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Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation

Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 38-6052963. Reported 344 grants totalling $4,594,870 to 182 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$4,594,870granted, 2020-2023
182organizations funded
58%of grantees funded again the next year
$24.4Massets, 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. Harold and Grace Upjohn 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $55,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
86 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
216 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
33 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

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
Ministry With CommunityKalamazoo, MI$92,000442023
Kalamazoo County Ready 4SKalamazoo, MI$85,000442023
Kalamazoo Loaves & FishesKalamazoo, MI$85,000442023
Kalamazoo Symphony OrchestraKalamazoo, MI$85,000442023
Communities in Schools of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$83,000442023
The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum (dba the Air Zoo)Portage, MI$83,000532023
Family & Children ServicesKalamazoo, MI$80,000442023
Kalamazoo Institute of ArtsKalamazoo, MI$77,500442023
Kairos DwellingKalamazoo, MI$75,000442023
Read and Write KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$73,000442023
Crescendo Academy of MusicKalamazoo, MI$72,500442023
Planned Parenthood of MichiganArbor, MI$72,000442023
Open Doors KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$68,000442023
Aacorn Farm IncKalamazoo, MI$65,000442023
Eastside Youth StrongKalamazoo, MI$65,000332023
The Arc Community AdvocatesKalamazoo, MI$65,000442023
Goodwill Industries of Southwestern MichiganKalamazoo, MI$60,000332023
YMCA of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$60,000332022
YWCA KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$59,000222021
Kalamazoo Literacy CouncilKalamazoo, MI$58,000442023
Community Healing CentersKalamazoo, MI$56,500322023
Boys & Girls Club of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$55,000112020
First Day Shoe FundPortage, MI$51,000442023
Kalamazoo Nature CenterKalamazoo, MI$50,000332023
Open Roads Bike ProgramKalamazoo, MI$50,000332023
Public Media NetworkKalamazoo, MI$50,000332023
The Helen L Fox Gospel Music CenterKalamazoo, MI$50,000332022
Christian Global Medical Healthcare IncPortage, MI$45,000332022
Kalamazoo Book Arts CenterKalamazoo, MI$45,000442023
The Kalamazoo Civic TheatreKalamazoo, MI$45,000442023
Douglass Community AssociationKalamazoo, MI$41,500222021
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$40,000332023
Centrica Care NavigatorsKalamazoo, MI$40,000222023
Healthy HouseKalamazoo, MI$40,000222023
Housing Resources IncKalamazoo, MI$40,000222022
YWCA of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$37,000112023
The Suzuki Academy of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$36,000442023
Wellspringcori Terry & DancersKalamazoo, MI$36,000332023
Community HomeworksKalamazoo, MI$35,000332023
Constance Brown Hearing CentersKalamazoo, MI$35,000222021
Kalamazoo Children's ChorusPortage, MI$35,000332023
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services IncKalamazoo, MI$35,000222021
Rootead Enrichment CenterKalamazoo, MI$35,000222023
St Luke's Diaper BankKalamazoo, MI$35,000222021
Warm Kids Project IncKalamazoo, MI$34,000332022
Girl Scouts Heart of MichiganKalamazoo, MI$32,500332022
The Kalamazoo Black Male AllianceKalamazoo, MI$32,500222023
Building Blocks of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$31,000442023
Fontana Chamber ArtsKalamazoo, MI$30,500442023
Bronson Health FoundationKalamazoo, MI$30,000222023
Friends With DisabilitiesKalamazoo, MI$30,000442023
Kalamazoo Public Schools-Wood Lake DanceKalamazoo, MI$30,000112023
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for HumanityKalamazoo, MI$30,000222021
Partners in Housing TransitionKalamazoo, MI$30,000332022
Prevention WorksKalamazoo, MI$30,000332022
South Michigan Food BankBattle Creek, MI$30,000222023
Gryphon PlaceKalamazoo, MI$29,370222023
Girls on the Run of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$28,000332022
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy CoalitionKalamazoo, MI$28,000222023
Cares of Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$26,000332023
Can-Do KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$25,000222022
Center for TransformationKalamazoo, MI$25,000332023
Christian Resource CenterKalamazoo, MI$25,000112023
Cradle KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$25,000112023
Farmers Alley TheatreKalamazoo, MI$25,000332022
