Funding search · EIN 381359264 · Battle Creek, MI

Wk Kellogg Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

7,234
grants reported
$1.30B
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • Racial equity and community power under "Promise of an Equitable Future"
  • Early care, education and school districts serving young children
  • Family economic security, jobs, workforce and CDFI capital
  • Place-based investment in Battle Creek, Detroit and West Michigan
  • Health equity and food systems, including Haiti and Mexico

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000, with the middle half running $7,500 to $225,000, so most of the file is modest and a long tail of small awards sits below $10,000. The seven-figure checks go to place-based anchors and long-term partners: school districts, community foundations, universities, and national intermediaries like New Venture Fund, Tides and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Repeat giving is the norm, with the same names appearing across years and sometimes twice in one year under different program labels.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • Promise of an Equitable Future
  • Jobs and Family Economic Security
  • Early Care and Education
  • Health and Health Equity
  • Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems

Positioning adjacent work

  • Name one program label exactly, and pick the one your work actually fits rather than straddling two.
  • Anchor the work in Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans, Haiti or Mexico.
  • Ask $150,000 to $500,000 for a first relationship; seven figures goes to existing anchors.
  • Lead with children and families as beneficiaries, with community-led leadership as the method.

Worth knowing: Michigan takes 1,928 of 7,234 grants and Battle Creek, the foundation's home town, absorbs a large share of that through the school district, the community foundation, Battle Creek Unlimited and local nonprofits. Beyond Michigan the money clusters tightly in Mississippi, New Mexico, Haiti and Mexico, and much of the national spending moves through a small set of fiscal sponsors and policy intermediaries in DC and New York, which signals relationship-driven rather than open giving.

118 grants matching “rapid · $28.2M

  • $2.0M

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $445,000

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $401,500

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Matching Grant

  • $400,000

    Grand Rapids African American Health Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $300,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Health and Health Equity

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $210,000

    Grand Rapids Urban League · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $150,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Trustee Mini Grant

  • $80,000

    Grand Rapids Childrens Museum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $75,000

    Mental Health Clinicians of Color in Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Health and Health Equity

  • $50,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $10,000

    Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $7,500

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $6,693

    Grand Rapids Childrens Museum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $1,400

    Gildas Club Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Matching Grant

  • $450

    Grand Rapids Initiative for · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Matching Grant

  • $1.9M

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $500,000

    Grand Rapids African American Health Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $410,000

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $355,000

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Urban League · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $250,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Health and Health Equity

  • $201,500

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Matching Grant

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $155,000

    Grand Rapids Childrens Museum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $150,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Trustee Mini Grant

  • $125,000

    Grand Rapids Chapter National Black Nurses Association · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Health and Health Equity

  • $80,000

    Grand Rapids Childrens Museum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $75,000

    Mental Health Clinicians of Color in Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Health and Health Equity

  • $50,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $10,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1,000

    Gildas Club Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Matching Grant

  • $2.0M

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the YMCA's Central Station Early Childhood Center to increase early childhood education opportunities for children and families in Grand Rapid, Michigan, by developing a child development center read all
  • $599,346

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Matching grant

  • $500,000

    Grand Rapids African American Health Institute · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Grand Rapids African American Health Institute's Pathways Project to increase the number of Black and Latinx healthcare professionals delivering care in the Grand Rapids and Battle Creek, Mi read all
  • $400,000

    Linc Up Nonprofit Housing Corporation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    increase the economic security and civic engagement of residents in Grand Rapids, Michigan, neighborhoods of focus through career skills and civic engagement training and entrepreneurship growth

  • $400,000

    Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    sustain and increase high-quality three-year old early childhood programming in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to prepare and help children learn and succeed in kindergarten and beyond

  • $400,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    embed racial equity into the operations and structures at the City of Grand Rapids by creating an equity analyst position within the Office of Equity and Engagement

  • $344,745

    Grand Rapids Community College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    reduce barriers to economic stability for families in Grand Rapids through increased access to post secondary training

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Fuel The Movement initiative, part of the Nehemiah Project, to increase economic opportunity for Grand Rapids, MI residents, by providing access to workforce development and entrepreneurial read all
  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Summer of Success program to improve third grade reading outcomes by providing linked K-3 summer learning and academic year experiences and opportunities focused on literacy and mathematics read all
  • $300,000

