Consigli Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Seeds | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Block Foundation | Northville, MI | 3 | $20,000 | $10,000 | Friends of the Rouge | To restore, protect and enhance the rouge river watershed. | apps.irs.gov |
| Top Family Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| William & Lisa Ford Foundation | Detroit, MI | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Huron River Watershed Council | Program services | apps.irs.gov |
| Nahikian Family FDN | Saint Louis, MO | 1 | $19,500 | $19,500 | Freedom Summit Adventures Inc | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $18,800 | $18,800 | Michigan United Conservation Clubs | Conservation of natural resources | apps.irs.gov |
| Earth Rising Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $18,536 | $18,536 | Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Project | Thechihila Collective | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | $18,516 | $18,516 | Leelanau Conservancy | Employee matching gift(s) | apps.irs.gov |
| Frey Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 3 | $17,000 | $10,000 | Muskegon River Watershed Assembly | Organizational capacity building | apps.irs.gov |
| Shannon Family Charitable FDN Fifth Third | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $17,000 | $17,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Project/program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Colina Foundation | Grosse Ile, MI | 2 | $16,000 | $12,000 | Ecology Center | Healthy Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Martin Family Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 3 | $16,000 | $10,000 | Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative | Humanitarian | apps.irs.gov |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Seattle, WA | 151 | $15,734 | $1,803 | We Want the Land Coalition Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Sheila Navarre Enos Charitable Foundation Trust | Tucson, AZ | 1 | $15,493 | $15,493 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Creation, administration, maintenanc | apps.irs.gov |
| Ally Charitable Foundation | Charlotte, NC | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | The Greening of Detroit | Detroit conservation corps | apps.irs.gov |
| E-B Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Friends of the Historic Commons | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mosaic Foundation (of R & P Heydon) | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Legacy Land Conservancy | Support historic and land preservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Tricoastal Foundation | Monroe, CT | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | For Love of Water | Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Morley Foundation | Saginaw, MI | 3 | $14,400 | $14,000 | Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| Searles Family Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $14,000 | $14,000 | Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Foundation | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| CDM Foundation Inc | South Bend, IN | 1 | $13,500 | $13,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Carroll J Haas Foundation | Vicksburg, MI | 2 | $12,500 | $10,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Nickum Foundation | Hinsdale, IL | 1 | $12,500 | $12,500 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Broad Family Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 2 | $12,500 | $7,500 | Inland Seas Education Association | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Burdick-Thorne Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 2 | $12,500 | $7,500 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Triford Foundation | Sterling Heights, MI | 3 | $12,250 | $5,250 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Ceres Foundation | Northfield, IL | 4 | $12,000 | $5,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Warner Family Foundation XXXXX4000 | Chicago, IL | 1 | $11,000 | $11,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Wild Shore Foundation | Carmel, IN | 2 | $11,000 | $10,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | General operating fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The James Family Charitable Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | 2 | $10,550 | $10,000 | Michigan Climate Action Network | General | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 5 | $10,550 | $6,800 | Leila Arboretum Society Inc | Matching Grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Bailey Lamson Family FDTN | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Preserve Old Mission Peninsula | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Cook Family Foundation | Owosso, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Friends of the Shiawassee River | Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| Flagstar Foundation Inc | Troy, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Berrien Connection | Arts culture | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $10,000 | $5,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | Employee or trustee recommended gift for general operational support. | apps.irs.gov |
| Gosiger Foundation | Dayton, OH | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Charitable - general | apps.irs.gov |
| Klorfine Foundation | Riviera Beach, FL | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | For Love of Water | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Lost Pond Foundation | Hinsdale, IL | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | To support operational and program expenses. | apps.irs.gov |
| Oliver & Cunningham Fam Fdn-Main | Saint Louis, MO | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Pav Foundation | Burt Lake, MI | 2 | $10,000 | $5,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Sally Mead Hands Foundation | Madison, WI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | Operating funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Sieg Dunlap Foundation | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 2 | $10,000 | $5,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Stucki Family Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hough Foundation | Bingham Farms, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance | Preserve natural areas | apps.irs.gov |
| The Julius H and Barbara B Beers Family Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 2 | $10,000 | $5,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nancy & Victor S Johnson Jr Foundation | Nashville, TN | 2 | $10,000 | $5,000 | Lake Leelanau Lake Association | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Oliver Family Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Richard L and Freda K Flerlage Foundation | Maple City, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | The #our water activist program (owa) equips youth with the knowledge, skills, and mentoring they need to address these critical issues. this robust program teaches high school and college students ho | apps.irs.gov |
