The Wj and Lillian Kemler Foundation

TROY, MI EIN: 38-3384888

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

Annual Giving

$73K

-3.0% YoY

Grant Count

9

-10.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$8K

+7.7% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$0.275$0.55$0.8250000000000001$1.120202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$22K$43K$65K$86K8 grants20208 grants20219 grants202210 grants20239 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 9 recipients in 2024

ST IGNACE AREA SCHOOLS$20KCORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY…$10KDETROIT PUBLIC TELEVISION$10KFORGOTTEN HARVEST$10KOAKLAND UNIVERSITY$10KSALVATION ARMY$5KPEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH$5KBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS…$2KNATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN…$1K

Grant Size Distribution

44 grants across all recorded years

44<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
MARGARET SAVAGEPRESIDENT5
JAMES SAVAGEDIRECTOR1
CAROLYN JONESDIRECTOR

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

4states

Cities

ALLENDALEANN ARBORBOSTONDETROITITHACALANSINGOAK PARKROCHESTERSOUTHFIELDST IGNACETAMPAWASHINGTONWEST BLOOMFIELDWIXOM

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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