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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “lansing”
Where the money went
Capital Region Community FoundationLansing, MICharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $63,269 to LANSING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT — lansing eastern hs alumni fund
Community Foundation for SoutheastDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
25 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to LANSING CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PILGRIM FOUNDATION — general operations/scholarship funds
Re Olds FoundationEast Lansing, MI
20 matching grants · $145,290 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS-LANSING — basic needs in greater lansing/ general purpose
Largest: $15,000 to Impression 5 Museum — $10,000 admission for lansing stem/steam and big science lesson, $3,000 membership and l.a.b.s. scholarships for thoman scholars, and $2,000 programs, meetings, and materials for t…
Largest: $5,250 to CITY OF EAST LANSING — east lansing art festival and jazz festival
Lansing Economic Area PartnershipLansing, MICharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $33.0M · through 2024Largest: $25.8M to LANSING BOARD OF WATER AND LIGHT — msf strategic fund ultium
Largest: $15,000 to GREATER LANSING FOOD BANK — emergency food assistance
Arts Council of Greater LansingEast Lansing, MICharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $236,097 · through 2023Largest: $34,000 to LANSING 501 — to promote art in the community
Delta Dental Plan of MichiganOkemos, MICharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $344,200 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to GREATER LANSING FOODBANK — charitable donation
Burton a Zipser and Sandra D ZipserFarmington Hills, MI
8 matching grants · $52,500 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to MSU COMMUNITY EAST LANSING — to support research, performance, preservation, and expansion of audience listening experiences of musical pieces, promotion and related activities in the areas of serious and conc…
Largest: $250,000 to McLaren Greater Lansing Foundation — grant will be utilized towards the new state-of-the-art hospital campus in lansing.
Desk Drawer FundEast Lansing, MICharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $209,049 · through 2025Largest: $60,199 to WOMEN'S CENTER OF GREATER LANSING — entrepeneurship
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →