STEM grants for nonprofits in Michigan
119 private foundations reported 212 stem grants to organizations in Michigan on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $16.8M in all. 78 of them are based in Michigan.
Foundations that fund stem in Michigan
20 of the 119: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of stem grants to Michigan organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Gull Lake Area Robotics, Springfield - General support$229
- Livonia Frc Robotics, Livonia - General support$182
- Hartland Robotics, Howell - General support$170
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Gave $10.1M in 2024
Whirlpool Foundation
Benton Harbor, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Michigan Council of Women in Technology, Southfield - Technology grant$100,000
- Coloma Community Schools, Coloma - Sponsorship robotics$12,500
- Lakeshore Public Schools, Stevensville - Sponsorship robotics$12,500
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Gave $14.2M in 2024
Toyota USA Foundation
Plano, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- Eastern Michigan University Foundation, Ypsilanti - Close the STEM gap for diverse students by removing barriers that prevent access to STEM. this includes…$1,780,000
- Lincoln Consolidated Schools, Ypsilanti - Identify and remove transportation barriers to access high quality STEM education for students and families…$200,000
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Gave $147.7M in 2024
John S and James L Knight Foundation Inc
Miami, FL · latest return: tax year 2024- Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society, Detroit - To support the creation of michigan central's art + technology program.$500,000
- Midtown Detroit Inc, Detroit - To implement the next phase of the detroit cultural center initiative, focusing on the expansion of public…$500,000
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Gave $622.6M in 2024
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024- Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor - Continuing to support the healthcare value hub to provide technical assistance to voices for health justice…$351,473
- Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor - Continuing to support the healthcare value hub to provide technical assistance to voices for health justice…$42,935
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- The Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor - Core support for the community partnerships initiative at the gerald R. ford school of public policy's…$200,000
- Allied Media Projects Inc, Detroit - Core support for the detroit community technology projects equitable internet initiative to ensure that more…$150,000
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Fellowships for Science and Engineering$175,000
- Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Fellowships for Science and Engineering$87,500
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Gave $89M in 2024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - To launch nationally the distributed teaching collaborative (dtc), which seeks to revolutionize msi-to-r1…$160,544
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - To host a conference that will highlight learnings from the seismic and selc projects and facilitate…$93,162
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Gave $17.3M in 2024
The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation
Royal Oak, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- River Raisin Watershed Council, Adrian - Program support$60,000
- River Raisin Watershed Council, Adrian - Discretionary$2,500
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Glenn W Bailey Charitable Trust
West Palm Beach, FL · latest return: tax year 2024- Dearborn Academy, Dearborn - STEM launchpad: middle school innovators program$25,000
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THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC
Grand Rapids, MI · latest return: tax year 2025- Grand Valley State University, Allendale - Blue dot technology program pledge$3,500,000
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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs$1,833,857
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Gave $15.7M in 2025
Irving S Gilmore Foundation
Kalamazoo, MI · latest return: tax year 2025- Western Michigan University Foundation, Kalamazoo - Gilmore theatre complex lighting/technology upgrades$1,000,000
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Flint, MI · latest return: tax year 2024- Flint Institute of Science History, Flint - To provide general purposes support for the institute and enhance science and history programming for the…$540,000
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Freedom Together Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Ecology Center Inc, Ann Arbor - Using community engagement and community science to protect children in the midwest from lead poisoning and…$500,000
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Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor - To develop and disseminate consumer health care experience surveys and state policy scorecards.$318,912
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The Argosy Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · latest return: tax year 2024- First in Michigan, Southfield - STEM project$225,000
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Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc
Chevy Chase, MD · latest return: tax year 2024- College for Creative Studies, Detroit - Arts & Technology Program$167,715
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Gave $49.3M in 2024
The Henry Luce Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit - Support for six Clare Boothe Luce undergraduate STEM research awards$150,000
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The Simons Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- STEM Greenhouse Inc, Grand Rapids - Sankofa STEM academy$100,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Michigan organizations that received stem grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Altarum Institute Ann Arbor | 3 | $713,343 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor | 2 | $2,096,357 |
| River Raisin Watershed Council Adrian | 2 | $62,516 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Michigan that we classify as stem, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 119 foundations, 51 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.