| The Thompson Family Foundation | Warren, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Clinton River Watershed Council | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| WMR Family Foundation 045351-000 Co Wilmington Trust Company | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $10,000 | $5,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Shell USA Company Foundation | Houston, TX | 6 | $8,600 | $5,000 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | 5000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Miller Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 2 | $8,000 | $7,000 | Leila Arboretum Society Inc | Board grants | apps.irs.gov |
| Jasam Foundation Fund A | Key Largo, FL | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | Matching Gift Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Song Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $7,500 | $7,500 | The Treeline Conservancy | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 16 | $7,325 | $2,280 | Stewards of Kleinstuck | Volunteer program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Morrissey Family Foundation | Los Osos, CA | 1 | $7,283 | $7,283 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Conservancy | apps.irs.gov |
| Kari and Fred Barton Charitable Foundation | North Palm Beach, FL | 2 | $7,000 | $4,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | To preserve nature | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward and Elyse Rogers Family Foundation | Midland, MI | 2 | $6,500 | $5,000 | Little Forks Conservancy | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Julian G Lange Family Foundation 1 | San Antonio, TX | 2 | $6,000 | $5,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Operating fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Bierlein Companies Foundation | Midland, MI | 2 | $5,580 | $5,330 | One Hundred Club of Saginaw | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| H P & Genevieve Connable Fund | Kalamazoo, MI | 2 | $5,500 | $3,000 | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Inc | Operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Beusse & Porter Family Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Land Conservancy of West Michigan | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Covington Charitable Trust | Lake Bluff, IL | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General donation | apps.irs.gov |
| Dorothy J Thomson Charitable Fund | Wales, WI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Main Street League | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen Keeler Burke Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Carter P Brown Legacy Preservation Fund | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Hunting Foundation | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 2 | $5,000 | $3,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Unrestricted grant to general fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Lily Pad Fund for Nature | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | The Stewardship Network | funds to establish a tool lending program for TSN Clusters which includes purchase of tools, setting up tracking and distribution of the tools, and administration costs | apps.irs.gov |
| Marjorie Markham Page McAnespy Charitable Foundation Inc | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Superior Watershed Partnership | Pollution prevention and education | apps.irs.gov |
| Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | The Greening of Detroit | Unrestricted charitable gift | apps.irs.gov |
| Opus Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Friendly Garden Club of Traverse City | Childrens Sensory Garden | apps.irs.gov |
| Rice Family Foundation | Bainbridge Island, WA | 2 | $5,000 | $3,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Conservancy program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Schlinger Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Waterrising Institute | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven L Trulaske Sr Family Foundation | Clayton, MO | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Annual Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gornick Fund | Gaylord, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Otsego County Economic Alliance | Support County in Business Expansion | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lawrence and Sylvia Wong Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Youth outreach | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mignon Sherwood Delano Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Beautify Pullman | Maintenance and | apps.irs.gov |
| The Newman Family Foundation | Troy, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The Oakriver Foundation | Northport, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| William & Martha Ford Fund | Detroit, MI | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | The Greening of Detroit | Program services | apps.irs.gov |
| Cozad Family Foundation | Auburn, MI | 3 | $4,500 | $1,500 | Headwaters Land Conservancy | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | Kalamazoo nature center for fair food matters | apps.irs.gov |
| Higher Hopes Foundation Inc | Mt Pleasant, MI | 1 | $3,887 | $3,887 | Headwaters Land Conservancy | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Laurel Charitable Trust | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Nancy Malcomson Connable Fund | Kalamazoo, MI | 2 | $3,500 | $2,000 | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert & Elizabeth Fergus Foundation | Aspen, CO | 2 | $3,500 | $2,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The John E Goerlich Charitable Trust | Holland, OH | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation | Provide | apps.irs.gov |
| The Taheri Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Michigan Nature Association | For use by donee organization for the purpose for which they are exempt | apps.irs.gov |
| Andrew M Vander Molen Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $3,425 | $3,425 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Project/program support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation Inc | Traverse City, MI | 4 | $3,300 | $1,200 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| David C and Ellen R Petrick Foundation | Frankfort, MI | 2 | $3,000 | $2,500 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Support to protect natural lands. | apps.irs.gov |
| Harold Hagaman Charitable FDN | Rochester, MI | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Keweenaw Land Trust | Community welfare | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Family Foundation | Armonk, NY | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | We Want the Land Coalition | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation | Holland, MI | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Holland Fish and Game Club | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable Trust | Jackson, MI | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Dahlem Conservancy | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sheila Dave & Sherry Gold Foundation Co Jeff Gold | Studio City, CA | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | Support for locating and propagating the world's largest and most iconic trees. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tapestry Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $2,590 | $2,590 | Paani Project | Employee matching program - further 501(c)(3) charitable purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Advocates for Climate Innovation | New York, NY | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Unrestricted general institutional support | apps.irs.gov |
