| Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 7 | 2024 | $352,257 |
| The Brookby Foundation | | Milwaukee, WI | National | 5 | 2024 | $344,000 |
| Dte Energy Foundation | | Detroit, MI | Local | 5 | 2024 | $240,000 |
| Oleson Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 6 | 2024 | $207,500 |
| Mariel Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 5 | 2024 | $161,000 |
| Worthington Family Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 7 | 2024 | $154,000 |
| Alden & Vada Dow Fund | | Midland, MI | Local | 5 | 2024 | $146,500 |
| Allen Foundation Inc | | Midland, MI | National | 4 | 2024 | $126,500 |
| Les and Anne Biederman Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 7 | 2024 | $126,404 |
| Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation | | Ann Arbor, MI | Local | 5 | 2024 | $117,431 |
| Herrington Fitch Family Foundation Inc | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 7 | 2024 | $107,000 |
| Tuktawa Foundation | | Orchard Lake, MI | Local | 7 | 2024 | $78,000 |
| Chicago Yacht Club Foundation Inc | | Chicago, IL | Local | 4 | 2024 | $63,610 |
| Northern Compass Foundation Inc | | Newark, DE | Local | 2 | 2024 | $52,380 |
| Harry a & Margaret D Towsley Foundation | | Ann Arbor, MI | Local | 1 | 2024 | $50,000 |
| Julius H and Barbara B Beers Family Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 7 | 2024 | $29,000 |
| Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 4 | 2024 | $16,000 |
| Ralph L and Winifred E Polk Foundation | | Birmingham, MI | Local | 1 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| Broad Family Foundation Inc | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 2 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| Gordon J Hammersley Foundation | | Leland, MI | Local | 2 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc | | Grand Haven, MI | Local | 1 | 2024 | $7,500 |
| Helen L Kay Charitable Trust | | Cincinnati, OH | Local | 1 | 2024 | $3,000 |
| Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | | Royal Oak, MI | Local | 1 | 2024 | $1,000 |
| William & Mary Swift Foundation | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 5 | 2024 | $500 |
| Edmund F and Virginia B Ball Foundation Inc | | Muncie, IN | Local | 7 | 2023 | $1,399,500 |
| Great Lakes Fishery Trust Inc | | Lansing, MI | Local | 3 | 2023 | $153,103 |
| Rotary Charities of Traverse City | | Traverse City, MI | Local | 2 | 2023 | $128,159 |
| Huckle Family Foundation | | Wilmington, DE | Local | 1 | 2023 | $50,000 |
| Hp Foundation | | Suttons Bay, MI | Local | 6 | 2023 | $35,000 |
| Feather Foundation | | Maple City, MI | Local | 2 | 2023 | $10,000 |
| Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation | | Petoskey, MI | Local | 1 | 2023 | $5,051 |
| Hillquist Irrv Fam Foundation Tr Ua 01121999 | | Coldwater, MI | Local | 4 | 2023 | $3,200 |
| North American Association for Environmental Education | | Washington, DC | National | 3 | 2022 | $65,023 |
| Charlevoix County Community Foundation | | East Jordan, MI | Local | 1 | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Barton J Ingraham & Gail G Ingraham Foundation | | | Local | 1 | 2022 | $10,000 |
| Conservation Nation | | Washington, DC | National | 1 | 2022 | $7,500 |
| Consumers Energy Foundation | | Jackson, MI | Local | 1 | 2021 | $25,000 |
| Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation | | Sturgeon Bay, WI | Local | 3 | 2021 | $2,500 |
| Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative | | Lowell, MI | Local | 2 | 2019 | $26,738 |
| Southcoast Community Foundation Inc | | New Bedford, MA | Local | 1 | 2018 | $58,327 |
| Carls Foundation | | Bloomfld Hls, MI | Local | 1 | 2018 | $40,000 |
| N S F Foundation | | Grand Rapids, MI | Local | 1 | 2018 | $10,000 |
| Norbert and Paula Gits Family Foundation | | | — | 1 | 2018 | $500 |