Central Michigan University
Mt Pleasant, MI · EIN 36-4500805. Reported 38 grants totalling $1,378,905 to 34 organizations across tax years 2023-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Central Michigan University, by its IRS classification it exists to support one specific institution in education -- typically its own parent hospital, university or school (NTEE B114).
- How spread out its giving is. 34 distinct organizations, with 36% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 57% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $19,947. Half of what it reported fell between $15,118 and $20,000; the smallest was $6,660 and the largest $495,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley State University | Allendale, MI | $495,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Valley State University | University Center, MI | $120,495 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mid-Michigan Community College | Harrison, MI | $111,865 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Middle Michigan Development Corporation | Mt Pleasant, MI | $101,175 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hierographics Inc | Saginaw, MI | $41,296 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Michigan University | Mt Pleasant, MI | $31,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abele Greenhouse Inc | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breana Allen Consulting | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Char Stone House LLC | Gladwin, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clare Family Fitness LLC | Clare, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Beginnings Learning Center LLC | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solutions Behavioral Health LLC | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarsha Works Consulting LLC | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unplugged Outfitters | Mt Pleasant, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White's Bar Inc | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lazy Dog Pizza Co LLC | Frankenmuth, MI | $19,996 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zenlightenment Wellness Center LLC | Alma, MI | $19,958 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clearbrooke Enterprises LLC | Freeland, MI | $19,936 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Custom Transport LLC | Saginaw, MI | $19,934 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| My Angel Adult Foster Care LLC | Saginaw, MI | $19,928 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barney's Bakehouse Bakery | Bay City, MI | $19,924 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pure Vitality LLC | Mt Pleasant, MI | $19,859 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allegiance Home Healthcare Agency | Saginaw, MI | $19,764 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wanigan Eatery & Pub | Bay City, MI | $19,261 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gilbert Sales & Service Inc | Breckenridge, MI | $19,175 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tssi Consulting LLC | Beaverton, MI | $18,441 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Basile Hanlon & Macfarlane | Troy, MI | $15,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sergey's Bakery LLC | Midland, MI | $15,118 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nor'east Outdoors LLC | Midland, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gougeon Brothers Inc | Bay City, MI | $8,570 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dow Aska USA LLC | Troy, MI | $6,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kyle Bacon Creative | Vancouver, WA | $6,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Not the Best Agency | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Dobrusin Law Firm Pc | Pontiac, MI | $6,660 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
4 of 34 (12%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | $581,717 | $9,900 |
| 2024 | 31 | $797,188 | $19,958 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $19,947 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Central Michigan University's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 2 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 29 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2625 Denison Dr, Mt Pleasant, MI, 48858.
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