    Start Garden Llc · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    increase opportunities for wealth creation through entrepreneurship in communities of color in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by providing early stage support and a later stage accelerator for local entrepreneurs of color

  • $250,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    support the implementation of the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability's four pillar, race equity and community engagement-based strategy to reduce the influence of racism in policing in Grand Rapids

  • $250,000

    Heart of West Michigan United Way · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Essential Needs Taskforce and Kent Food Policy Council projects which advance practices and policies that result in equitable access to community resources in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the read all
  • $250,000

    Refugee Education Center · Kentwood, MI · 2022

    increase access to high-quality and culturally appropriate early childhood education services for children and families in Grand Rapids, Michigan by supporting and expanding both center and home-based early learning opp read all
  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Urban League · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of providing means to empower African Americans and other people of color to achieve economic self-reliance, parity, and civil rights

  • $200,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022

    support the BUILD Initiative to partner with local leaders and experts to provide technical assistance in our priority places of Battle Creek, Detroit and Grand Rapids to maximize federal relief and stimulus dollars to read all
  • $200,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    support the creation of food security policy and program recommendations that are grounded in race equity and shaped by parent voice using a community based participatory research approach in Detroit, Battle Creek and G read all
  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    improve school readiness outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transitioning from pre-school to kindergarten by supporting a summer enrichment and learning program that emphasizes exploratory learning, play, read all
  • $200,000

    West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    reduce the racial wealth gap in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by providing earn and learn training for high wage cyber security careers with a focus on BIPOC communities

  • $200,000

    Hispanic Center of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Kent County Health Equity Council to develop and implement community designed solutions to address health inequities and promote positive health outcomes for Grand Rapids, MI, residents

  • $200,000

    United Methodist Community House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of providing community programming and services to help children and families succeed in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • $200,000

    Hispanic Center of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    increase quality economic opportunities for Latinx families in Grand Rapids by connecting them to culturally competent and language accessible training and employers

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide general operating support to help Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women advance its mission of creating a more empowered and equitable West Michigan through opportunities for small business ownership

  • $183,000

    Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    increase economic opportunities for people of color in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by reducing barriers to employment created in an unjust legal system

  • $166,250

    Illiniois Facilities Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    improve the quality of early childhood education programs by assisting family, friend and neighbor providers in making improvements to facilities and operations to serve more children and families in Grand Rapids

  • $150,000

    Family Outreach Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    support the provision of the school based mental health specialty program to children and families of color in Grand Rapids

  • $150,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    to support a donor-advised fund to carry out grantmaking through the use of mini-grants

  • $150,000

    Health Net of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide health equity training with an emphasis on birth justice to all staff and change organizational culture to support antiracist policies and practices to improve the quality of services provided to children and vu read all
  • $145,000

    Grand Rapids Childrens Museum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    support the development and production of equity-centered animated media resources for children to enhance social-emotional learning and promote the values of diversity, equity and inclusion through developmentally appr read all
  • $120,559

    Baxter Community Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    improve birth outcomes for women and infants of color in Grand Rapids by training community-based doulas, connecting them to families in need, and working to establish sustainable sources to support doula services.

  • $120,000

    Baxter Community Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    continue delivery of oral health services and collect information from community members and partners in order to decrease race-based disparities in oral health outcomes by increasing access to care in Grand Rapids, Mic read all
  • $110,000

    Fundacion Mexicana De Apoyo Infantil Ac · 2022

    identify discriminatory barriers and recommend courses of action to improve access to quality services to enhance living conditions of Haitian migrant children, families, and individuals in selected states in Mexico thr read all
  • $100,000

    Branch Out Productions Llc · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    support a career mentorship program to develop employment pathways into the film and entertainment industry by providing career preparedness, job creation and community outreach to residents in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • $100,000

    Employee Ownership Expansion Network · Arlington, VA · 2022

    increase community wealth and create a more vibrant, participatory economy for BIPOC families in Grand Rapids, Michigan, through expanding employee ownership

  • $100,000

    Realism Is Loyalty · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission to empower, encourage and strengthen youth in spite of story, system or choice as a way to reduce the risk of Grand Rapids, Michigan, youth read all
  • $80,000

    Grand Rapids Childrens Museum · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    expand access to developmental, educational and enrichment-based programming in play, discovery and learning to improve school readiness outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • $50,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Non-Profit Technical Assistance Fund to increase capacity for small non-profit organizations in Kent County, Michigan, through philanthropic partnership and funding

