Michigan Center for Rural Health
East Lansing, MI · EIN 38-3180997. Reported 300 grants totalling $25.2M to 93 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Michigan Center for Rural Health, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E39Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 93 distinct organizations, with 4% 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. 92% 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 $11,900. Half of what it reported fell between $11,679 and $187,635; the smallest was $7,713 and the largest $548,293. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Island Rural Health Center | Beaver Island, MI | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mackinac Island Medical Center Inc | Mackinac Is, MI | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mid-Michigan District Health Department | Stanton, MI | $925,058 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Drummond Island Medical Center Inc | Drummond Is, MI | $691,174 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dhd #10 | Cadillac, MI | $583,877 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barry Eaton Dhd | Charlotte, MI | $416,511 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Branch Hillsdale St Joseph Cha | Coldwater, MI | $408,692 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mackinac Straits Health System Inc | Saint Ignace, MI | $403,870 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hillsdale Community Health Center | Hillsdale, MI | $351,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Allegan Dhd | Allegan, MI | $332,784 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Munising Memorial Hospital Association | Munising, MI | $327,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sheridan Community Hospital | Sheridan, MI | $327,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lenawee County Dhd | Adrian, MI | $309,082 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center | Newberry, MI | $304,288 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ascension Allegan Foundation | South Bend, IN | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ascension Borgess Lee Hospital | Saint Louis, MO | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics Inc | Iron River, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspirus Keweenaw | Laurium, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital | Ontonagon, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baraga County Memorial Hospital | Lanse, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bronson Lakeview Hospital | Kalamazoo, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bronson South Haven Hospital | Kalamazoo, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Deckerville Community Hospital Inc | Deckerville, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eaton Rapids Medical Center | Eaton Rapids, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Grand View Hospital Workers Compensation Trust | King of Prussia, PA | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harbor Beach Community Hospital Inc | Harbor Beach, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kalkaska Hospital | Kalkaska, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marlette Regional Hospital | Marlette, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mckenize Memorial Hospital | Sandusky, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mclaren Caro Region | Caro, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mclaren Thumb Region | Bad Axe, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital | Traverse City, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Munson Healthcare Grayling | Traverse City, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital | Traverse City, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Clare | Midland, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin | Midland, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Sault | Midland, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Standish | Midland, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Tawas | Midland, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Osf St Francis | Escanaba, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital | Frankfort, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Portage Health Auxiliary | Hancock, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Scheurer Hospital | Pigeon, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital | Manistique, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sparrow Carson Hospital | Carson City, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sparrow Clinton Hospital | Saint Johns, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sparrow Eaton Hospital | Charlotte, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sparrow Ionia Hospital | Ionia, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Up Health System - Bell | Ishpeming, MI | $303,870 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwest Michigan Dhd | Charlevoix, MI | $301,944 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Munson Healthcare | Traverse City, MI | $300,487 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital | Traverse City, MI | $293,236 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch | Midland, MI | $293,236 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dickinson Hospitals Foundation | Iron Mountain, MI | $292,066 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hills & Dales General Hospital Inc | Cass City, MI | $292,066 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Three Rivers Health System Inc | Three Rivers, MI | $292,066 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dhd #4 | Alpena, MI | $284,206 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dhd #2 | West Branch, MI | $283,821 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Alma | Midland, MI | $281,557 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mclaren Central Michigan | Mt Pleasant, MI | $281,336 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Emma L Bixby Medical Center | Toledo, OH | $280,166 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Western Upper Penisula Dhd | Hancock, MI | $273,762 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ionia County Hd | Ionia, MI | $271,957 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Promedica Coldwater Regional Hospital | Flint, MI | $269,657 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sturgis Hospital | Sturgis, MI | $257,853 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Delta Menominee Dhd | Escanaba, MI | $252,995 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sanilac County Health Department | Sandusky, MI | $239,102 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shiawassee County Dhd | Corunna, MI | $234,970 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grand Traverse County Dhd | Traverse City, MI | $223,219 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lmas District Health Dept | Newberry, MI | $221,925 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marquette County Dhd | Negaunee, MI | $215,752 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chippewa County Dhd | Sault St Marie, MI | $213,846 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Benzie Leelanau Dhd | Benzonia, MI | $195,641 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Huron County Health Department | Bad Axe, MI | $191,689 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $156,191 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| West Mackinac Health Association | Engadine, MI | $103,604 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $70,824 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lake Superior State University Foundation | Sault S Marie, MI | $38,370 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mercy Health Partners Lakeshore | Shelby, MI | $34,213 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Township of Burt Alger County | Grand Marais, MI | $30,852 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Promedica Health System Inc | Toledo, OH | $23,704 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Munson Healthcare Cadillac | Traverse City, MI | $23,483 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | Traverse City, MI | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corewell Health | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aspirus Ironwood Hospital & Clinics Inc | Ironwood, MI | $11,804 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marshfield Clinic Health System Inc | Marshfield, WI | $11,804 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Health-Michigan | Grand Rapids, MI | $11,804 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
79 of 93 (85%) 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 59 of 93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 56 | $8,612,904 | $253,926 |
| 2021 | 82 | $13.0M | $186,988 |
| 2022 | 83 | $1,590,107 | $11,900 |
| 2023 | 79 | $1,954,681 | $11,804 |
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
95% 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 $11,900 -- 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 Michigan Center for Rural Health's own Form 990 Schedule I 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: Msu B-218 Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI, 48824.
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