Who funds Michigan State University?

East Lansing, Michigan · EIN 38-6005984 · NTEE B40 · 501(c)(3)

243 private foundations paid Michigan State University 516 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $32.9M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE B40) places it in education.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

The 200 largest by total, of 244 on file.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• The Gilbert Family Foundation · 2024 - Economic mobility$2,625,000
• Ishbia Family Foundation Inc · 2025 - To further program services$1,304,553
• The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust · 2024 - A c-peptide complex for improved glucose metabolism in people with type 1 diabetes$1,215,611
• Skyline Foundation · 2024 - For the charitable purposes of rx kids$1,000,000
• Skyline Foundation · 2023 - For the charitable purposes of rx kids$1,000,000
• The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2023 - To support diasporic (black, latinx, indigenous, asian) digital studies with a focus on graduate students at R1 universities, in…$1,000,000
• Gates Foundation · 2024 - Agricultural development$927,455
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2024 - Analyzing american economic and demographic fragmentation at the community level to address those divides and support positive change$812,672
• Conroy Family Foundation Inc · 2023 - General support$797,190
• Forest H Akers Trust · 2025 - Endow fund - entrepreneurial develop$716,600
• Gates Foundation · 2023 - Agricultural development$668,218
• Forest H Akers Trust · 2023 - Endow fund - entrepreneurial develop$622,000
• Forest H Akers Trust · 2024 - Endow fund - entrepreneurial develop$609,000
• Grosfeld Foundation · 2024 - Unrestricted charitable gift$600,000
• Gates Foundation · 2024 - Agricultural development$500,000
• The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · 2023 - To support the archivo de respuestas emergencias de puerto rico$500,000
• W K Kellogg Foundation · 2023 - Health and Health Equity$500,000
• The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · 2023 - For a network improvement community that prepares teachers to focus on racial equity$494,806
• The Spencer Foundation · 2024 - Creating transformative possibility in schools and communities$483,044
• The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · 2023 - For a network improvement community that prepares teachers to focus on racial equity$421,641
• Matilda R Wilson Fund · 2024 - Capital improvements and scholarships$400,000
• Matilda R Wilson Fund · 2023 - Capital improvements and scholarships$400,000
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc · 2024 - To support research to evaluate the impact of material support on child well-being outcomes, through the rx kids pilot for newborns in…$387,500
• Dan and Sherry Bowen Foundation · 2023 - Education$383,000
• The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust · 2022 - A c-peptide complex for improved glucose metabolism in people with type 1 diabetes$382,594

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• Regents of the University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI · 33 shared funders
• Howard UniversityWashington, DC · 32 shared funders
• Spelman CollegeAtl, GA · 24 shared funders
• Childrens Miracle NetworkSalt Lake Cty, UT · 22 shared funders
• Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA · 36 shared funders
• Movember FoundationSanta Monica, CA · 22 shared funders
• PelotoniaColumbus, OH · 22 shared funders
• University of DelawareNewark, DE · 26 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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• Education grants in Michigan
• All foundation grants in Michigan

How this page is made

Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 38-6005984
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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