  • $25,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    sponsor the 2023 Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit to increase racial equity in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by strengthening neighborhoods and increasing belonging in the community

  • $20,000

    Better Wiser Stronger · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    sponsor and support Better Wiser Strong Inc.'s We Matter Now and Boys to Men efforts to provide education and enrichment programming for boys and young men of color in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • $10,000

    Aqume Foundation · Wyoming, MI · 2022

    sponsor the AQUME Foundation's Gold Gala Inaugural Fundraiser to support their work to reduce the racial wealth gap in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • $700

    Gildas Club Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    Matching grant

  • $1.0M

    United Methodist Community House · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    provide core support for United Methodist Community House to develop a community hub in Grand Rapids, Michigan that integrates early care and education, housing, family and intergenerational programming and fresh food a read all
  • $700,000

    Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase access to highly-quality learning opportunities in Grand Rapids, Michigan by engaging parents and deepening partnerships with providers and partner organizations to ensure that children have appropriate support read all
  • $466,400

    Institute of Ubuntu · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    use the combined resources of members of the Black Impact Collaborative to develop messaging about COVID-19 testing and vaccines, remove barriers to access for vaccination, and help Black Greater Grand Rapids residents read all
  • $355,599

    Grand Rapids Community College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    reduce barriers to economic stability for families in Grand Rapids through increased access to post secondary training

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    improve third grade reading outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan by providing linked K-3 summer learning and academic year experiences and opportunities focused on literacy instruction for children transition read all
  • $300,000

    Start Garden Llc · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase opportunities for wealth creation through entrepreneurship in communities of color in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by providing early stage support and a later stage accelerator for local entrepreneurs of color

  • $300,000

    Grand Rapids Nehemiah Project · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    provide core support for the Fuel The Movement initiative, part of the Nehemiah Project, to increase economic opportunity for Grand Rapids, MI residents, by providing access to workforce development and entrepreneurial read all
  • $250,000

    Refugee Education Center · Kentwood, MI · 2021

    increase access to high-quality and culturally appropriate early childhood education services for children and families in Grand Rapids, Michigan by supporting and expanding both center and home-based early learning opp read all
  • $250,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    support the implementation of the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability's four pillar, race equity and community engagement-based strategy to reduce the influence of racism in policing in Grand Rapids

  • $225,000

    Southwest Organizations Unifying Resources for Community Employees · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase economic security for low-wage healthcare workers in southeast Grand Rapids neighborhoods by providing support for career recruitment, retention and advancement

  • $221,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2021

    support the BUILD Initiative to partner with local leaders and experts to provide technical assistance in our priority places of Battle Creek, Detroit and Grand Rapids to maximize federal relief and stimulus dollars to read all
  • $200,699

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    matching grant

  • $200,352

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase the number of Grand Rapids, Michigan, African American and Latino donors in priority setting through targeted giving models, technical assistance and establishment of identity focused funds

  • $200,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021

    support the creation of food security policy and program recommendations that are grounded in race equity and shaped by parent voice using a community based participatory research approach in Detroit, Battle Creek and G read all
  • $200,000

    Branch Out Productions Llc · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    support a career mentorship program to develop employment pathways into the film and entertainment industry by providing career preparedness, job creation and community outreach to residents in Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • $200,000

    The Michigan Womens Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021

    increase access to high quality early childhood education in the seven Grand Rapids, Michigan, neighborhoods with the largest service gap by providing financial technical assistance to women owned and operated early chi read all
  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Public Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    improve school readiness outcomes for children in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transitioning from pre-school to kindergarten by supporting a summer enrichment and learning program that emphasizes exploratory learning, play, read all
  • $200,000

    Hispanic Center of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase quality economic opportunities for Latinx families in Grand Rapids by connecting them to culturally competent and language accessible training and employers

  • $200,000

    Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    provide general operating support to help Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women advance its mission of creating a more empowered and equitable West Michigan through opportunities for small business ownership

  • $187,500

    Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase economic opportunities for people of color in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by reducing barriers to employment created in an unjust legal system

  • $177,056

    West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase the growth of Hispanic- and Latinx-owned businesses in the Grand Rapids area by providing financial capability technical assistance