| Dr Scholl Foundation | Northbrook, IL | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | Water quality program | apps.irs.gov |
| H Fort Flowers Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | For focus on glen lake area | apps.irs.gov |
| Liebler Family Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Mathile Family Foundation | Dayton, OH | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | For Love of Water | Operating support in memory of john frey | apps.irs.gov |
| Scott & Margy Trumbull Family Foundation | Ottawa Hills, OH | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cold Heading Foundation | Warren, MI | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | To support the organization's mission | apps.irs.gov |
| The Skillman Foundation | Detroit, MI | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Workin Rootz | Urban community farm general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tromble Family Foundation | Port Charlotte, FL | 2 | $2,500 | $1,500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Ufp Industries Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Land Conservancy of West Michigan | Outreach | apps.irs.gov |
| C & N Foundation | Southfield, MI | 2 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles R Whitney Charitable Foundation | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Greening of Detroit | Unrestricted Contribution to Charitable Organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Henry J Fox Fund | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Ecology Center | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| MPS Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Greening of Detroit | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 3 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wapakoneta Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| WM McNally Family Foundation | Saginaw, MI | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy | General Fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Weitzenhoffer Seminole Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Wilkinson Foundation | Chelsea, MI | 2 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Huron River Watershed Council | Community | apps.irs.gov |
| The Land Sustainment Shop | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $1,875 | $1,875 | We Want the Land Coalition | To support We Want the Land Coalition's mission which supports the empowerment of women and girls | apps.irs.gov |
| John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation | Holland, MI | 1 | $1,700 | $1,700 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Niemiec Family Foundation Niemiec | Pickney, MI | 1 | $1,650 | $1,650 | Hiland Lake Conservancy | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Ambrosiani Foundation | Dewitt, MI | 3 | $1,500 | $500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Protection of Upper Penninsula Natural Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| Evergreene Foundation | Otsego, MI | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Two Rivers Coalition | Assist in SW Michigan Communities | apps.irs.gov |
| Margaret A Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Employee service award | apps.irs.gov |
| Re Olds Foundation | East Lansing, MI | 2 | $1,500 | $1,000 | Torch Lake Protection Alliance | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Texas Instruments Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program." | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gabriel & Jeanne Shaheen Family Foundation Inc | Tampa, FL | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation | St Louis, MO | 2 | $1,500 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Tom Russell Charitable Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Leelanau Conservancy | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Summers Foundation Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | 1 | $1,449 | $1,449 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| John E Fetzer Institute Inc | Kalamazoo, MI | 3 | $1,394 | $1,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 2 | $1,350 | $1,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Sugar Loaf fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Affordable Housing Management Foundation | Harbor Springs, MI | 2 | $1,250 | $750 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Environmental | apps.irs.gov |
| The Stricof Family Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | 2 | $1,250 | $1,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Land conservation | apps.irs.gov |
| Wolf Robe Foundation | Peoria, AZ | 1 | $1,250 | $1,250 | Leelanau Energy | Charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| William A Berry Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $1,200 | $1,200 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| The Chelsea Health and Wellness Foundation | Chelsea, MI | 1 | $1,120 | $1,120 | Hutan | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Tom and Ellen Noneman Foundation Co Plante Moran Trust | Grand Rapids, MI | 2 | $1,100 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward Jones Foundation | St Louis, MO | 4 | $1,040 | $500 | Otsego County Economic Alliance Inc | Environmental quality, protection and beautification | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliant Credit Union Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $1,000 | $600 | Paani Project | Employee/team philanthropy | apps.irs.gov |
| BFK Foundation Inc | Granville, OH | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Clannad Foundation | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | The Greening of Detroit | Human services | apps.irs.gov |
| Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Gaf Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Land protection for northern michigan | apps.irs.gov |
| Hammond Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Kalamazoo Nature Center Inc | Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Happy Buddha Foundation F/k/a Harvey's Foundation | Traverse City, MI | 2 | $1,000 | $500 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Conservancy fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation | Ada, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Joe & Pamela Kay Foundation | Rochester, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | The Greening of Detroit | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Johnson and Louise H Clark Charitable Foundation | Saratoga, CA | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | Archangel ancient tree archive is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that locates and propagates the world's largest and most iconic trees. | apps.irs.gov |
