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Grant Funders in Ann Arbor, MI

Bespoke Grants indexes 38 grant-making foundations headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan — together $105.4M in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, education, higher education and food & agriculture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Ann Arbor nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

38
Foundations in Ann Arbor
$105.4M
Indexed annual giving
38
Listed below
MI
State

Foundations headquartered in Ann Arbor

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Food Gatherers$12.6M2024
2Ann Arbor Spark$10.7M2024
3Fair Food Network Inc$7.8M2024
4Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation$7.7M2024
5Orville D & Ruth a Merillat Foundation$7.5M2025
6Kla Foundation$7.3M2025
7College of Healthcare Information$6.7M2024
8Duffy Foundation$6.0M2024
9United Way of Washtenaw County$4.1M2023
10Harry a and Margaret D Towsley$4.0M2024
11Cascade Hemophilia Consortium$3.9M2024
12Michigan Municipal League Foundation$2.2M2024
13Vaughan Foundation$1.9M2024
14Burt Foundation$1.4M2023
15Timothy and Sheila Patton Family$1.4M2024
16Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc$1.4M2024
17The Hope Foundation Inc$1.4M2024
18Jewish Federation of Greater$1.3M2024
19Weiser Charitable Foundation$1.3M2024
20Ann Arbor Spark Foundation$1.3M2024
21Veterans Education and Research$1.2M2017
22J Ferrantino Charitable Foundation$1.1M2024
23Molloy Foundation$1.1M2018
24Saddle Foundation$956K2024
25Association for Asian Studies Inc$900K2024
26Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association$824K2024
27James a and Faith Knight Foundation$785K2023
28Michigan Theater Foundation Inc$782K2020
29Academic Freedom Lecture Fund$696K2024
30Richard D and Lynette S Merillat$655K2023
31Kiwanis Club of Aa Foundation Inc$637K2024
32The Wadhams Family Foundation$594K2024
33Washtenaw Housing Alliance$594K2024
34The Martin Family Foundation$576K2024
35Great Lakes Colleges Association Inc$566K2023
36Artrain Inc$565K2022
37Book Industry Charitable Foundation$509K2023
38Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc$504K2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Ann Arbor, MI address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Ann Arbor nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.