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Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

Louis and Helen Padnos Foundation

Holland, MI

IBM International Foundation

Armonk, NY

The IBM International Foundation funds education and workforce programs that build 21st-century and technology job skills, including initiatives for underserved students and job seekers. Its 2024 grants ranged from $10,000 to $8.48 million, with a median of $100,000, and went to organizations across several U.S. states, especially Delaware and Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Meijer Foundation

Grand Rapids, MI

The Meijer Foundation supports hunger relief, health and wellness, disaster relief, environmental stewardship, and youth development, with a stated focus on communities across Meijer’s six-state footprint. Recent giving ranged from $1.6 million across 28 grants in 2024 to $12 million across 92 grants in 2023; a typical grant size is not established. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected charitable organizations.

KRW Foundation

Grand Rapids, MI

KRW Foundation supports a broad range of organizations, including arts and cultural groups, universities, and human-services organizations. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $500,000, with a median of $50,000; 97% of grant dollars went to Michigan recipients. The foundation accepts letter requests, with supporting information welcomed.

Gillett Family Foundation

Ada, MI

The Gillett Family Foundation funds charitable organizations across areas including environmental education, health, arts and museums, children and families, and education. In 2024, grants ranged from $1,000 to $40,000, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to Michigan, with smaller amounts in New York and Illinois. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation

Ada, MI

The foundation supports children’s healthcare, Christian education, and community services, with most 2024 funding going to organizations in Michigan. Its 53 grants ranged from $300 to $1.5 million, with a median of $10,000. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Sebastian Foundation

Grand Rapids, MI

The Sebastian Foundation supported charitable and educational organizations in areas such as culture, parks and nature education, human services, literacy, youth programs, and employment support, primarily in Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2021, grants ranged from $1,000 to $100,000, with a median of $30,000. A 2020 filing described an application process for organizations, but it was marked as a final return, so those instructions may not be current.

Aetna Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

Aetna Foundation supported health and wellness, access to health care, and related community needs; its 2021 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000, and went to organizations across multiple states, especially in D.C. and Connecticut. Its 2021 filing was marked final, so it appears to have ended or be winding down grantmaking; that filing said there were no restrictions on who could apply and pointed applicants to its website for application materials.

Jury Foundation

Saginaw, MI

YWCA WCM Growth Fund

Grand Rapids, MI

To support programs and activities of ywca west central Michigan in its mission to eliminate racism, empower women and girls, and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all, and to facilitate the redevelopment, construction and operations of the 25 sheldon facility.

Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation

Grand Rapids, MI

The Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation funds arts and culture, education, and community well-being, primarily in the greater Grand Rapids area, with most grant dollars going to Michigan. Grants vary widely: in 2024 they ranged from $500 to $4 million, with a median of $32,500. It accepts unsolicited applications through its online portal at any time.