Hospice Care of Sw Michigan Dba Centrica Care NavigatorsKalamazoo, MI$25,000112022
Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard FestivalKalamazoo, MI$25,000112020
Kalamazoo Housing AdvocatesRichland, MI$25,000222023
Lift FoundationKalamazoo, MI$25,000112020
Senior Services IncKalamazoo, MI$25,000112020
The Irving S Gilmore Piano FestivalKalamazoo, MI$25,000112023
Woods Lake Elementary a Magnet Center for the ArtsKalamazoo, MI$25,000222022
Ballet Arts Ensemble IncKalamazoo, MI$23,000442023
Sld ReadPortage, MI$22,500332023
American Red Cross - Southwest Michigan ChapterKalamazoo, MI$22,000222022
Helen L Fox Gospel Music Center Dba Fox Music CenterKalamazoo, MI$22,000112023
Health HouseKalamazoo, MI$21,500112020
Can-Do KitchenKalamazoo, MI$20,000112020
Confident SoleKalamazoo, MI$20,000112023
Edison Neighborhood AssociationKalamazoo, MI$20,000222022
Glass Art KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$20,000332023
Housing Resources Inc KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Kalamazoo Downtown PartnershipKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Kalamazoo Drop-in Child Care CenterKalamazoo, MI$20,000222023
Kalamazoo in BloomKalamazoo, MI$20,000442023
Kalamazoo ResaPortage, MI$20,000112020
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (lisc) KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
Michigan Festival of Sacred MusicKalamazoo, MI$20,000442023
New Year's Fest of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$20,000442023
Portage Community Outreach CenterPortage, MI$20,000222023
The Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard Festival (dba the Gilmore)Kalamazoo, MI$20,000112021
YWCA (young Womens Christian Association of Kalamazoo)Kalamazoo, MI$20,000112022
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony OrchestrasKalamazoo, MI$18,000222023
Kalamazoo Poetry FestivalKalamazoo, MI$16,500442023
Disability Network Southwest MiKalamazoo, MI$16,000112023
Julius & Esther Stulberg String Competition IncKalamazoo, MI$16,000222022
Vicksburg Cultural Arts CenterVicksburg, MI$16,000222022
American Red Cross of Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$15,000112020
Arts Council of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$15,000112020
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw MiKalamazoo, MI$15,000112023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw MichiganKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
Ecumencial Senior CenterKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
GottagetitCaledonia, MI$15,000112023
Hispanic American Council Incel ConcilioKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
Hospital Hospitality House of Southwest Michigan IncKalamazoo, MI$15,000112020
Hospital Hospitality House of Sw MiKalamazoo, MI$15,000112023
Hospital Hospitality House of Sw MichiganKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
IsaacKalamazoo, MI$15,000112020
Julius & Esther Stulberg CompetitionKalamazoo, MI$15,000112023
Kalamazoo Community FoundationKalamazoo, MI$15,000112020
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing SvsKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
Kalamazoo Public Schoolswoods Lake Elementary a Magnet Center for the ArtsKalamazoo, MI$15,000112021
Kalamazoo Youth Development NetworkKalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
Kindleberger Arts CommissionParchment, MI$15,000332023
Lake Mi Junior Golf Association (first Tee-Wes Michigan)Kalamazoo, MI$15,000112022
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of AmericaKalamazoo, MI$15,000222023
Michigan Works SouthwestKalamazoo, MI$15,000112023
The Synergy Health Center - UrbanzoneKalamazoo, MI$15,000112023
West Michigan Cancer Center & Institute for Blood DisordersKalamazoo, MI$15,000112020
Sw Michigan Miracle LeaguePortage, MI$13,500222022
Senior Services Inc (dba Milestone Senior Services)Kalamazoo, MI$12,500112022
The Irving S Gilmore International Piano FestivalKalamazoo, MI$12,500112022
United Way of South Central MichiganKalamazoo, MI$12,000112022
Wmuk-Fm Western Michigan University FoundationKalamazoo, MI$12,000112023
American Red Cross of Sw MiKalamazoo, MI$10,000112023
Bethany Christian ServicesKalamazoo, MI$10,000112020
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest MiKalamazoo, MI$10,000112021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$10,000112020
Black Arts and Cultural CenterKalamazoo, MI$10,000112022
Care Collective of Southwest MiKalamazoo, MI$10,000112023
Children's Nature PlayscapeKalamazoo, MI$10,000112021
Community AIDS Resource & Education SvcKalamazoo, MI$10,000112020
Community Home WorksKalamazoo, MI$10,000112021
Disaility Network Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$10,000112022
