Funding search · EIN 382341573 · Kalamazoo, MI

Burton & Elizabeth Upjohn Charitable

Name: Burton & Elizabeth Upjohn Charitable grants, 2022–2025
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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.

87
grants reported: $430,750
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes4 grants · $42,000
Young Women'S Christian Association4 grants · $40,000
Family & Children Services4 grants · $36,500
Community Healing Centers3 grants · $30,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center5 grants · $25,000
Housing Resourcesinc4 grants · $25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo4 grants · $22,500
New Genesis4 grants · $22,000
Ministry With Community of Kalamazoo4 grants · $18,500
Milestone Senior Services4 grants · $17,000

Giving over time

$116,750

2022

$101,000

2023

$104,000

2024

$109,000

2025

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$10,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$10,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Recovery housing program
$10,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Hunger relief programs
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Programs and reproductive health fund
$10,000
Community Healing Centers · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Recovery housing program
$10,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Hunger relief programs
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Support for all initiatives & programs
$10,000
Elizabeth S Upjohn Healing Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Recovery housing program
$10,000
Housing Resourcesinc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Young Women'S Christian Association · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$9,500
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Handle with care
$9,000
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$9,000
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Handle with care
$9,000
Family & Children Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Handle with care
$7,500
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$6,000
Ministry With Community of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$6,000
Kc Ready Fours · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$6,000
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$6,000
New Genesis · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Young parent program
$6,000
Kc Ready Fours · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$6,000
New Genesis · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Programs & services
$5,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Housing Resourcesinc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Milestone Senior Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$5,000
New Genesis · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2025
Integrated education and scholarships
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Housing Resourcesinc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Walk to end homelessness
$5,000
New Genesis · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Young parent program
$5,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2024
Integrated education program
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Housing Resourcesinc · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Emergency housing
$5,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2023
Integrated education program
$5,000
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Milestone Senior Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
New home, new hope capital campaign
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Sc Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2022
26th anniversary capital campaign
$5,000
Sherman Lake Ymca Outdoor Center · Augusta, MI · 2022
Integrated education
$4,500
Ministry With Community of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$4,500
Ministry With Community of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Kalamazoo Drop in Child Care Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$4,000
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Programs & services
$4,000
Kalamazoo Drop in Child Care Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operations
$4,000
Milestone Senior Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Home delivered meals
$4,000
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Program & services
$4,000
Kalamazoo Drop in Child Care Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Kalamazoo Drop in Child Care Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$3,500
Ministry With Community of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$3,000
South Michigan Food Bank · Battle Creek, MI · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Urban Alliance · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Storage cabinet
$3,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Parent literacy materials
$3,000
Michigan Department of Human Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operation good cheer
$3,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Parent literacy materials
$3,000
Michigan Department of Human Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Operation good cheer
$3,000
Milestone Senior Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Greatest needs fund
$3,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Disability Network Southwest Michigan · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Kalamazoo Literacy Council · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$3,000
Michigan Department of Human Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operation good cheer
$2,500
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Challenged behavior home patio
$2,500
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Programing needs for persons with developmental disabilities
$2,000
American Red Cross · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operational support
$2,000
Aacorn Farm · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
Power equipment
$2,000
Residential Opportunities · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$1,000
El Concilio · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$1,000
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Operations
$1,000
Lending Hands of Michigan · Portage, MI · 2025
Operations
$1,000
Sld Read · Portage, MI · 2025
Programs & supports
$1,000
American Red Cross · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Operational support
$1,000
Lending Hands of Michigan · Portage, MI · 2024
Bariatric items
$1,000
Sld Read · Portage, MI · 2024
Programs & supports
$1,000
American Red Cross · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
For those in need
$1,000
American Red Cross · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
Operations
$250
Lake Forest Cemetary Commission · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
Operations

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