Funding search · EIN 383605623 · Frankenmuth, MI

The Big John Steak and Onion

Name: The Big John Steak and Onion grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

60
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Tuscola County Community Foundation1 grant · $201,000
St Mary Church4 grants · $161,000
United Way of Genesee County4 grants · $122,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters4 grants · $118,000
United Way of Saginaw County4 grants · $110,000
Flint Public Library3 grants · $90,000
Habitat for Humanity Saginaw3 grants · $90,000
Boys Girls Club of Flin4 grants · $80,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation3 grants · $50,000
Boy Scouts of America4 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$161,000

2022

$268,100

2023

$268,500

2024

$568,600

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$201,000
Tuscola County Community Foundation · Caro, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$45,000
St Mary Church · Flint, MI · 2023
For programs
$41,000
St Mary Church · Flint, MI · 2025
For programs
$40,000
United Way of Genesee County · Flint, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$40,000
St Mary Church · Flint, MI · 2024
For programs
$36,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Flint, MI · 2025
For programs
$35,000
Flint Public Library · Flint, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$35,000
Flint Public Library · Flint, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$35,000
St Mary Church · Flint, MI · 2022
For programs
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$30,000
United Way of Saginaw County · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Programs
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Flint, MI · 2024
For programs
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$30,000
United Way of Genesee County · Flint, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$30,000
United Way of Saginaw County · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Programs
$30,000
Habitat for Humanity Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,000
United Way of Genesee County · Flint, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$30,000
United Way of Saginaw County · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Programs
$26,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Flint, MI · 2023
For programs
$26,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Flint, MI · 2022
For programs
$25,000
Boys Girls Club of Flin · Flint, MI · 2025
For programs
$25,000
Catholic Charities · Flint, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$25,000
Toys for Hospitalized Children · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Charitable donation
$25,000
Whaley'S Children Center · Flint, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$25,000
Boys Girls Club of Flin · Flint, MI · 2024
For programs
$22,000
United Way of Genesee County · Flint, MI · 2022
Charitable donation
$20,000
Flint Public Library · Flint, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
Foundation for Mott Community Colle · Flint, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$20,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Brighton, MI · 2023
Programs
$20,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Brighton, MI · 2022
Programs
$20,000
United Way of Saginaw County · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Programs
$15,000
Nrityanjali · Swartz Creek, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$15,000
Boys Girls Club of Flin · Flint, MI · 2023
For programs
$15,000
Boys Girls Club of Flin · Flint, MI · 2022
For programs
$12,000
Tuscola Imagination Library · Caro, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$11,000
Boy Scouts of America · Port Huron, MI · 2024
For program
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Port Huron, MI · 2025
For program
$10,000
Crime Stoppers of Flint Genesee · Flint, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$10,000
Foundation for Mott Community Colle · Flint, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$10,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation · Brighton, MI · 2024
Programs
$8,000
Tuscola Imagination Library · Caro, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$7,000
Boy Scouts of America · Port Huron, MI · 2023
For program
$7,000
Boy Scouts of America · Port Huron, MI · 2022
For program
$6,000
Ascension St Mary'S Foundation · Saginaw, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$6,000
Tuscola Imagination Library · Caro, MI · 2022
Charitable donation
$5,000
Flint Institute of Arts · Flint, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$5,000
Ascension St Mary'S Foundation · Saginaw, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Flint Institute of Arts · Flint, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Salvation Army · Flint, MI · 2023
Charitable donation
$5,000
Flint Institute of Arts · Flint, MI · 2022
Charitable donation
$3,500
Girl Scouts - Heart of Michigan · Saginaw, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$3,100
The Arc- Shiawasse County · Owosso, MI · 2025
Programs
$3,000
The Arc- Shiawasse County · Owosso, MI · 2024
Programs
$2,500
Flint Pal Corp · Flint, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$2,100
The Arc- Shiawasse County · Owosso, MI · 2023
Programs
$2,000
Michigan Arts Access · Detroit, MI · 2025
Charitable donation
$2,000
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan · Saginaw, MI · 2022
For program
$2,000
The Arc- Shiawasse County · Owosso, MI · 2022
Programs
$1,000
Michigan Arts Access · Detroit, MI · 2024
Charitable donation
$1,000
Scension St Mary'S Foundation · Saginaw, MI · 2022
Charitable donation

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