Funding search · nutrition and food insecurity · Michigan
Who funds nutrition and food insecurity work in Michigan
15 funders have a record of paying for nutrition and food insecurity work by Michigan recipients: 39 grants totaling $2.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Dexter a & M Patricia McCormick Family ($14,000), The Block Foundation ($40,000) and Michigan Health Endowment Fund ($572,500).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Michigan recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $2,500 to FORGOTTEN HARVEST — food insecurity
Largest: $10,000 to FORGOTTEN HARVEST — provide food to food-insecure families in the metro detroit area
Michigan Health Endowment FundBrighton, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $572,500 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — physical literacy and nutrition education 2.0
Largest: $10,000 to FEDING AMERICA SW MICHIGAN — program support for covid food insecurities
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2022Largest: $400,000 to FAIR FOOD NETWORK — increase access to double up food bucks by leveraging federal and state dollars to create a more equitable food system that decreases food insecurity, increases access to healthy f…
Total Health Care FoundationGrand Rapids, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $386,100 · through 2021Largest: $250,000 to FORGOTTEN HARVEST — support the solutions that nourish campaign, providing access to nutritional, fresh food for food-insecure families and individuals in metro detroit
Largest: $4,000 to Internationa Needs USA — helping in a program to promote home gardens in the village of mankulam northern sri lanka. this is to combat the widespread food insecurity in this population following the financ…
Largest: $55,000 to INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — gardening nutrition education
The Samuel and Jean FrankelBloomfield Hills, MI
2 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to PROJECT HEALTHY COMMUNITY — nutrition education
Share Our StrengthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $42,932 · through 2021Largest: $21,466 to MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION — nutrition education program support
Largest: $10,000 to FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN — food insecurity programming
Johnson Charitable Gift FundCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $12,000 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC — detroit food insecur
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