Foundations that fund arts and culture in Michigan
These 25 foundations made grants to arts and culture in Michigan in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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The Fred A & Barbara M Erb Family Foundation
- $200,000 to Cranbrook Project, Bloomfield Hills: Program support
- $162,500 to Detroit Sound Conservancy, Detroit: Program support
- $95,000 to Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, Harper Woods: Program support
How to apply: See web site
Deadlines: See web site
Restrictions: See web site
Hudson-Webber Foundation
- $250,000 to The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: For unrestricted operating endowment support in recognition of mary anne and eugene a....
- $135,000 to Michigans Thanksgiving Parade Foundation, Detroit: Support for america's thanksgiving parade presented by gardner white
- $100,000 to Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit: Operating support through capital campaign and relaunch
How to apply: Please see https://hudson-webber.org/how-to-apply/.
Deadlines: Please see https://hudson-webber.org/how-to-apply/.
Restrictions: The hudson-webber foundation concentrates its giving for activities based in detroit, or otherwise have a significant benefit to the detroit community. The foundation concentrates its efforts and resources in support of projects within...
Wk Kellogg Foundation
- $475,000 to Burmese American Initiative Inc, Springfield: Promise of an Equitable Future
- $334,115 to Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo: Early Care and Education
- $155,000 to Grand Rapids Childrens Museum, Grand Rapids: Early Care and Education
How to apply: See "how to apply" at www.wkkf.org/grantseekers/#how-to-apply
Deadlines: Proposals for grants may be submitted at any time through the website, www.wkkf.org
Restrictions: See "our priorities" (what we fund) on our website, www.wkkf.org/what-we-fund/
The Kresge Foundation
- $1,757,250 to Culturesource, Detroit: Project support to aid support to culturesource for the 2024 and 2025 implementation of...
- $500,000 to Motown Historical Museum Inc, Detroit: Project support grant for the museum's bold future expansion project
- $300,000 to Detroit Historical Society, Detroit: Project support to produce a comprehensive exhibition and slate of community programs.
How to apply: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Deadlines: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
Restrictions: See www.kresge.org or email grantsmanagement@kresge.org
The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation
- $1,566,000 to Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance, Lansing: Ralph Wilson Loop Trail on Belle Isle - Phase 2
- $300,000 to Atlantic Impact, Detroit: Skilled Trades for Detroit Youth
- $178,500 to Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor: Future Corps Expansion
How to apply: See website www.ralphcwilsonjrfoundation.org or email info@rcwjrf.org
Restrictions: See website www.ralphcwilsonjrfoundation.org or email info@rcwjrf.org
Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation
- $1,000,000 to Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor: Capital campaign
- $250,000 to Grand Rapids Symphony Society, Grand Rapids: Project/program - musical director chair
- $250,000 to Grand Rapids Symphony Society, Grand Rapids: Capital campaign
How to apply: Details available at dpdevosfoundation.org
Frey Foundation
- $200,000 to Grand Rapids Public Museum Foundation, Grand Rapids: The riverfront and community archives portions of the Expanding Curiosity Capital Campaign
- $75,000 to Harbor Springs Area Historical Society, Harbor Springs: Bringing History to Life Comprehensive Campaign
- $36,750 to Harbor Springs Festival of the Book, Harbor Springs: Harbor Springs Festival of the Book - Books for Schools
How to apply: Standard application form available upon request from address above or at the foundation's website: www.freyfdn.org
Deadlines: Due twelve weeks prior to scheduled date of board funding meetings, held in feb, may, aug, and nov.
Restrictions: For community-based or regional projects, the foundation focuses on proposals from organizations and agencies serving kent, emmet or charlevoix counties. The foundation also accepts proposals from charitable organizations with a...
Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation
- $25,000 to Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo: Support for the strategic planning process
- $20,000 to Rootead Enrichment Center, Kalamazoo: Support of low to no cost doula services
- $20,000 to Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo: Support of educational activities in 2024-25
How to apply: Grant application available at address listed in item 2a
Restrictions: Board reviews grant applications
Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation
- $100,000 to Grandville Avenue Arts & Humanities, Grand Rapids: Library and arts directors
- $100,000 to Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids: Imagine more capital campaign
- $37,500 to Words of Hope, Grand Rapids: India support
How to apply: Refer to the foundation's website - cookfoundationgr.org
Restrictions: The foundation only makes grants to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, governmental units or non-private foundation public charities primarily located within the greater grand rapids, michigan area with an emphasis on organizations with a...
Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation
- $40,000 to Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo: Charitable
- $40,000 to Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo: Charitable
- $20,000 to Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo: Charitable
How to apply: No designated application necessary
Deadlines: Requests are reviewed and considered on a bi-annual basis. The spring submission deadline is march 1
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
- $1,175,000 to Detroit Sound Conservancy, Detroit: To support educational programming, improvements in archival infrastructure, and the...
- $900,000 to Allied Media Projects Inc, Detroit: To support operating expenses and programmatic costs to continue ongoing partnerships and...
- $460,000 to Allied Media Projects Inc, Detroit: To support a sponsored project's community-led research and interpretation
Restrictions: Activities supported by foundation grants must be charitable, educational or scientific under the provisions of the u.s. Internal revenue code and the treasury regulations.
John S and James L Knight Foundation
- $1,000,000 to Motown Historical Museum Inc, Detroit: To digitize key audio, audiovisual and physical artifacts from motown's archive and make...
- $630,000 to Detroit Opera, Detroit: To expand detroit operas digital infrastructure in support of the companys artistic and...
- $500,000 to The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: To attract new audiences and deliver an engaging visitor experience through enhancements...
How to apply: Throughout the year, knight foundation issues open challenges or calls for proposals focused on specific funding priorities. You can receive updates and notifications about upcoming opportunities by going to our website, www.kf.org, and subscribing to our newsletter.
Deadlines: Each funding opportunity will have its own application criteria and deadlines.
Restrictions: Any restrictions or limitations on awards, such as by geographical areas, charitable fields, kind of institutions or other factors: -medical research, organizations or projects whose mission is to prevent, eradicate and/or alleviate the...
The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation
- $1,183,483 to Institute for Public Scholarship, Kalamazoo: The purpose of funding is to secure general operating support for the institute of public...
- $300,000 to Rootead Enrichment Center, Kalamazoo: General operating support
- $150,000 to Fire Historical & Cultural Arts Collaborative, Kalamazoo: Wellness support
How to apply: Grant application and requirements are available on our website.
Deadlines: Grant submission deadlines are posted on our website.
Restrictions: Restrictions and limitations on grant eligibility is outlined on our website.
Benson & Edith Ford Fund
- $100,000 to Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: Open forever
- $8,000 to Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen: Program services
- $3,000 to Grosse Pointe Historical Society, Grosse Pointe Farms: Capital campaign
How to apply: Brief letter, financial statement, copy of irs letter determining tax status (unless already listed in cumulative list).
Restrictions: Awards are generally limited to charitable organizations already favorably known to, and of interest to, the substantial contributors of this foundation. No grants to individuals.
The Samuel L Westerman Foundation
- $5,000 to West Michigan Symphony, Muskegon: Charitable
- $2,000 to Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: Charitable
- $2,000 to Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids: Charitable
How to apply: Letter furnishing purpose and copy of exempt status
Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation
- $5,375 to Carriage Town Ministries, Flint: General Unrestricted
- $1,200 to Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Saginaw: General Unrestricted
- $1,000 to The Neighb, Saginaw: General Fund
How to apply: Letter Form
Deadlines: No deadlines
Restrictions: No restrictions
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- $630,000 to Allied Media Projects, Detroit: 82276 building a resource hub to develop and scale ideas on emergent strategy, conflict...
- $450,000 to Allied Media Projects, Detroit: 81653 implementing intelligent mischief's black imagination lab that uses the lens of...
- $413,114 to Allied Media Projects, Detroit: 81964 contributing to a mindset consortium that addresses structural racism and advances...
