Funding search · EIN 854119407 · Grand Rapids, MI

Dragonfly Fund

Name: Dragonfly Fund 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.

86
grants reported: $15.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,500
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

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The Chicago Community Foundation1 grant · $10.0M
Little Traverse Conservancy4 grants · $3.2M
Childrens Healing Center3 grants · $300,000
Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre1 grant · $250,000
Grand Valley State University3 grants · $150,000
National Constitution Center3 grants · $125,000
Northern Michigan Regional Health System Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Lyric Theatre1 grant · $100,000
Writers Series of Traverse City2 grants · $92,500
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$391,000

2022

$991,500

2023

$11.4M

2024

$2.5M

2025

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

$10.0M
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$2.0M
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2025
Capital campaign
$1.0M
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
Project/program support
$250,000
Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre · Harbor Springs, MI · 2025
Capital campaign
$135,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Childrens Healing Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Capital campaign
$100,000
Childrens Healing Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Capital campaign
$100,000
Childrens Healing Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Capital campaign
$100,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Lyric Theatre · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
Northern Michigan Regional Health System Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support
$60,000
Boyne Heritage Center · Boyne City, MI · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2024
Project/program support
$50,000
Writers Series of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Project/program support
$50,000
Grand Rapids Ballet Co · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Capital campaign
$50,000
Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Nature Conservancy - Michigan Chapter · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support
$50,000
Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2022
Program support
$42,500
Writers Series of Traverse City · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Program support
$40,000
The Vandenberg Coalition · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity · Petoskey, MI · 2024
Capital campaign
$40,000
Vandenberg Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$35,000
Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity · Petoskey, MI · 2023
Capital campaign
$30,000
Schools for Sierra Leone · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
American Writers Museum Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Literacy Center of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Project/program support
$25,000
Literacy Center of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Project/program support
$25,000
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
American Writers Museum Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Grand Rapids Christian Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Literacy Center of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Historical Society of Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2022
Program support
$25,000
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Harbor Springs Garden Club · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Plainsong Farm & Ministry · Rockford, MI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Brodys Be Cafe Llc · Ada, MI · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Northern Michigan Regional Health System Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy - the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Iron Light Labs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$15,000
The Center for US Global Leadership · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
The Center for US Global Leadership · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Boyne City Public Schools · Boyne City, MI · 2025
Project/program support
$10,000
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation · Plymouth, VT · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Blandford Nature Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation · Plymuth, VT · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Diatribe · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Fans of Valley Field · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
National Archives Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
San Juan Diego Academy · Wyoming, MI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Diatribe · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Insideout Literary Arts Project · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2022
Program support
$8,500
Boyne City Public Schools · Boyne City, MI · 2023
Project program support
$6,000
Harbor Beach United Community Fund · Harbor Beach, MI · 2025
General operating support
$6,000
Harbor Beach United Community Fund · Harbor Beach, MI · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Biographers International Organization Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society · Harbor Springs, MI · 2025
Project/program support
$5,000
Land Conservancy of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
US Supreme Court Historical Society · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Biographers International Organization Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Gerald R Ford Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Biographers International Organization Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Diatribe · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Gerald R Ford Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Harvard Kennedy School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scholarships
$5,000
Land Conservancy of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
US Supreme Court Historical Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Biographers International Organization Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Boyne City Foundation for Educational Excellence · Boyne City, MI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation · Plymouth, VT · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Gerald R Ford Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Harbor Beach United Community Fund · Harbor Beach, MI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Kids Food Basket · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Power Book Bags · Suttons Bay, MI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
The Salvation Army - Kroc Center · Camden, NJ · 2022
Program support
$3,250
Friends of the Boyne District Library · Boyne City, MI · 2025
Project/program support
$3,000
Friends of the Boyne District Library · Boyne City, MI · 2024
Project/program support
$2,000
Friends of the Boyne District Library · Boyne City, MI · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Friends of the Boyne District Library · Boyne City, MI · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society · Harbor Springs, MI · 2022
Program support

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