First Tee - West MichiganKalamazoo, MI$10,000112023
Guardian Finance and Advocacy ServicesKalamazoo, MI$10,000112021
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo FoundationKalamazoo, MI$10,000112022
Hospital Hospitality House of Southwest MichigajamesKalamazoo, MI$10,000112021
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum Air ZooPortage, MI$10,000112020
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony SocietyKalamazoo, MI$10,000112022
Local Journalism Foundation of Kalamazoo CountyKalamazoo, MI$10,000112023
Portage Community CenterPortage, MI$10,000112021
Presbyterian Villages of Michigan FoundationSouthfield, MI$10,000112023
Pretty Lake CampMattawan, MI$10,000112021
Renaissance EnterprisesKalamazoo, MI$10,000222021
Renaissance Enterprises CompanyKalamazoo, MI$10,000222023
Rootead Family EnrichmentKalamazoo, MI$10,000112020
Southwest Mi Miracle LeagueSchoolcraft, MI$10,000112023
St Luke's Partners in Housing TransitionKalamazoo, MI$10,000112023
Wellspringcori Terry and DancersKalamazoo, MI$10,000112021
Action MattersKalamazoo, MI$8,000112023
Julius and Ester Stulberg International String CompetionincKalamazoo, MI$8,000112020
Kalamazoo Choral ArtsKalamazoo, MI$8,000112023
Kalamazoo Junior SymphonyKalamazoo, MI$8,000112020
Regen Next IncPortage, MI$8,000112022
African Community KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$7,500112022
Allen Chapel AME ChurchKalamazoo, MI$7,500112023
Junior Achievement of the Mi Great Lakes Dba JR Achievement of Southwest MiBattle Creek, MI$7,500112022
Pretty Lake Vacation CampMattawan, MI$7,500112023
Bach Festival Society of KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$7,000112020
Queer Theatre IncKalamazoo, MI$6,000112023
Southwest Mi Journalism CollaborativeRoyal Oak, MI$6,000112023
Community Living OptionsKalamazoo, MI$5,000112023
Comstock Charter Township DowntownComstock, MI$5,000112020
Disability Network of Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$5,000112021
Disability Network Southwest MichiganKalamazoo, MI$5,000112020
Fire Historical & Cultural Arts CollaborativeKalamazoo, MI$5,000112021
Fire Historical and Cultural Arts CollaborativeKalamazoo, MI$5,000112022
Global Ties KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$5,000112021
Guardian Finance & Advocacy ServicesKalamazoo, MI$5,000112023
Iinterfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community (isaac)Kalamazoo, MI$5,000112021
Isaac-Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy & Action in the CommunityKalamazoo, MI$5,000112023
Junior Acievement of Southewest MichiganBattle Creek, MI$5,000112021
Kalamazoo Choral Arts Formerly Kalamazoo Bach FestivalKalamazoo, MI$5,000112022
Kindleberger Arts Commission-Summer Concert SeriesParchment, MI$5,000112022
Queer Theatre KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$5,000112022
Seeding Change Dba Great Lakes PeacejamKalamazoo, MI$5,000112022
Suzuki Academy of Kalamazoo Orchestra Jammbo'laya (o Jamm)Kalamazoo, MI$5,000112022
The Kalamazoo Bach Festival SocietyKalamazoo, MI$5,000112021
The Shepherd's Center of Greater KalamazooKalamazoo, MI$5,000112023
Kalamazoo Concert BandKalamazoo, MI$4,000112022
Comstock Community CenterKalamazoo, MI$3,000112023

81 of 182 (45%) 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 58%, 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 197 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
47 grants
Arts & Culture
47 grants
Community Improvement
14 grants
Youth Development
14 grants
Housing & Shelter
11 grants
Food & Nutrition
11 grants
Education
9 grants
Mental Health
8 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202077$1,225,000$15,000
202186$1,016,000$10,000
202291$1,078,000$10,000
202390$1,275,870$15,000

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.

Where its money goes

Kalamazoo, MI
$4.1M
Portage, MI
$297K
Ann Arbor, MI
$60K
Battle Creek, MI
$42K
Mattawan, MI
$18K
Vicksburg, MI
$16K
Parchment, MI
$15K
Caledonia, MI
$15K

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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 Foundation82 shared recipientsIrving S Gilmore Foundation74 shared recipientsMarvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation45 shared recipientsThe Ronda E Stryker and William D41 shared recipientsUnited Way of South Central Michigan39 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund38 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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 Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 300 S Westnedge Ave, 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 38-6052963 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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