FundersMichigan

Enna Foundation

Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 84-3284192. Reported 111 grants totalling $5,605,592 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$28,450median grant
$5,605,592granted, 2021-2024
58organizations funded
69%of grantees funded again the next year
$10,514assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Enna Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $28,450. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $72,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
41 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
21 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
25 grants
$100,000 and Up
21 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Open Doors KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$700,000442024
YWCA KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$300,000222024
Community HomeworksKalamazoo, MI$288,000532024
Rootead Enrichment CenterKalamazoo, MI$267,000332024
First Congregational ChurchKalamazoo, MI$260,000442024
Kalamazoo County Defender IncKalamazoo, MI$236,500222024
United Way of Sc MiKalamazoo, MI$224,000332024
Sweets 4 Homeless IncPortage, MI$215,000332024
Ecumenical Senior CenterKalamazoo, MI$200,000112023
Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the CommunityKalamazoo, MI$200,000222024
Kalamazoo Community FoundationKalamazoo, MI$165,000332024
St Luke's Episcopal ChurchKalamazoo, MI$165,000442024
Girls Build Kalamazoo IncKalamazoo, MI$150,000222024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$140,000222024
Family and Children ServicesKalamazoo, MI$125,000222024
Richland Area Community CenterRichland, MI$120,000332023
Community Healing CentersKalamazoo, MI$105,000332024
Hispanic American Council IncKalamazoo, MI$100,000112023
Kalamazoo Housing AdvocatesKalamazoo, MI$100,000222024
Young Women's Christian AssociationKalamazoo, MI$100,000212021
Kalamazoo Civic TheatreKalamazoo, MI$85,000442024
Ministry With Community of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$80,000222024
Communities in Schools KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$75,000442024
Kalamazoo Climate Crisis CoalitionKalamazoo, MI$72,000112024
Ripple Effects Community Inclusion CenterPortage, MI$68,942112024
Kalamazoo Nature CenterKalamazoo, MI$67,500432023
Building Blocks of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$57,000222024
Housing Resources IncKalamazoo, MI$55,000442024
Bent Not BrokenKalamazoo, MI$50,000112024
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for HumanityKalamazoo, MI$50,000112024
Milestone Senior ServicesKalamazoo, MI$50,000112023
Mrc Industries IncKalamazoo, MI$50,000112024
Parks Foundation of Kalamazoo CountyKalamazoo, MI$50,000112024
United WayKalamazoo, MI$50,000112021
Road to SuccessesFlint, MI$40,600112023
Kalamazoo Aviation History MuseumPortage, MI$40,000222023
Public Media NetworkKalamazoo, MI$40,000112024
Black Arts and Cultural CenterKalamazoo, MI$35,000222024
Dream of Kalamazoo FoundationKalamazoo, MI$30,000112024
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra LeagueKalamazoo, MI$30,000112024
Animal Rescue ProjectKalamazoo, MI$28,450112024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$25,000112024
First Day Shoe FundPortage, MI$25,000332024
Ministry With Community of KalamazoKalamazoo, MI$25,000112022
Portage Community Outreach CenterPortage, MI$25,000112023
Cheff Therapeutic Riding CenterAugusta, MI$20,600112021
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater KzooKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Edison Neighborhood AssociationKalamazoo, MI$20,000222024
Hospital Hospitality HouseKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, MI$20,000222023
Ministry With CommunityKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor CenterAugusta, MI$20,000112021
Urban AllianceKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Wellspringcory Terry & DancersKalamazoo, MI$20,000112023
Western Michigan University FoundationKalamazoo, MI$20,000112024
Gull Lake Community Schools FoundationRichland, MI$15,000112023
Local Initiatives Support CorporationKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
Local Journalism Foundation of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$10,000112024

28 of 58 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 69%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 66 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Housing & Shelter
13 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Community Improvement
5 grants
Environment
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Education
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202123$765,600$20,000
202216$717,000$20,000
202335$1,997,100$40,000
202437$2,125,892$50,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Enna Foundation has 6 of them, worth $320,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
First Congregational ChurchKalamazoo, MI$100,000
Community HomeworksKalamazoo, MI$60,000
Community Healing CentersKalamazoo, MI$50,000
United WayKalamazoo, MI$50,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater KzooKalamazoo, MI$40,000
Kalamazoo Nature CenterKalamazoo, MI$20,000

Where its money goes

Kalamazoo, MI
$5.0M
Portage, MI
$374K
Richland, MI
$135K
Flint, MI
$41K
Augusta, MI
$41K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Kalamazoo Community Foundation40 shared recipientsIrving S Gilmore Foundation33 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund25 shared recipientsHarold and Grace Upjohn Foundation24 shared recipientsThe Ronda E Stryker and William D22 shared recipientsMarvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation22 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $28,450. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Enna Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 211 S Rose Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 84-3284192 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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