| Lenfestey Family Foundation Inc | Green Bay, WI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Michigan Environmental Council | Oil and water don't mix | apps.irs.gov |
| Michigan First Foundation Inc | Lathrup Village, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Friends of the Rouge | Community support - non-profit, informs, empowers, and engages residents to improve water quality in the rouge river. | apps.irs.gov |
| Prana Foundation | Boulder, CO | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | To help ensure lake michigan waters are clean and safe. to instill a love of nature in kids. | apps.irs.gov |
| Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation | Birmingham, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | In memory of ann and mike rosenthal | apps.irs.gov |
| Shubeck Monsour Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Torch Lake Protection Alliance | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The Alpaugh Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Leelanau Conservancy | Preservation of environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Alvin L Glick Foundation | Jackson, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Seven Ponds Nature Center | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| The Edmunds Family Foundation | Richmond, VA | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Use by organizationto continue programs | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fritz and Mary Lee Duda Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Googasian Family Foundation | Bloomfield Hills, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Haines Philanthropic Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Michigan Nature Association | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Herbert and Peggy Stockham Family Foundation | Birmingham, AL | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | To support the protection of the environment | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marzke Family Foundation | St Joseph, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Sarett Nature Center | Annual fall dinner | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mercantile Bank Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Wetland sponsor - general support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sue and Melvin Gray Foundation | Oakbrook Terrace, IL | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Urban Forestry Organization | Pine Plains, NY | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | The Greening of Detroit | Urban forestry | apps.irs.gov |
| Van Nice Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Chikaming Open Lands | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Veverka Family Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Healthy Pine River | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mary Curtis Horowitz Foundation | Neshanic Station, NJ | 1 | $750 | $750 | Land Conservancy of West Michigan | Environmental funding | apps.irs.gov |
| Baird Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | 3 | $725 | $550 | Leelanau Conservancy | Environment | apps.irs.gov |
| Citizens Charitable Foundation | Johnston, RI | 1 | $600 | $600 | Paani Project | Matching gifts | apps.irs.gov |
| Andrew Family Foundation | Orland Park, IL | 1 | $500 | $500 | Leelanau Conservancy | Bring Sugarloaf back to life! | apps.irs.gov |
| Hayden Foundation | Williamsburg, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Huff Family Liquidating Foundation | Kalamazoo, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Leslie Tassell Foundation Dba Tassell-Wisner-Bottrall FDN | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Leelanau Conservancy | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Lloyd A Fry Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $500 | $500 | Friends of the Boyne River | In memory of mark contrucci | apps.irs.gov |
| Mock Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $500 | $500 | Chippewa Nature Center | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Old Trail Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Little Manistee Watershed Conservation Council | General program | apps.irs.gov |
| Samis Regens Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $500 | $500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation | Ada, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | Community development | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gap Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $500 | $500 | Friends of the White Pine Trail | For civic & community engagement | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbane Family Foundation | Providence, RI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Social support | apps.irs.gov |
| Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation | St Clair Shores, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Detroit Bird Alliance | Operating fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund | North Canton, OH | 2 | $500 | $250 | Paddle Antrim | General Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation | Frankenmuth, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | One Hundred Club of Saginaw | General Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| William T & Ann D McCormick Educational and Charitable Foundation | Detroit, MI | 1 | $500 | $500 | Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
Largest grants
| Foundation | Recipient | Recipient location | Purpose | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew R and Janet F Miller Foundation | Leelanau Conservancy | Leland, MI | General purposes | $2,025,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | Expanding National Heirs' Property Work, PT 2 | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dragonfly Fund | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | Capital campaign | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Siemens Foundation | Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program | Royal Oak, MI | Ev workforce collaborative project | $1,556,899 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Center for Land Reform | Flint, MI | Expanding National Heirs' Property Work | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | National land bank network | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Friends of the Detroit River | Taylor, MI | Downriver linked greenways system improvements | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Friends of the Rouge | Plymouth, MI | Connecting the Rouge: Rouge Gateway Trail Connectors | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Play for A Cause Detroit | Detroit, MI | Public spaces | $605,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | The Greening of Detroit | Detroit, MI | Arts & culture | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edmund F and Virginia B Ball