The Mignon Sherwood Delano Fund
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 38-2557743. Reported 131 grants totalling $830,563 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Mignon Sherwood Delano Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,322. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,200 and $8,000; the smallest was $702 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Neighbors S E | Plainwell, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allegan County Historical Society | Allegan, MI | $46,143 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Renew Therapeutic Riding Center | Holland, MI | $43,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wings of Hope Hospice Inc | Allegan, MI | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hungry for Christ | Hamilton, MI | $34,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Kitchen | Allegan, MI | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baby Closet | Allegan, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Kidwell | Bloomingdale, MI | $28,586 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Otsego, MI | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Hope of Ne Allegan County | Dorr, MI | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence | Holland, MI | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arc of Allegan County | Allegan, MI | $24,212 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allegan County Food Pantry | Allegan, MI | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christian Neighbors Inc | Douglas, MI | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Hands Plainwell | Plainwell, MI | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saugatuck Center for the Arts LLC | Saugatuck, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hands of Grace Food Pantry | Allegan, MI | $19,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritans Blessed Sacrament | Allegan, MI | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sylvia's Place | Allegan, MI | $17,883 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra | Kalamazoo, MI | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Nampa, ID | $15,136 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holland Free Health Clinic | Holland, MI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kids Food Basket | Holland, MI | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wishbone Pet Rescue Alliance | Douglas, MI | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hand 2 Hand | Jenison, MI | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center | Allegan, MI | $12,707 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allegan Homeless Solutions | Plainwell, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church of the Good Shepherd Baby Closet | Allegan, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gobles Pine Grove Fire Department | Gobles, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plainwell Volunteer Christmas Project | Plainwell, MI | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wings Home Inc | Allegan, MI | $9,486 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beautify Pullman | Pullman, MI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| K'zoo Folk Life - Allegan Chapter | Allegan, MI | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Otsego Area Historical Society | Otsego, MI | $8,342 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Allegan High School Safe Celebration | Allegan, MI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Blessed Sacrament Parish Good Samaritans | Allegan, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Otsego Public Schools | Otsego, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plainwell Chapter Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Twin Falls, ID | $7,568 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy | Galesburg, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Allegan High School | Allegan, MI | $7,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plainwell First United Methodist Church | Plainwell, MI | $7,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Renaissance High School | Detroit, MI | $6,658 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Allegan, MI | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Fennville Downtown Development | Fennville, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Design Street | Plainwell, MI | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lakeshore Community Chorus | Douglas, MI | $3,598 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allegan Alternative High School | Allegan, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopkins Fire Relief Association | Hopkins, MI | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Martin Area Resource Center | Martin, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wmu School of Theater and Dance | Kalamazoo, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allegan County Legal Assistance Center | Allegan, MI | $1,794 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forever Curious Chilren's Musuem | Fennville, MI | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forever Curious Chilren's Museum | Fennville, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 53 (72%) 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 74%, 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.
- Allegan County Historical Society
REPAIRS FOR PORCHES, ROOF, - Renew Therapeutic Riding Center
THERAPEUTIC RIDING LESSONS - Arc of Allegan County
HUBBARD STREET RENOVATION; - Allegan Homeless Solutions
TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSIST, - Wings of Hope Hospice Inc
PAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR - Good Samaritans Blessed Sacrament
FUNDS FOR HEATING, ELECTRIC
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $186,352 | $5,204 |
| 2022 | 36 | $232,281 | $5,500 |
| 2023 | 35 | $224,381 | $5,400 |
| 2024 | 30 | $187,549 | $5,250 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,322. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- 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.
- 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 The Mignon Sherwood Delano Fund'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: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. 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.
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