Funding search · economic mobility and poverty · Michigan
Who funds economic mobility and poverty work in Michigan
15 funders have a record of paying for economic mobility and poverty work by Michigan recipients: 118 grants totaling $25.7M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Ford Motor Company Fund ($6.6M), The Gilbert Family Foundation ($5.8M) and The Joyce Foundation ($1.4M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Michigan recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $1.9M to HENRY FORD LEARNING INSTITUTE — economic mobility
Largest: $2.6M to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — economic mobility
Largest: $150,000 to Education Trust Inc - Midwest — education & economic mobility
Largest: $250,000 to CONNECT DETROIT — in support of creating economic mobility and career pathways
Largest: $500,000 to MARYGROVE CONSERVANCY — this grant provides project support to the marygrove conservancy to design and implement several major projects that anchor the marygrove campus ongoing development as a neighborho…
Largest: $1.5M to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — u.s. economic mobility & opportunity
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
3 matching grants · $675,000 · through 2022Largest: $125,000 to MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK — expand educational pathways for michigan residents that lead to in-demand industry certificates, post-secondary credentials, employment and improved economic mobility
Largest: $150,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — to support the michigan justice fund (mjf). the foundation has supported the fund established in 2020 since inception to address issues of mass incarceration and their impact on mi…
Michigan Community College FoundationLansing, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $106,500 · through 2023Largest: $54,000 to GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE — funding and improving economic mobility for adult learners
Largest: $10,000 to UNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE INC — income striving for economic mobility
Largest: $65,938 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS — advancing the social and economic mobility of black male youth and young men
Largest: $45,000 to Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan — support boys and girls clubs of southeastern michigan's (bgcsm) efforts to scale their economic mobility strategy
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