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Who does Michigan Humanities Council fund?

Michigan Humanities Council has awarded $4.2 million across 380 grants to 244 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $7,000 and $15,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $7,500 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$4.2M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
244
Grants
380
Years
2019–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 244 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
R Regents of the University of Michigan $188K102020–20242024MI
M Museum of Ojibwa Culture $118K62019–20222022— —
Library of Michigan Foundation $100K52019–20242024MI
Underground Railroad Society of Cass County $77K52019–20222022MI
M Michigan State University $73K62019–20222022MI
Youth Arts Unlocked $68K42019–20232023MI
S Surrey Township Public Library $62K82019–20202020— —
Arab Community Center for Economic and S $52K42019–20232023MI
W Wayne State University $52K22020–20222022MI
Detroit Public Theatre $50K42019–20222022MI
Hope College $45K32019–20212021MI
S Saginaw Valley State University $45K32019–20222022MI
L Long Haul Productions INC $45K32019–20232023MI
Detroit Historical Society $45K32020–20222022MI
G Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives $40K32019–20222022MI
8 826michigan $40K22022–20242024MI —
Capital City Film Festival $40K32022–20242024MI
Detroit Puppet Company $40K22022–20232023MI
Plowshares Theatre Company $40K32019–20242024MI
Alma College $40K32020–20242024MI
B Board of Regents of Eastern Michigan University $39K22019–20212021MI
Templearts $38K22020–20222022MI
Michigan Environmental Council $38K32020–20232023MI
R Real People Media INC $36K32019–20222022MI
Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities INC $35K32019–20222022MI
W Western Michigan University $35K22021–20242024MI
Beaver Island Historical Society of Michigan $34K32019–20212021MI
H Herrick District Library $34K22022–20232023— —
Michigan Centennial Farm Asssociation $32K22022–20232023MI
Troy Historical Society $30K32019–20232023MI
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan $30K22020–20232023MI
Lowell Area Historical Association $30K32019–20232023MI
Matrix Theatre Company INC $30K22019–20212021MI
Lawrence Technological University $30K22023–20242024MI
Affirmations Community Center $30K22020–20212021MI
The Diatribe INC $30K32019–20222022MI
A Host of People INC $30K32019–20202020MI
N Northern Michigan University $30K32020–20232023— —
E Every Soul Arts $28K22022–20232023— —
Crooked Tree Arts Council INC $28K32019–20202020MI
Calvin University $26K22019–20212021MI
H Historical Society of Greater Lansing $25K120222022MI
M Michigan Stage $25K22022–20242024MI
M Marygrove Conservancy $25K22020–20242024MI
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts $25K22021–20232023MI
The Chaldean Community Foundation $25K120222022MI
Museum of African American History $25K22019–20242024MI
M Mason County District Library $25K22021–20222022— —
B Birmingham Museum (city of Birmingham) $24K22022–20232023— —
Raven Hill Discovery Center $22K220192019MI
Mason County Historical Society INC $22K22019–20202020MI
M Milford Historical Society $22K22019–20202020MI
Marquette County Historical Society INC $21K32019–20202020MI
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society $21K22019–20202020MI
I Individual recipient $20K120222022MI —
Kingman Museum INC $20K22019–20202020MI
The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum $20K120202020MI
Puppetart $20K22019–20212021MI
Grand Rapids Children's Museum $20K120242024MI
H Hillsdale Community Library $20K22019–20202020— —
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation $20K22019–20202020MI
Chaldean Community Cultural Center $20K22019–20202020MI
N Next $20K120242024MI —
B Benzonia Public Library $20K22019–20202020— —
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians INC $19K120232023MI
W Warren Public Library $19K120202020— —
M Michigan Technological University $18K22020–20242024— —
Writers Series of Traverse City $18K32020–20212021MI
Ella Sharp Museum Association of Jackson $18K22019–20202020MI
Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation $18K22019–20212021MI
Friends of Historical Hamtramck $17K22019–20202020MI
M Missaukee District Library $17K22019–20202020— —
Allied Media Projects INC $16K120242024MI
N Nokomis Learning Center $15K22019–20202020MI
Disart $15K120232023MI
A Athens Community Library $15K120202020— —
F Ferris State University $15K120202020MI
Arts League of Michigan INC $15K120202020MI
I Ironwood Theatre INC $15K120202020MI
M Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library $15K22019–20202020— —
Friends of Spring Lake District Library $15K120202020MI
F Flint Youth Film Festival Mott College Fiduciary $15K120192019— —
University Liggett School $15K120232023MI
W White Cloud Community Library $15K22019–20202020— —
Detroit Opera $15K120192019MI
Shiawassee Arts Council $15K120212021MI
I Imichigan Productions $15K120202020MI
M Mighty Real Queer Detroit $15K120232023MI
I Institute of Public Scholarship $15K120232023MI
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities INC $15K120212021MI
Lgbt Detroit $15K120212021MI
S Sunfield District Library $15K120202020— —
Detroit Educational Television $15K120192019MI
Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation $15K120202020IN
M Manistee Area Racial Justice & Diversity Initiative (marjdi) $15K120222022— —
E East Lansing Public Library $15K22019–20202020— —
K Keiga Foundation $15K120212021MI
Shakespeare in Detroit $15K120222022MI
The Great Lakes Childrens Museum $15K120202020MI
O Otsego District Public Library $15K120202020— —

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