Lenawee Community Foundation
Adrian, MI · EIN 38-6095474. Reported 161 grants totalling $7,097,250 to 69 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 Lenawee Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 69 distinct organizations, with 26% 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. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $17,049. Half of what it reported fell between $9,330 and $29,784; the smallest was $5,080 and the largest $1,850,110. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenawee Chamber Foundation | Adrian, MI | $1,850,110 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Align Center for Workforce Development | Adrian, MI | $1,052,399 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Tecumseh | Tecumseh, MI | $363,386 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Croswell Opera House & Fine Arts Association | Adrian, MI | $315,574 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Adrian School Educational Foundation | Adrian, MI | $238,610 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Msu - Hidden Lake Gardens | Tipton, MI | $233,762 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee | Adrian, MI | $222,040 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shelby County United Fund Inc | Shelbyville, IN | $161,257 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kappa Kappa Epsilon Society | Adrian, MI | $157,765 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hospice of Lenawee Inc | Adrian, MI | $141,464 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Community Center Inc | Adrian, MI | $124,757 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Counseling & Childrens Services of Lenawee Co | Adrian, MI | $110,182 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Jackson Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties | Jackson, MI | $107,992 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lenawee County Educational Foundation | Adrian, MI | $105,807 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clinton Community Schools | Clinton, MI | $100,033 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Promedica | Adrian, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lenawee Emergency and Affordable Housing Corp | Adrian, MI | $84,225 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Daily Bread of Lenawee Inc | Adrian, MI | $80,975 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Adrian, MI | $79,772 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Share the Warmth | Adrian, MI | $78,889 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dollywood Foundation | Sevierville, TN | $77,273 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First United Methodist Church | Adrian, MI | $75,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adrian Public Schools | Adrian, MI | $74,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lenawee Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | Adrian, MI | $74,366 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lenawee Humane Society | Adrian, MI | $70,185 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safelite Autoglass Foundation | Columbus, OH | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adrian Community Preschool | Adrian, MI | $63,389 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lenawee County | Adrian, MI | $61,602 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Action Agency | Jackson, MI | $51,191 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church | Naples, FL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Associated Charities of Lenawee County | Adrian, MI | $49,338 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc | Adrian, MI | $49,075 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blissfield Community Schools | Blissfield, MI | $46,620 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blissfield Foundation for Educational Excellence | Blissfield, MI | $38,577 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lenawee County Mission | Adrian, MI | $37,087 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Lenawee County | Adrian, MI | $33,997 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | Ypsilanti, MI | $30,947 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Care Network Washtenaw Regional 4C | Ann Arbor, MI | $30,112 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts | Adrian, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tecumseh Service Club Inc | Tecumseh, MI | $26,064 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Southfield, MI | $22,540 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Newlife Church Mi | Adrian, MI | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Living Waterworks Inc | Adrian, MI | $21,743 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Refuge Ministries International | Adrian, MI | $20,766 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Baptist Church | Toledo, OH | $19,904 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Vincent De Paul | Adrian, MI | $18,917 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Song | Tecumseh, MI | $16,850 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $16,560 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Adrian | Adrian, MI | $16,134 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Church | Adrian, MI | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adrian Center for the Arts | Adrian, MI | $13,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adrian Rea Literacy Center | Adrian, MI | $13,061 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridge Builders Community Foundation | Franklin, PA | $10,473 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lenawee County Department on Agings Mobile Meals Foundation | Adrian, MI | $10,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sam Beauford Woodshop | Adrian, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tecumseh District Library | Tecumseh, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Onsted Kiwanis Community Foundation | Onsted, MI | $9,905 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodworking for Warriors | Tipton, MI | $8,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sand Creek Community Schools | Sand Creek, MI | $8,844 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hopkinsville Christian County United Way Inc | Hopkinsville, KY | $7,694 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lenawee Public Transportation | Adrian, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I-92 Ministries | Clinton, MI | $7,282 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adrian College | Adrian, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michigan Transportation Connection | East Lansing, MI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dr Mlk JR Lenawee Committee | Adrian, MI | $6,997 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Learning Connections Inc | Tecumseh, MI | $6,311 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adrian Kiwanis Foundation Inc | Adrian, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary International | Adrian, MI | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Argyros Family Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $5,197 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
42 of 69 (61%) 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- First United Methodist Church
RELIGIOUS/COMMUNITY SERVICES
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 32 of 69 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 | 30 | $734,882 | $20,762 |
| 2022 | 41 | $1,385,271 | $18,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $1,283,624 | $18,311 |
| 2024 | 47 | $3,693,473 | $15,229 |
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
94% 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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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 $17,049 -- 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 Lenawee Community Foundation'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 36 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 12 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: 1440 W Maumee St, Adrian, MI, 49221.
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