Funding search · EIN 205997526 · Bay City, MI

The Thelen Family Foundation

Name: The Thelen Family 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.

60
grants reported: $108,735
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

enhance learning

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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.

Camp Fish Tales4 grants · $20,000
New Beginnings Christian Church3 grants · $11,800
Catholic Diocese of Saginaw1 grant · $9,161
Corpus Christi Parish4 grants · $6,100
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church4 grants · $5,100
All Saints Central High School2 grants · $5,000
Midland Street Merchants Association2 grants · $5,000
St Stanislaus Church3 grants · $4,500
Bay Area Women'S Center2 grants · $4,500
Bay Area Catholic Schools2 grants · $4,000

Giving over time

$30,061

2022

$28,000

2023

$25,000

2024

$25,674

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$9,161
Catholic Diocese of Saginaw · Saginaw, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$5,800
New Beginnings Christian Church · Saginaw, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$5,000
Camp Fish Tales · Pinconning, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$5,000
Camp Fish Tales · Pinconning, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$5,000
Camp Fish Tales · Pinconning, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$5,000
Camp Fish Tales · Pinconning, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$4,000
New Beginnings Christian Church · Saginaw, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$3,000
All Saints Central High School · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance learning activities
$3,000
Bay Area Catholic Schools · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$2,500
Midland Street Merchants Association · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$2,500
Midland Street Merchants Association · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$2,500
Bay Area Women'S Center · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$2,059
Good Sumaritan Rescue Mission of Bay City · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
All Saints Central High School · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance learning activities
$2,000
Bangor Central Elementary School · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance learning activities
$2,000
Corpus Christi Parish · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
New Beginnings Christian Church · Saginaw, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
Brian'S House Community Group · Essexville, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
State Theatre · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
Bay Area Women'S Center · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$2,000
Corpus Christi Parish · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,500
Resurrection of the Lord Parish · Standish, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$1,500
St Stanislaus Church · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$1,500
Antique Toy and Fire Museum · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,500
St Stanislaus Church · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,500
St Stanislaus Church · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,100
Corpus Christi Parish · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,100
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Arc of Bay County · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Bay City Moose Lodge · Bay City, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
The Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Xavier Degroat Autism Foundation · Birch Run, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Antique Toy and Fire Museum · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Bay City Moose Lodge · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Bay County Habitat for Humanity · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Corpus Christi Parish · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish · Sterling Heights, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church · Bay City, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
St Catherine of Sienna Academy · Wixom, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
St Francis Center · Prescott, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Bay Area Catholic Schools · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Bay County Habitat for Humanity · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Bay County Toys for Tots · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Brian'S House Community Group · Essexville, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Good Sumaritan Rescue Mission of Bay City · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
St Catherine of Sienna Academy · Wixom, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
St Francis Center · Prescott, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$1,000
State Theatre · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$615
Bay-Arenac Isd · Bay City, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$500
Essexville-Hampton Public Schools · Essexville, MI · 2025
To enhance learning activities
$500
McGuire Pto · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2025
To enhance charitable activities
$500
Pullen Elementary School · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2025
To enhance learning activities
$500
Saginaw Children'S Zoo · Saginaw, MI · 2024
To enhance charitable activities
$500
Saginaw Children'S Zoo · Saginaw, MI · 2023
To enhance charitable activities
$500
Bay City Moose Lodge · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$500
Parkinson'S Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022
To enhance charitable activities
$400
Bangor Central Elementary School · Bay City, MI · 2022
To enhance charitable activities

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