The Winmar Foundation focuses its giving on local, direct-service nonprofits that support vulnerable populations in the Great Lakes/Toledo–Michigan area. Its grants prioritize practical, program-level assistance—medical financial aid and psychosocial support for cancer patients, services for adults with disabilities, and neighborhood-serving faith-based/community ministries—often funding capital needs and program delivery. The foundation makes a small number of fairly large awards and shows willingness to make repeat grants to organizations it trusts.
Winmar Foundation’s largest recent grant went to New Day Foundation for Families: $100,000 in 2025 for financial assistance and emotional support for Michigan cancer patients and families, delivered in partnership with hospitals. That award captures a broader pattern in the foundation’s giving: practical support for direct-service organizations working with people facing health, housing, disability, and family stability challenges in Michigan and nearby Great Lakes communities. The foundation also made an $85,000 general-support grant to Elevate Community Ministries in Midland, alongside repeated support for organizations serving cancer patients, adults with disabilities, and community-based ministries. Its grants tend to be program-oriented rather than purely unrestricted, with some awards tied to specific needs such as playground construction, prenatal and infant care, grocery distribution, and services for survivors of sex trafficking. Across the recent record, Winmar Foundation appears to favor organizations delivering concrete help to vulnerable populations through established local providers.
In cancer-related work, Winmar Foundation gave $100,000 in 2025 to New Day Foundation for Families and $60,000 in 2024 to the same organization for financial assistance and emotional support in partnership with hospitals. The foundation also supported maternal and infant care with a $20,000 grant to The Luke Clinic for prenatal care and infant care free of charge. Its disability-focused grantmaking includes $50,000 to Dutton Farm for empowering adults with disabilities to live with purpose, inclusion, and dignity. Community-serving grants also show up in neighborhood and youth settings: $27,500 went to St Paul Pontiac for a playground, $7,500 to Save Our Neighborhoods and Streets for at-risk youth in St. Clair County, and $5,200 to Elli's House for a safe haven for sex-trafficking survivors.
Winmar Foundation’s recent grants cluster around a median size of $17,500, with the middle half falling between $6,925 and $52,500. The pattern suggests a small number of comparatively large awards rather than many small ones, alongside a few smaller grants in the low-thousands. The foundation has also shown repeat support for the same organization across multiple years, including New Day Foundation for Families in 2024 and 2025. It is a private foundation, not a fund that gives to individuals, and it does not make program-related investments.
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$182K
Most grants fall between $7K and $53K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$53K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Concentrated portfolio: a handful of mid-to-large sized grants per year (several five-figure awards) with repeat funding to core grantees rather than many small grants; emphasis on program and capital support for local organizations.
Notable grantees: New Day Foundation for Families, Elevate Community Ministries, Dutton Farm, St. Paul (Pontiac)
Grant recipients are all in the United States, with the strongest concentration in Michigan. The foundation gives most often in MI, while 0% of its grants go to recipients in its headquarters state of Ohio. Recent Michigan recipients include Rochester, Midland, Pontiac, Whitmore Lake, West Bloomfield, and Port Huron. Outside Michigan, recent grants also went to Lansdowne, Virginia, and Northbrook, Illinois, showing a regional reach that extends beyond the Great Lakes area.
Recent grants go to direct-service nonprofits working with cancer patients, adults with disabilities, mothers and infants, low-income households, at-risk youth, and survivors of sex trafficking. The foundation also funds faith-based community ministries and neighborhood-serving projects such as playground improvements and grocery distribution.
Yes. New Day Foundation for Families received a $60,000 grant in 2024 and a $100,000 grant in 2025, both for financial assistance and emotional support for Michigan cancer patients and families. That two-year pattern shows the foundation does return to organizations it supports.
Recent grants have a median size of $17,500, with the middle half ranging from $6,925 to $52,500. The recent record includes larger awards such as $100,000 and $85,000, as well as smaller grants like $2,000 and $3,000.
Michigan is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities in Michigan include Rochester, Midland, Pontiac, Whitmore Lake, West Bloomfield, and Port Huron. The foundation’s recent grants are all to U.S. organizations.
Cancer support is a clear theme, along with disability services, maternal and infant care, food assistance, youth development, safe shelter for sex-trafficking survivors, and faith-based human care. Recent grants show these themes through named awards to organizations such as Dutton Farm, The Luke Clinic, Oakland Hope, and Elli's House.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES | ROCHESTER, MI | $100,000 | 2025 | IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR MICHIGAN CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSPITALS. |
| ELEVATE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES | MIDLAND, MI | $85,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| OAKLAND HOPE | PONTIAC, MI | $15,000 | 2025 | PROVIDE GROCERY ITEMS, FREE OF CHARGE, TO THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN OAKLAND COUNTY. |
| NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES | ROCHESTER, MI | $60,000 | 2024 | IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR MICHIGAN CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSPITALS. |
| DUTTON FARM | ROCHESTER, MI | $50,000 | 2023 | EMPOWER AND SUPPORT ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, INCLUSION AND DIGNITY |
| ST PAUL PONTIAC | PONTIAC, MI | $27,500 | 2023 | PROVIDE FUNDS FOR BUILDING PLAYGROUND |
| THE LUKE CLINIC | WHITMORE LAKE, MI | $20,000 | 2023 | TAKE CARE OF MOTHERS, PROVIDING PRENATAL CARE AND INFANT CARE FREE OF CHARGE |
| CARE NET | LANSDOWNE, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION & CHARITABLE SERVICES THROUGH CENTER SERVICES, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PREGNANCY DECISION LINE |
| SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND STREETS (SONS) | PORT HURON, MI | $7,500 | 2023 | SPIRITUAL GROWTH, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY'S AT RISK YOUTH THROUGH PURPOSEFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING |
| ELLI'S HOUSE | WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI | $5,200 | 2023 | PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING |
| LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES | NORTHBROOK, IL | $3,000 | 2023 | LCC K-9 MINISTRIES |
| LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES | NORTHBROOK, IL | $2,000 | 2023 | INITIATE, DEVELOP, COORDINATE, PROMOTE AND SUPPORT A UNIFIED EFFORT OF CHRISTIAN HUMAN CARE |
NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES
$100,000IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR MICHIGAN CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSPITALS.
ELEVATE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
$85,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PROVIDE GROCERY ITEMS, FREE OF CHARGE, TO THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN OAKLAND COUNTY.
IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR MICHIGAN CANCER PATIENTS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOSPITALS.
EMPOWER AND SUPPORT ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, INCLUSION AND DIGNITY
ST PAUL PONTIAC
$27,500PROVIDE FUNDS FOR BUILDING PLAYGROUND
TAKE CARE OF MOTHERS, PROVIDING PRENATAL CARE AND INFANT CARE FREE OF CHARGE
EDUCATION & CHARITABLE SERVICES THROUGH CENTER SERVICES, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PREGNANCY DECISION LINE
SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND STREETS (SONS)
$7,500SPIRITUAL GROWTH, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY'S AT RISK YOUTH THROUGH PURPOSEFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING
ELLI'S HOUSE
$5,200PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING
INITIATE, DEVELOP, COORDINATE, PROMOTE AND SUPPORT A UNIFIED EFFORT OF CHRISTIAN HUMAN CARE