  • $166,250

    Iff · Chicago, IL · 2021

    improve the quality of early childhood education programs by assisting family, friend and neighbor providers in making improvements to facilities and operations to serve more children and families in Grand Rapids

  • $159,522

    West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    reduce the racial wealth gap in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by providing earn and learn training for high wage cyber security careers with a focus on BIPOC communities

  • $150,000

    Parents As Teachers National Center · St Louis, MO · 2021

    build the capacity of the home visiting system to deliver and support high quality hybrid and virtual services to children and their families by providing support for the Rapid Response Virtual Home Visiting Collaborati read all
  • $150,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    to support a donor-advised fund to carry out grantmaking through the use of mini-grants

  • $150,000

    Family Outreach Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    support the provision of the school based mental health specialty program to children and families of color in Grand Rapids

  • $150,000

    Health Net of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    provide health equity training with an emphasis on birth justice to all staff and change organizational culture to support antiracist policies and practices to improve the quality of services provided to children and vu read all
  • $150,000

    Grand Rapids Media Initiative and Film Incubator · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    catalyze racial equity conversations in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by creating and widely distributing, a documentary film based on the book A City Within A City by Dr. Todd Robinson

  • $142,370

    Baxter Community Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    improve birth outcomes for women and infants of color in Grand Rapids by training community-based doulas, connecting them to families in need, and working to establish sustainable sources to support doula services.

  • $50,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    increase capacity for small non-profits in Grand Rapids, with an emphasis on building their racial equity lens, by providing small dollar technical assistance grants

  • $50,000

    Mental Health Clinicians of Color in Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of helping connect Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities to BIPOC mental health and wellness professionals in Grand Rapi read all
  • $50,000

    Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    provide core support for the Non-Profit Technical Assistance Fund to increase capacity for small non-profit organizations in Kent County, Michigan, through philanthropic partnership and funding

  • $29,940

    Scripps Howard Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2021

    sponsor and support a Scholastic Book Fair to provide K-3 students in Grand Rapids Public Schools access to diverse reading materials to improve childhood literacy

  • $20,000

    City of Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    sponsor the 8th Annual Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit

  • $15,000

    The STEM Greenhouse · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    sponsor the Sankofa STEM Academy, a five-week intensive math and science experience for Grand Rapids, MI based middle school students

  • $7,500

    Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2021

    provide support to the Michigan Afterschool Partnership to position and prepare out of school time programs for high-quality, accessible and equitable opportunities in the summer of 2022 in Battle Creek, Detroit, and Gr read all
  • $500

    Gildas Club Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    matching grant

  • $450

    Grand Rapids Child Discovery · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    matching grant

  • $176

    Grand Rapids Cable Access · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    matching grant

  • $100

    Grand Rapids Community College · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    matching grant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Battle Creek Public Schools9 grants · $29.8M
  • New Venture Fund54 grants · $14.7M
  • Grand Valley State University13 grants · $14.6M
  • Battle Creek Unlimited4 grants · $13.5M
  • Center for Creative Leadership3 grants · $13.0M
  • Community Foundation for Mississippi13 grants · $12.3M
  • Baoba Fundo Para Equidade Racial2 grants · $9.7M
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors21 grants · $8.6M
  • Namati4 grants · $8.5M
  • Partners in Development Foundation4 grants · $8.5M

Giving over time

$429.0M
2021
$285.7M
2022
$284.5M
2023
$301.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 7,234 grants.

  • $12.0M

    Battle Creek Unlimited · Battle Creek, MI · 2021

    create a hospitality training program, career pathways and full-time jobs for Battle Creek residents while attracting visitors to support Battle Creek small businesses and raise the local tax base by renovating McCamly read all
  • $11.6M

    Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2021

    transform Battle Creek Public Schools to address structural bias and segregation in Battle Creek, Michigan, by providing quality and equitable opportunities to students pre-K to 12th grade and their families to improve read all
  • $6.1M

    Baoba Fundo Para Equidade Racial · 2022

    establish an endowment fund to support the sustainability of the advancement of racial equity approaches for social development of vulnerable children and communities in the Brazilian locus of the African diaspora

  • $5.7M

    Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2022

    continue improving educational experiences and outcomes for all Battle Creek Public School students increasing student achievement and recruitment/retention of high quality impactful staff, all in support of expanded ec read all
  • $5.0M

    Center for Creative Leadership · Greensboro, NC · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $4.7M

    Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $4.6M

    Center for Creative Leadership · Greensboro, NC · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $4.0M

    Foundation for Detroits Future · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $3.6M

    Baoba Fundo Para Equidade Racial · 2021

    establish an endowment fund to support the sustainability of the advancement of racial equity approaches for social development of vulnerable children and communities in the Brazilian locus of the African diaspora

  • $3.5M

    Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2022

    support the transformation in Battle Creek Public Schools by providing students college/career readiness opportunities, including teacher and health professions pipelines towards improved recruitment, preparation and re read all
  • $3.5M

    Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $3.5M

    Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $3.4M

    Center for Creative Leadership · Greensboro, NC · 2022

    develop leaders in target geographies to connect and grow to lead transformational change that will create better conditions for children, families and communities to be successful by participating in the fellowship pro read all
  • $3.3M

    Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $3.2M

    Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2021

    support the transformation in Battle Creek Public Schools by providing students college/career readiness opportunities, including teacher and health professions pipelines towards improved recruitment, preparation and re read all
  • $2.6M

    Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021

    expand an equitable early childhood system in Battle Creek, Michigan, including the launch of the Battle Creek Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative to increase access within neighborhoods to quality early childhood read all
  • $2.5M

    Indian Law Resource Center · Helena, MT · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.5M

    Namati · Washington, DC · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.5M

    Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.5M

    Indian Law Resource Center · Helena, MT · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.5M

    Namati · Washington, DC · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.5M

    Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.5M

    Indian Law Resource Center · Helena, MT · 2022

    enable Indigenous communities in central and south America to secure land titles and reduce barriers to titling through expert technical and legal assistance, as well as financial support

  • $2.5M

    Namati · Washington, DC · 2022

    equip communities impacted by social and environmental harms with the power of law, to protect their own well-being and make systems of environmental governance more equitable

  • $2.5M

    Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    advance a healing and racial equity centered Native Hawaiian approach to transforming the carceral juvenile justice system into a restorative alternative for incarcerated youth

  • $2.5M

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2021

    enable the organization to achieve its mission of ensuring that policies are effective in reducing poverty and disparities, expanding opportunity and improving the lives of low-income children and families in response t read all
  • $2.3M

    Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $2.3M

    Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $2.1M

    W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $2.1M

    Acceso · 2021

    improve access to both economic opportunities and locally produced food at the systems-level for children and families in the Central Area and the Southwest Corridor of Haiti via strengthening and development of the Hai read all
  • $2.0M

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $2.0M

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $2.0M

    Foundation for Detroits Future · Detroit, MI · 2022

    support, in part, a proposed settlement to assist the city of Detroit in emerging from bankruptcy by helping the city satisfy its pension obligations to retirees and to assist in preserving the Detroit Institute of Arts

  • $2.0M

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

    support racial equity and justice in the philanthropic field by building the strong sector's capacity to integrate racial equity within institutions serving the infrastructure of philanthropy through support of a fundin read all
  • $2.0M

    Brandeis University · Waltham, MA · 2021

    create Child Opportunity Index 3.0 with communities as the primary user group through conducting racial equity-focused research and knowledge sharing; innovative outreach, user engagement and partnership activities

  • $2.0M

    Foundation for Detroits Future · Detroit, MI · 2021

    support, in part, a proposed settlement to assist the city of Detroit in emerging from bankruptcy by helping the city satisfy its pension obligations to retirees and to assist in preserving the Detroit Institute of Arts

  • $2.0M

    Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2021

    advance Native-lead and tribal economic initiatives within New Mexico to catalyze economic development and alternative economic practices focused on tribal community rebuild and creating tribal community wealth

  • $2.0M

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the YMCA's Central Station Early Childhood Center to increase early childhood education opportunities for children and families in Grand Rapid, Michigan, by developing a child development center read all
  • $1.9M

    Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corporation · Lansing, MI · 2021

    rebuild and re-imagine a stronger more equitable system for ECE funding in Michigan by piloting and supporting new business and financing models that ensure every child has access to developmentally meaningful early lea read all
  • $1.9M

    Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.9M

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    support racial equity and justice in the philanthropic field by building the strong sector's capacity to integrate racial equity within institutions serving the infrastructure of philanthropy through support of a fundin read all
  • $1.8M

    Battle Creek Public Schools · Battle Creek, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.8M

