Dorothy Below Lesher Scholarship Trust

The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank

Cincinnati, OH

The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank funds organizations working in areas including education, youth services, behavioral health, land conservation, and animal welfare. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $35,000, with a median of $5,000, and supported organizations across several states, especially California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Oregon. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Ernst & Young Foundation

New York, NY

Ernst & Young Foundation supports higher education through employee and partner matching gifts, as well as educational and special-project grants, including research, education forums, and programs that expand educational opportunity. In 2025, it made 637 grants ranging from $5,056 to $316,005, with a median of $13,525, to recipients across multiple states; the largest shares went to New York, Texas, California, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Herman & Irene Gertz Foundation

Muncie, IN

The Herman & Irene Gertz Foundation supports community and civic causes, religious organizations, and charities focused on education and health and welfare. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $13,000, with a median of $2,000; most funding went to Michigan, with additional grants in Tennessee, Florida, Illinois, and Maryland. It accepts unsolicited requests, usually by letter, from IRS-qualified charities; no deadline is stated.

James C Acheson Foundation

Port Huron, MI

The James C. Acheson Foundation supports local charitable organizations and programs in Port Huron and St. Clair County, Michigan, including recreation, literacy, health care, and community services. In 2024, it awarded 16 grants ranging from $1,000 to $300,000, with a median grant of $2,750. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Knowlton Foundation

Port Huron, MI

Tummala Charitable Foundation

Flint, MI

The foundation supports a range of community, food assistance, religious, educational, health care, and cultural organizations, primarily in Michigan. Its 2025 grants ranged from $400 to $21,000, with a median of $1,375; it requests a written application, and the filing says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations.

Upper Peninsula Health Care

Marquette, MI

To create opportunities of viability for health care providers in the upper peninsula of Michigan and to improve access to quality health services for residents within their communities.

Triford Foundation

Sterling Heights, MI

The Triford Foundation funds charitable, educational, religious, and scientific organizations, with most of its giving going to Michigan and additional grants in several other states. In 2025, grants ranged from $480 to $68,000, with a median of $2,500. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Washington, DC

The Pew Charitable Trusts funds nonpartisan policy research and initiatives, civic participation, and—especially in Philadelphia—arts and culture and services for people in need. Its 2025 grants had a median of $75,000, though amounts varied widely; funding is national, with substantial support in Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. The profile does not state whether Pew accepts unsolicited requests.

Garbarini Family Charitable Trust

Pennington, NJ

WK Kellogg Foundation

Battle Creek, MI

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation funds work to help children, families, and communities thrive, including early education, health equity, food systems, family economic well-being, and racial equity. In 2025, its grants ranged from $50 to nearly $5 million, with a median of $100,000; it funds across the United States, with long-term commitments in several states and communities, as well as parts of Mexico and Haiti. It accepts unsolicited proposals online at any time.

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

Detroit, MI

The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan funds nonprofits working in economic opportunity, health equity, youth and education, arts and culture, and public space and the environment across seven southeast Michigan counties. Its 2024 grants had a median of $25,000, though awards varied widely; organizations begin with a brief proposal, and selected applicants are invited to submit a full application.