Funding search · EIN 261675789 · Fenton, MI

The Serra Foundation

Name: The Serra Foundation 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.

197
grants reported: $5.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

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Top recipients

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McLaren Flint Foundation2 grants · $1.2M
Albion College1 grant · $1.0M
Loyola University Chicago2 grants · $840,000
Albion College2 grants · $410,000
The Ally Challenge Presented By McL2 grants · $180,300
Play Right Sports Academy2 grants · $156,976
Michigan State University2 grants · $120,000
The Ally Challenge Presented By McL2 grants · $91,500
Michigan State University2 grants · $70,000
Friends of Berston Field House1 grant · $60,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$407,233

2023

$999,299

2024

$2.4M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 197 grants.

$1.2M
McLaren Flint Foundation · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$1.0M
Albion College · Albion, MI · 2022
General use
$420,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Use
$420,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Use
$205,000
Albion College · Albion, MI · 2025
General Use
$205,000
Albion College · Albion, MI · 2024
General Use
$153,602
Play Right Sports Academy · Albion, MI · 2025
General Use
$91,200
The Ally Challenge Presented By McL · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General use
$89,100
The Ally Challenge Presented By McL · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General use
$60,000
Friends of Berston Field House · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$60,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2025
General Use
$60,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
General Use
$60,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
General use
$46,500
The Ally Challenge Presented By McL · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General Use
$45,000
The Ally Challenge Presented By McL · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
General Use
$30,000
Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2025
General Use
$30,000
Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2024
General Use
$30,000
Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2023
General use
$30,000
Miami University Foundation · Oxford, OH · 2022
General use
$25,000
Community Foundation of Greater Rochester · Rochester Hills, MI · 2025
General Use
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2025
General Use
$25,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
General Use
$25,000
Community Foundation of Greater Rochester · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024
General Use
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
General Use
$25,000
City of Rochester Hills · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
General use
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Southeastern · Detroit, MI · 2023
General use
$25,000
Orchards Children'S Services · Southfield, MI · 2022
General use
$20,000
Grand Blanc Community School · Grand Blanc, MI · 2025
General Use
$20,000
Holy Family · Grand Blanc, MI · 2025
General Use
$20,000
Grand Blanc Community School · Grand Blanc, MI · 2024
General Use
$20,000
Holy Family · Grand Blanc, MI · 2024
General Use
$20,000
Grand Blanc Community School · Grand Blanc, MI · 2023
General use
$20,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General use
$20,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2023
General use
$20,000
Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General use
$20,000
The Sloan Museum · Flint, MI · 2022
General use
$15,000
Farmington Family Ymca · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
General Use
$15,000
Farmington Family Ymca · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
General use
$12,000
The Karing Home Youth Project · Gaylord, MI · 2024
General Use
$12,000
Vehicle City Gridiron Sports · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2025
General Use
$10,000
East Lake Community Development · Eastlake, MI · 2025
General Use
$10,000
Flint Institute of Music · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$10,000
Kirk Gibson Foundation · Grosse Pointe, MI · 2025
General Use
$10,000
McLaren Northern Mi Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2025
General Use
$10,000
Community Partners for Affordable Housing · Libertyville, IL · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Everest Academy · Clarkston, MI · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Kirk Gibson Foundation · Grosse Pointe, MI · 2024
General Use
$10,000
St John Fenton School · Fenton, MI · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Community Partners for Affordable · Libertyville, IL · 2023
General use
$10,000
Everest Academy · Clarkston, MI · 2023
General use
$10,000
Kirk Gibson Foundation · Grosse Pointe, MI · 2023
General use
$10,000
Orchards Children'S Services · Southfield, MI · 2023
General use
$10,000
Flint Institute of Music · Flint, MI · 2022
General use
$10,000
Holy Family School · Grand Blanc, MI · 2022
General use
$10,000
Kirk Gibson Foundation · Grosse Pointe, MI · 2022
General use
$10,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2022
General use
$7,500
Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce · Flint, MI · 2022
General use
$6,500
McLaren Flint Foundation · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$6,000
Vehicle City Gridiron Sports · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$5,500
Communities First · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$5,500
Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce · Flint, MI · 2023
General use
$5,500
McLaren Flint Foundation · Flint, MI · 2023
General use
$5,308
Play Right Sports Academy · Albion, MI · 2023
General use
$5,000
Grand Blanc Youth Arts · Swartz Creek, MI · 2025
General Use
$5,000
Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$5,000
Ascension Genesys Foundation · Grand Blanc, MI · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Flint Rotary Charitable Foundation · Davison, MI · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Grand Blanc Youth Arts · Swartz Creek, MI · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Greater Flint Area Sports Hall of Fame · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Ascension Genesys Foundation · Grand Blanc, MI · 2023
General use
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Mi · Flint, MI · 2023
General use
$5,000
St John Fenton School · Fenton, MI · 2023
General use
$5,000
Ascension Genesys Foundation · Grand Blanc, MI · 2022
General use
$5,000
Capital Area Down Syndrome Associat · East Lansing, MI · 2022
General use
$5,000
Vechile City Gridiron Sports Commit · Flint, MI · 2022
General use
$4,000
Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$4,000
Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$3,500
Family Assistance for Renaissance Men · Detroit, MI · 2025
General Use
$3,374
Play Right Sports Academy · Albion, MI · 2024
General Use
$3,300
Powers Catholic High School · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$3,000
City of Grand Blanc Police Association · Grand Blanc, MI · 2025
General Use
$3,000
Powers Catholic High School · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$3,000
Flint Institute of Art · Flint, MI · 2023
General use
$3,000
Powers Catholic High School · Flint, MI · 2023
General use
$3,000
Voice for Children Advocacy Center · Flint, MI · 2023
General use
$3,000
Powers Catholic High School · Flint, MI · 2022
General use
$2,500
Shelter Animal Donations · Fenton, MI · 2025
General Use
$2,500
Sloan Museum · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$2,500
Trendsettas Corvette Club · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$2,500
Long Island Falcons Travel Baseball · Ronkonkoma, NY · 2024
General Use
$2,500
Shelter Animal Donations · Fenton, MI · 2024
General Use
$2,500
Long Island Falcons Travel Baseball · Ronkonkoma, NY · 2023
General use
$2,500
Shelter Animal Donations · Fenton, MI · 2023
General use
$2,500
Long Island Falcons Travel Baseball · Ronkonkoma, NY · 2022
General use
$2,478
Play Right Sports Academy · Albion, MI · 2022
General use
$2,000
Flint Institute of Art · Flint, MI · 2025
General Use
$2,000
Flint & Genesee Group Foundation · Flint, MI · 2024
General Use
$2,000
Flint Institute of Art · Flint, MI · 2022
General use
$1,750
Community Foundation of Greater · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
General use

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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.