    Youthbuild USA · Roxbury, MA · 2021

    increase income generation, training opportunities, health outcomes and overall conditions for families in Akaye, Haiti by advancing community engagement and visioning processes through the implementation of the Sustain read all
  • $1.8M

    Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2021

    increase student achievement and outcomes by partnering with Jackson Public Schools on its district transformation plan, embedding the science of reading into early childhood preparation programs, and providing English read all
  • $1.7M

    American Public Human Services Association · Arlington, VA · 2021

    advance family economic mobility and good jobs in the southern region of MS and nationally through systems change work that engages public-private, cross-sector peer learning networks that lift and scale system alignmen read all
  • $1.6M

    Calhoun Intermediate School District · Marshall, MI · 2021

    increase the equity, quality, availability, access and coordination of early childhood opportunities for vulnerable families with children from birth to age 8 in Battle Creek, Mich., by partnering with families and comm read all
  • $1.6M

    Haitian Education and Leadership Program · New York, NY · 2021

    provide high quality higher education and citizenship and leadership training opportunities to economically disadvantaged students in Haiti by increasing student enrollment, campus expansion as part of the implementatio read all
  • $1.6M

    Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.5M

    Calhoun Intermediate School District · Marshall, MI · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.5M

    Childrens Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.5M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    provide core support for BuildUS to demonstrate what robust and equitable implementation of federal decarbonization legislation can deliver in diverse communities nationwide

  • $1.5M

    Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2021

    provide core support for the Unified Greenways Project to connect and link residents to improved health, education, housing, employment and economic development opportunities in 23 Detroit neighborhoods

  • $1.5M

    Easterseals · Chicago, IL · 2021

    address inequities for Black children with disabilities and delays through the Black Child Fund, a targeted initiative to overcome systemic barriers faced by these children and their families in receiving equitable diag read all
  • $1.5M

    New Mexico Community Capital · Albuquerque, NM · 2021

    strengthen Native self-determination through tribal entrepreneurship in both rural and urban communities, and catalyze culturally designed coalition efforts focused on policy, research, and movement building intended to read all
  • $1.5M

    Nola Business Alliance · New Orleans, LA · 2021

    enable the organization to achieve its mission of uniting a diverse community of stakeholders to catalyze job growth, create wealth and build an equitable and sustainable economic future for the new New Orleans by provi read all
  • $1.5M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021

    support the capacity of Grantmakers for Girls of Color to change narratives centering girls of color, share lessons with the field in support of donor organizing and educating, and create new models for movement infrast read all
  • $1.5M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021

    establish a funder collaborative focused on supporting alignment between long term care, paid leave and early childhood advocates, practitioners and funders with a focus on both strengthening and supporting the care eco read all
  • $1.5M

    Salzburg Global Seminar · Washington, DC · 2021

    develop and deliver a pilot program for alumni fellows that brings together diverse leaders to foster a global network to build new collaborations and sustainable communities to create conditions for children and famili read all
  • $1.5M

    W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.5M

    Calhoun Intermediate School District · Marshall, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.5M

    National Congress of American Indians · Washington, DC · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of protecting sovereignty through development/dissemination of educational materials and tribally driven research that promote the building of collective agendas and read all
  • $1.4M

    Groundswell International · Washington, DC · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $1.4M

    Calhoun Intermediate School District · Marshall, MI · 2022

    increase the equity, quality, availability, access and coordination of early childhood opportunities for vulnerable families with children from birth to age 8 in Battle Creek, Mich., by partnering with families and comm read all
  • $1.4M

    Asian and Pacific Islander Amercian Health Forum · Oakland, CA · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of influencing policy, mobilizing communities and strengthening programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Isl read all
  • $1.4M

    Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd · New York, NY · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of pursuing a more equitable economy, a vibrant and inclusive democracy, an empowered public sector and responsible United States engagement in the world by providin read all
  • $1.4M

    Race Forward · New York, NY · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of building awareness, solutions and leadership for racial justice through generation of transformative ideas, information and experiences by providing general opera read all
  • $1.4M

    Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of improving opportunities for Hispanic Americans through applied research, policy analysis and advocacy by providing general operating support

  • $1.4M

    Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2022

    increase student achievement and outcomes by partnering with Jackson Public Schools on its district transformation plan, embedding the science of reading into early childhood preparation programs, and providing English read all
  • $1.4M