Foundation Inc | Inland Seas Education Assoc | Suttons Bay, MI | Schoolship program & campus renovations | $530,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Ecology Center Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | Using community engagement and community science to protect children in the midwest from lead poisoning and air pollution. | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Huron River Watershed Council | Ann Arbor, MI | Program support | $455,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | 79807 supporting the national land bank network in advancing racially equitable outcomes in the reuse of vacant, deteriorated land for community benefit | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | The Green Door Initiative | Detroit, MI | to provide general operating support | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Ecology Center Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | Program support | $385,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | In support of neighborhood revitalization | $375,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Green Living Science | Detroit, MI | Discretionary grants | $363,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation | Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | Harbor Springs, MI | Social services | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Friends of the Rouge | Plymouth, MI | Program support | $335,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carls Foundation | Keweenaw Land Trust | Hancock, MI | Purchase of jacob's creek parcel for a preserve | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | To improve protections for environmental quality and public health across the state of Michigan. | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Michigan Saves Inc | Lansing, MI | to support a program focused on ensuring the availability of energy efficient home financing for all | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Clinton River Watershed Council | Rochester Hills, MI | Program support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Ecology Center | Ann Arbor, MI | to provide general operating support | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | To support a Michigan coalition of partner organizations that protect natural resources and public health, and provide safe and reliable water for all Michigan residents. | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | Program support | $265,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | Environment | $260,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | Project support grant for the center for community progress to increase equitable land and housing in detroit and michigan | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | To educate the public about environmental and public health issues impacting detroit and michigan | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | To provide general operating support. | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McKinney Family Foundation Inc | Michigan Saves | Lansing, MI | To promate accessible, equitable, and just investments in energy efficiency and clean energy to support healthy and thriving communities | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Michigan Saves Inc | Lansing, MI | to support the launch of an Indiana Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Indiana's economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition | Bloomfield Hills, MI | to provide general operating support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carls Foundation | New Community Vision | Northport, MI | Support for purchase and preservation of timber shores property | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eddema Foundation | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | Unrestricted | $249,797 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Prudential Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | To support the center for community progress in elevating newark's housing voucher program for homeownership nationwide and helping other communities adopt its model, while also continuing to improve | $240,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc | Little Traverse Conservancy | Harbor Springs, MI | Diane & charleswilson landgrant | $240,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McKinney Family Foundation Inc | Conservative Energy Network | Lansing, MI | Advocate for and educate policymakers and the public about the strong economic, conservation, and national security benefits of clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brookby Foundation | Inland Seas Education Association | Suttons Bay, MI | Campaign for the Future | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert J Trulaske Jr Family Foundation | Leelanau Conservancy | Leland, MI | Collective annual grant | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | Program support | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | Funding for general charitable operations | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Friends of the Detroit River | Taylor, MI | Program support | $190,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laughlin Foundation | Michigan Wildlife Habitat FDN | Bath, MI | Support daily operations | $170,138 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Green Door Initiative | Detroit, MI | Public spaces | $159,525 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jonathan & Kathleen Altman FNDTN | Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | Copemish, MI | Donation | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Circle of Blue Inc | Traverse City, MI | In support of general operations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | Conservative Energy Network | Lansing, MI | For its states and regions program | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | Operational purposes | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | General operating | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clif Family Foundation | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | Revitalize the Environment | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | General operating | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Alliance of Rouge Communities | Canton, MI | Program support | $133,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Walters Family Foundation | Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc | Gaylord, MI | Wff funding will help the work across forests, lakes and streams of northern michigan to improve economic, environmental, educational and recreational opportunities to engage people in conservation st | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Institute for Energy Innovation | Lansing, MI | Funding for general charitable operations | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Richard F and Carolyn A Chormann Family Foundation | Leelanau Conservancy | Leland, MI | Palmer woods pledge 1000 acre project | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Carls Foundation | Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy | Marquette, MI | Support for accelerating conservation campaign | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Center for Land Reform Inc | Flint, MI | 80239 building a more robust land-banking sector in new jersey to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties | $112,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Institute for Energy Innovation | Lansing, MI | Funding for general charitable operations | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hudson-Webber Foundation | Chandler Park Conservancy | Detroit, MI | Operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Conservative Energy Network | Lansing, MI | for general operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Ecology Center Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | Program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ua Jansing-Cook Foundation A014576 | Little Traverse Conservancy | Harbor Springs, MI | General operations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | Project support grant for its detroit-based staff as they work to grow and strengthen the city's coalition of environmental groups and elevate the priorities of detroiters in the environmental process | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | General operating | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | Funding for general charitable operations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition | Detroit, MI | Building climate justice leadership and infrastructure in michigan for the long-term | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | Democracy | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dte Energy Foundation | Releaf Michigan Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | Environmental leadership | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dte Energy Foundation | Releaf Michigan Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | Environmental leadership | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McGregor Fund | The Greening of Detroit | Detroit, MI | Program Support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rivian Foundation | The Greening of Detroit | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven C Leuthold Family Foundation | Keweenaw Land Trust | Hancock, MI | Operations | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edp Foundation | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | General assistance | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Duffy Foundation | Legacy Land Conservancy | Ann Arbor, MI | Use consistent w/501(c)(3) status | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stolte Family Foundation | Michigan Clean Fuels Institute | Lansing, MI | Funding for general charitable operations | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hall Houseman Family Foundation | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Galesburg, MI | Operations | $75,533 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Center Inc | Flint, MI | To create synergy in research, foster ethical and respectful academic-community partnerships and develop innovative solutions to community defined issues to improve the health and well-being of reside | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Honeoye Falls Foundation Inc | Leelanau Conservancy | Leland, MI | To support conserving the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Annenberg Foundation | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Ann Arbor, MI | To support an organization that will enhance the capacity and collective effectiveness of a team of organizations and leaders addressing Michigan water issues. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Michigan United Conservation Clubs | Lansing, MI | To support the nation's largest organization of conservationists, hunters and anglers as they work in alliance to protect and restore habitat and water resources in Great Lakes states. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation | Paddle Antrim | Elk Rapids, MI | Campaign 2025 | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| William T and Frances A Little Foundation | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Inc | Galesburg, MI | General projects around West Paw Preserve/Paw Paw River Basin | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | The Green Door Initiative | Detroit, MI | General operating | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dart Foundation Fka Solid Waste Management Foundation | Woldumar Nature Association | Lansing, MI | Grounds, facility maintenance, and volunteer coordination. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Enna Foundation | Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition | Kalamazoo, MI | Building organizational capacity and hiring an executive director | $72,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bosch Community Fund | Friends of the Rouge | Plymouth, MI | Fotr operating and program support | $70,771 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brookby Foundation | Leelanau Conservancy | Leeland, MI | Farmland preservation project | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Walters Family Foundation | Headwaters Land Conservancy | Gaylord, MI | Wff funding will help to protect the natural diversity and beauty of northeast michigan by preserving significant land and scenic areas and fostering appreciation and understanding of the environment. | $68,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Michigan Environmental Council | Lansing, MI | Project grant support to enable planet detroit to develop and implement a neighborhood climate reporter program to train detroit community members to produce original journalism on environmental issue | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Marisla Foundation | Ecology Center | Ann Arbor, MI | General support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hershey Family Foundation | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | For unrestricted use in exempt purpose | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John C Markey Charitable Fund | Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | General fund | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| McGregor Fund | The Greening of Detroit | Detroit, MI | Miller fellowship | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| HCS Foundation | Huron Pines Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc | Gaylord, MI | Community-driven conservation campaign and 52.5% mineral rights on 3480 acres of land located in wilber township, iosco county, mi | $56,960 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laughlin Foundation | The Dahlem Conservancy | Jackson, MI | Support daily operations | $56,713 | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Stewardship Network | Ann Arbor, MI | To provide capacity support for a network that is engaging and connecting year-round residents of Great Lakes islands to advance stewardship of island natural resources. | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
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Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.