Organization · EIN 38-6005984 · East Lansing, MI · Education

Who funds Michigan State University?

62 private foundations reported paying Michigan State University $24.5M on returns for tax year 2023.

62 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 62

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Flint, MI
$15,682,500
6 grant lines
To implement and research the impact of an innovative prenatal and infant cash allowance initiative that seeks to advance health equity by… +5 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Gilbert Family Foundation
Detroit, MI · Preselected only
$2,125,000 DISCRETIONARY
Filed as “BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY”
Same address 0.69 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
New York, NY
$1,500,000
2 grant lines
TO SUPPORT DIASPORIC (BLACK, LATINX, INDIGENOUS, ASIAN) DIGITAL STUDIES WITH A FOCUS ON GRADUATE STUDENTS AT R1 UNIVERSITIES, IN COLLABORAT… +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
WK Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
$1,291,700
6 grant lines
Health and Health Equity +3 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Skyline Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$1,000,000 FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF RX KIDS Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Conroy Family Foundation
Madison, WI · Preselected only
$797,190 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA
$668,218 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Irving S Gilmore Foundation
Kalamazoo, MI
$200,000 KELLOGG BIRD SANCTUARY RENOVATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Smith Richardson Foundation
Greensboro, NC
$200,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
S & S Charitable Foundation
Sarasota, FL · Preselected only
$100,000 CHARITABLE PURPOSES - OPERATIONAL SUPPORT OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Craig and Vicki Brown Foundation
Greenville, SC · Preselected only
$100,000 THE ATHLETIC'S DISCRETIONARY FUND Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Simons Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$91,843
5 grant lines
DIOPHANTINE APPROXIMATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS +4 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Allen Foundation
Midland, MI
$86,530 GROWING HEALTHY EATERS Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Consumers Energy Foundation
Jackson, MI
$83,333 CORE EXPERIENCE THEME PARTNERSHIP Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jessie T Fee Hidden Lake Trust
Detroit, MI · Preselected only
$71,115 SUPPORT OF HIDDEN LAKE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Statler Foundation
Buffalo, NY
$50,083
2 grant lines
SUPPORT +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Henry Luce Foundation
New York, NY
$50,000 Tribal Appellate Court Clerkship Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ida & Benjamin Alpert Foundation
Southfield, MI · Preselected only
$50,000 DONATION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Seevers Family Foundation
Westport, CT · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
The Stanton Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$47,319 TO ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Michigan State University

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Michigan State University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $1.18M to them
  2. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $148K to them
  3. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $4.38M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Alfred P Sloan Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $17.6M to them
  5. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $94.6K to them
  6. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $8.21M to them
  7. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $40.6K to them
  8. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Austin, TX
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $1.15M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Cornell University Ithaca, NY
    16 shared funders · 463 funders in all
  2. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
    11 shared funders · 336 funders in all
  3. President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
    14 shared funders · 831 funders in all
  4. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
    15 shared funders · 628 funders in all
  5. University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
    12 shared funders · 308 funders in all
  6. University of Chicago Chicago, IL
    11 shared funders · 356 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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