    W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022

    increase access to employment for low income Battle Creek, Michigan families to get a job or a better job through the services of the neighborhood employment hubs

  • $1.4M

    Atentamente Consultores Ac · 2024

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.4M

    Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2021

    address the underlying inequities exacerbated by disasters through direct legal services for vulnerable immigrant children and families in New Orleans and New Mexico

  • $1.4M

    Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $1.4M

    W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2021

    increase access to employment for low income Battle Creek, Michigan families to get a job or a better job through the services of the neighborhood employment hubs

  • $1.3M

    Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2021

    increase family economic security and mobility by developing diverse leaders, broadening policymaker and public knowledge of workplace benefits and job quality, and conducting policy-relevant research

  • $1.3M

    Community Foundation for Mississippi · Jackson, MS · 2021

    enhance student outcomes and improve the Mississippi early childhood system by coalescing important educational equity projects that connect data, programming, and advocacy efforts

  • $1.3M

    Kellogg Community College · Battle Creek, MI · 2023

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $1.3M

    National Compadres Network · San Jose, CA · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.3M

    Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    provide core support for racial healing response fund to enable coordination and implementation of community-centered efforts supporting racial healing processes for directly impacted people of the May 14, 2022 mass sho read all
  • $1.3M

    Faith in Action Network · Washington, DC · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of creating innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban and rural communities by providing general operating support

  • $1.3M

    Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.3M

    Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2021

    provide funds to support the continued work of small business assistance in Detroit, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  • $1.3M

    Actionaid International · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.3M

    Actionaid International · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.3M

    Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.3M

    Actionaid International · 2022

    transform the Brazilian school network into the world's first anti-racist education system harnessing youth, education, and black movements and advancing a national healing process for children and families

  • $1.3M

    Communities United · Chicago, IL · 2022

    bring to scale Healing through Justice, a youth-led movement to address the root causes of racial inequities in communities, advance healing, narrative change, and justice through community and social action

  • $1.3M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2021

    support anti-racist structures, practices, and outcomes through a whole-of-government collaborative approach to advancing racial equity in federal agencies

  • $1.3M

    Race Forward · New York, NY · 2021

    support racial justice efforts in government through the evaluation of department practices, strategy development, leadership capacity building, and convenings to create a culture and practice towards anti-racism

  • $1.2M

    Haitian Education and Leadership Program · New York, NY · 2023

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.2M

    Calhoun Intermediate School District · Marshall, MI · 2023

    Early Care and Education

  • $1.2M

    St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc Health Equity International · Newton, MA · 2022

    provide core support for St. Boniface Hospital to improve access to quality maternal, neonatal, and child health care services for vulnerable mothers and infants in the Southwest corridor of Haiti by supporting the obst read all
  • $1.2M

    Ochsner Clinic Foundation · New Orleans, LA · 2021

    address disparities in health care delivery and access through planning and implementing a new Ochsner-Xavier Center for Health Equity, in which internal and external stakeholders convene to complete goals and metrics, read all
  • $1.2M

    St Boniface Haiti Foundation Inc Health Equity International · Newton, MA · 2021

    improve access to quality maternal, neonatal, and child health care services for vulnerable mothers and infants in the Southwest corridor of Haiti by supporting the maternal and neonatal obstetric surgery services, incl read all
  • $1.2M

    Mississippi Community College Board · Jackson, MS · 2021

    advance credentials, employment and family economic security for low-income Mississippians through enrollment and completion of the Mississippi integrated basic education and skills training program in community college read all
  • $1.2M

    Mississippi Department of Education · Jackson, MS · 2021

    address the achievement gaps in high poverty, high minority schools by improving educator preparation through residency- and performance-based teacher pipelines

  • $1.2M

    University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2021

    improve education outcomes and create safe school environment for children in Central Haiti by revising the Model School Network grades 1-6 curriculum, implement a school-based information system to collect and analyze read all
  • $1.2M

    Acceso Impact · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Jobs and Family Economic Security

  • $1.2M

    Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Promise of an Equitable Future

  • $1.2M

    Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022

    provide core support for the Unified Greenways Project to engage residents and improve access to health, education, housing, recreation, employment and economic development opportunities across 23 connected Detroit neig read all
  • $1.2M

    Naacp Empowerment Programs · Baltimore, MD · 2021

    enable the anchor organization to achieve its mission of ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminating racial hatred and racial discrimination by providing ge read all

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