Funding search · workforce development · Michigan
Who funds workforce development work in Michigan
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Michigan recipients: 85 grants totaling $35.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Wk Kellogg Foundation ($3.4M), Ally Charitable Foundation ($495,000) and The Barton Malow Foundation ($107,753).
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.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
32 matching grants · $20.8M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST CORPORATION — increase economic prosperity in southwest michigan, with a focus on calhoun county, by implementing a multi-year action plan focused on economic development, workforce development …
Largest: $100,000 to EMERGING INDUSTRIES TRAINING INSTITUTE — neighborhood beautification through workforce development
Largest: $25,000 to DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORP — workforce development
Largest: $25,000 to WE UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION — to support workforce development and employment focused research.
Largest: $5,000 to West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology — wmcat's workforce development as a pathway to family economic prosperity
Largest: $350,000 to Mott Community College — to support the expansion of culinary arts programs, better serving culinary college students with job training opportunities and the community with educational and engaging experie…
Philadelphia WorksPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $23.9M · through 2024Largest: $8.5M to EDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS INC — job- training
Largest: $144,445 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — focus: mental health: a stress and workforce development intervention promoting racial and economic justice among youth
Community Foundation for SoutheastDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to BERRIEN-CASS-VANBUREN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC — general operations
W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee CorpKalamazoo, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2025Largest: $1.5M to WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (WDI) — program assistance
Berrien Community FoundationSt Joseph, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $356,476 · through 2025Largest: $195,476 to MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION — fresh start campaign, job training, general support, jobs for life program, emerge innovative hub support
Largest: $125,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — focus: mental health: a stress and workforce development intervention promoting racial and economic justice among youth
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