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The Porter Family Foundation

Name: The Porter Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

82
grants reported: $404,905
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $3,156
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

environmental education foundations private promote educational opportunities

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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.

Michigan Climate Action Network4 grants · $119,268
Planet Detroit3 grants · $37,149
Ecology Center4 grants · $25,050
Flow for Love of Water4 grants · $25,000
Discovery Center & Pier4 grants · $15,500
Center for Michigan4 grants · $14,000
Tart Trails2 grants · $14,000
Michigan Environmental Council2 grants · $11,500
Souladarity1 grant · $10,000
Town of Dedham2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$95,149

2021

$104,857

2022

$99,207

2023

$105,692

2024

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$35,259
Michigan Climate Action Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
Environmental education
$32,500
Michigan Climate Action Network · Lansing, MI · 2021
Environmental education
$26,250
Michigan Climate Action Network · Lansing, MI · 2023
Environmental education
$25,259
Michigan Climate Action Network · Lansing, MI · 2022
Environmental education
$18,399
Planet Detroit · Lansing, MI · 2022
charitable
$17,750
Planet Detroit · Lansing, MI · 2023
charitable
$11,000
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Charitable purposes
$10,000
Mieibc · Lansing, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$10,000
Solardarity · Highland Park, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$10,000
Ecoworks · Detroit, MI · 2023
charitable purposes
$10,000
Flow for Love of Water · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$10,000
Souladarity · Highland Park, MI · 2022
Charitable
$8,149
Planet Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2021
Charitable purposes
$7,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable purposes
$7,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$6,850
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$6,500
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024
Environmental
$6,100
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Charitable purposes
$6,000
Tart Trails · Traverse City, MI · 2021
Charitable purposes
$5,500
Discovery Center & Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2021
Educational opportunities
$5,200
Heideberg Project · Detroit, MI · 2021
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Flow for Love of Water · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Flow for Love of Water · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Town of Dedham · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2022
charitable purposes
$5,000
Town of Dedham · Boston, MA · 2022
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Flow for Love of Water · Traverse City, MI · 2021
Charitable purposes
$5,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2021
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Soulardarity · Highland Park, MI · 2021
Charitable
$4,500
Food and Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable purposes
$4,200
Heideberg Project · Detroit, MI · 2022
charitable
$4,100
Heidelberg Project · Detroit, MI · 2023
charitable
$4,000
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$3,500
Center for Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
charitable
$3,500
Center for Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
charitable
$3,500
Discovery Center & Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2023
charity
$3,500
Center for Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
charitable
$3,500
Discovery Center & Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2022
charity
$3,500
Center for Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
charitable
$3,313
U of M Campus Farm Carbon Neutrality · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Charity
$3,312
U of M Campus Farm Carbon Nuetrality Plan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Environmental education
$3,000
Discovery Center & Pier · Traverse City, MI · 2024
charity
$3,000
Caura Futures · Berkley, CA · 2022
Charity
$3,000
Keith Center for Race and Equity · Detroit, MI · 2021
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Empire Area Community Center · Empire, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Environmental Law and Policy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Environmental education
$2,500
U of M Sarah Mills Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Environmental Law and Policy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Environmental education
$2,500
U of M Sarah Mills Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Make Food Not Waste · Detroit, MI · 2022
charity
$2,025
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2024
Promote Private Foundations
$1,550
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2022
Promote Private Foundations
$1,550
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2021
Promote Private Foundations
$1,500
Dedham Museum & Archives · Dedham, MA · 2021
Educational opportunities
$1,500
Mother Brooks Art Center · Dedham, MA · 2021
Educational opportunities
$1,100
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$1,036
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice · Detroit, MI · 2022
Environmental education
$1,000
Dedham Community House · Dedham, MA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Empire Area Food Pantry · Glen Arbor, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition · Bloomfield Township, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Mother Brook Art and Community Center · Dedham, MA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$1,000
Planet Detroit · Lansing, MI · 2024
charitable
$1,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2023
Promote Private Foundations
$500
Dedham School of Music · Dedham, MA · 2024
Charitable purposes
$500
Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Charitable
$500
Great Lakes Funders Collaborative · Detroit, MI · 2023
Environmental
$500
Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Charitable
$500
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Charitable purposes
$500
Great Lakes Funders Collaborative · Detroit, MI · 2022
Environmental
$500
Great Lakes Funders Collaborative · Detroit, MI · 2021
Environmental
$300
Eastside Community Network · Detroit, MI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$258
Groundworks · Brattleboro, VT · 2024
Charitable purposes
$250
Greeman Studio-Climate Crocks · New Haven, CT · 2021
Environmental support
$195
U of M Biodiversity Fund · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Charitable
$0
Ecology Center-Voice for Carbon Neutrality · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Environmental support
$0
Environmental Law and Policy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Environmental education
$0
Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2022
Charitable
$0
Groundwork · Petoskey, MI · 2022
Charitable purposes
$0
Keith Center Race & Equity Reporting · Detroit, MI · 2022
charitable purposes
$0
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Charitable purposes
$0
William Gould Memorial Project · Dedham, MA · 2022
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.