How to apply: Most of rwjf's grants are made through targeted grant programs and funding partnerships. Rwjf's funding priorities and calls for proposals are described on www.rwjf.org.
Deadlines: No deadlines, except when foundation issues a call for proposal (cfp) or request for proposal (rfp).
Restrictions: Rwjf is dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. We are a national philanthropy that advances transformative systems...
Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation
- $244,080 to Arts Marketplace at Studio Park, Grand Rapids: Project/program - believe in our city
- $85,000 to West Michigan Youth Ballet, Ada: General operating
- $20,000 to Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids: General operating
How to apply: Letter of request
The Shubert Foundation Inc
- $60,000 to Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea: General operating support for theatrical productions and activities
- $45,000 to Detroit Public Theatre, Detroit: General operating support for theatrical productions and activities
- $40,000 to Millan Theatre Company, Detroit: General operating support for theatrical productions and activities
How to apply: All requests must be submitted on the foundation's application form and include a copy of the applicant's letter from the u.s. Treasury department granting federal tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) of the u.s. Internal revenue code. To be eligible for a grant and if audited...
Deadlines: See general explanation attachment
Restrictions: The shubert foundation exclusively provides funds for general operating support. Funds are not provided for project support, nor allocated for capital or endowment campaigns, nor to individuals or conduit organizations.
Consumers Energy Foundation
- $35,000 to Jackson Symphony Orchestra Association, Jackson: Principal partner and title sponsor for the classical concert series
- $30,000 to Historical Society of Michigan, Lansing: Michigan centennial farm program
- $25,000 to Historical Society of Michigan, Lansing: Michigan history alliance grant program
How to apply: See statements 10-12
Deadlines: See statements 10-12
Restrictions: See statements 10-12
James A Welch Foundation
- $25,000 to Tapology, Flint: Summer tap intensive
- $16,000 to Flint Institute of Music, Flint: Fspa esembles
- $15,000 to Flint Institute of Arts, Flint: Pre-college portfolio
How to apply: The foundation requires a summary page to include data about the organization submitting the request, name, address, amount requested, purpose, etc. Also included should be a narrative portion of how the project is expected to make a difference and how it will benefit people...
Deadlines: Funding proposals should be submitted by the 20th of february, may, august or november in order to r
Restrictions: Educational, guidance and counselling for gifted students - generally restricted to residents of genesee county michigan
Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust
- $10,000 to Flint Institute of Music, Flint: General operating
- $8,000 to Sphinx Organization, Detroit: General operating
- $7,500 to Flint Institute of Arts, Flint: General operating
How to apply: Letter - format available
Margaret Dunning Foundation
- $90,000 to Plymouth Historical Society, Plymouth: Facility improvements and exhibit renovations
- $55,000 to Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn: Facility improvements
- $53,000 to Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, Detroit: Facility renovations at the ford piquette avenue plant museum
How to apply: Applications should be written and state purpose
Deadlines: Yes, see website
Restrictions: Yes, see website
Ruth Mott Foundation
- $41,000 to Bangtown Studio on the Go, Flint: Studio on the go 2024
- $35,000 to The Flint Institute of Music Inc, Flint: Community programs 2024
- $30,000 to African Drum and Dance Parents Association, Flint: Addpa general operating support 2024
How to apply: Potential grantees are encouraged to go to www.ruthmottfoundation.org for information on the ruth mott foundation grant process and guidelines.
Deadlines: Board approves grants 3 times a year (feb/march, june & oct). See website for specific deadlines.
Restrictions: The ruth mott foundation believes in community vitality, which emerges from safe and vibrant neighborhoods that are home to healthy, financially secure families and children. To achieve this in our community, we are focusing our efforts on...
Matilda R Wilson Fund
- $75,000 to Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit: Endowment
- $25,000 to Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen: Scholarship endowment
- $15,000 to The Pewabic Society Inc, Detroit: General operations
How to apply: Letter outlining the need and use of funds, 501(c)(3) status, budget, prior history of funding
Deadlines: Meetings are held in april and november.
Restrictions: No restrictions are imposed; however, priority is given to organizations previously supported
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