Community Foundation of the
Escanaba, MI · EIN 38-3227080. Reported 186 grants totalling $5,803,068 to 103 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Community Foundation of the, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 103 distinct organizations, with 38% 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. 53% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. 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 $11,050. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $22,537; the smallest was $5,040 and the largest $1,009,314. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Others Less Than 5000 | $2,217,495 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | |
| City of Gladstone | Gladstone, MI | $650,959 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clark Township | Cedarville, MI | $323,541 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay De Noc Community College | Escanaba, MI | $190,286 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $160,764 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holy Name Catholic High School a Chesterton Academy | Escanaba, MI | $90,488 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Omega House | Houghton, MI | $88,770 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grow & Lead - Community and Youth Development | Marquette, MI | $80,440 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delta Animal Shelter | Wells, MI | $76,141 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cedarville Public Schools | Cedarville, MI | $73,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bonifas Fine Arts Center | Escanaba, MI | $66,777 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Les Cheneaux Culinary School | Hessel, MI | $64,015 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Little Brothers Friendsoftheelderly | Hancocki, MI | $63,590 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stryker Sales LLC | Chicago, IL | $60,312 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid Peninsula School District | Rock, MI | $56,944 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rapid River Public Schools | Rapid River, MI | $51,340 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Osf St Francis Foundation | Escanaba, MI | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Services of Delta County | Escanaba, MI | $49,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Escanaba Area Public Schools | Escanaba, MI | $49,331 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Les Cheneaux Education Foundation | Cedarville, MI | $48,763 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Bank | Escanaba, MI | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aurora Dialysis LLC | Grand Forks, ND | $40,327 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beacon House | Marquette, MI | $39,751 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Feeding America West Michigan | Kentwood, MI | $39,326 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lange Enterprises | Oconomowoc, WI | $35,882 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diocese of Comayagua | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Hessel School House Corporation | Hessel, MI | $31,725 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| William Bonifas Fine Arts Center Inc | Escanaba, MI | $31,223 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sunny Dunes Inc | Palm Canyon, CA | $30,327 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delta Menominee Health Department | Escanaba, MI | $28,621 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Anthony's Church | Escanaba, MI | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Ojibwa Culture | St Ignace, MI | $26,227 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gladstone Area Schools | Gladstone, MI | $25,694 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Calumet Theater | Calumet, MI | $25,676 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Great Lakes Boat Building School | Cedarville, MI | $25,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delta-Schoolcraft Isd | Escanaba, MI | $24,932 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upper Peninsula State Fair Auth | Escanaba, MI | $24,648 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ford River Township | Bark River, MI | $23,456 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Copper Country Humane Society | Houghton, MI | $23,451 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Ignace Area Schools | St Ignace, MI | $23,210 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diocesan Council of Marquette Mi Society of St Vincent De Paul | Marquette, MI | $23,119 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Les Cheneaux Watershed Council | Cedarville, MI | $21,786 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gladstone Senior Citizens Non- Profit Corp | Gladstone, MI | $21,319 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Portage Lake District Library | Houghton, MI | $20,687 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Gary Abrahamson JR Memory Care | Escanaba, MI | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservancy-Marquette | Marquette, MI | $19,081 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $19,081 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mds Foster Grandparent Program | Escanaba, MI | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eternal World Television Network | Irondale, AL | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Gladstone Library | Gladstone, MI | $16,594 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Copper Country Suzuki Association | Houghton, MI | $16,136 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eskymo Fan Club | Escanaba, MI | $15,680 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Superior Central Schools | Eben Junction, MI | $15,358 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Isle Royal and Keweenaw Parks Assc | Houghton, MI | $15,279 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coro Medical | Franklin, TN | $15,072 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Mary Student Parish Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Deyoung Family Zoo | Wallace, MI | $14,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $13,083 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $12,636 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michilimackinac Historical Society | St Ignace, MI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Directors Invitational Ski Classic | Basalt, CO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Boat Building School | Cedarville, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fund for Sustainable Empowered Development | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,627 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Copper Country Community Arts Counc | Hancock, MI | $10,970 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allouez Township | Mohawk, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Hancock | Hancock, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Les Cheneaux Watershed Council | Cedarville, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Munising Public Schools | Munising, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas De Peru | Coppell, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kent County Medical Society Allianc | Grand Rapids, MI | $9,771 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra | Ann Arbor, MI | $9,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Visa | Carol Stream, IL | $9,078 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Screenprinting & Embroider | Escanaba, MI | $8,671 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fel | Houghton, MI | $8,373 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis of Assisi | Dollar Bay, MI | $8,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | Houghton, MI | $8,130 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc | Ann Arbor, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Escanba Rotary Trust | Escanaba, MI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copper Country Habitat for Humanity | Houghton, MI | $7,623 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ewtn News Inc | Irondale, AL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portage Health Foundation | Hancock, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Redeemer Church | Calumet, MI | $7,486 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Lights YMCA Inc | Escanaba, MI | $7,424 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keweenaw Land Trust Inc | Hancock, MI | $7,304 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $7,225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Les Cheneaux Snowmobile Club | Cedarville, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Masonville Township Ems | Rapid River, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soo Locks Childrens Museum | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Ignace Community Food Pack | Saint Ignace, MI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $6,336 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delta County Cancer Alliance Inc | Escanaba, MI | $6,324 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Medical Corps | Washington, DC | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A-Way Counseling Services | Victorville, CA | $6,233 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Cove | Cedarville, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Escanba | Escanaba, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Lakes Recovery Center | Ishpeming, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri County Safe Harbor Inc | Escanaba, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lake Superior Stewardship Initiativ | Hancock, MI | $5,651 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Joseph & St Patrick's Church | Escanaba, MI | $5,334 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glad Tidings Assembly of God | Hancock, MI | $5,225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Ironwood Theater | Ironwood, MI | $5,040 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
48 of 103 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 of 103 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65 | $1,362,705 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,688,574 | $12,449 |
| 2023 | 54 | $1,443,900 | $11,550 |
| 2024 | 44 | $1,307,889 | $12,888 |
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
91% 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
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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 $11,050 -- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Community Foundation of the'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 43 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 2420 1ST Avenue South, Escanaba, MI, 49829.
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