Private foundation · Traverse City, MI

Green Brick Foundation Inc

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Typical grant size
$1K $1K $5K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
52
Repeat grantees
41
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

James Kemler
TRUSTEE
Paula Jo Kemler
TRUSTEE
David Rowe
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
5.7%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
410
Total grants awarded
$2.4M
Total amount
$6K
Average grant
$110K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$395K
73 grants
2023
$385K
72 grants
2022
$402K
65 grants
2021
$376K
56 grants
2020
$248K
42 grants
2019
$205K
35 grants
2018
$257K
31 grants
2017
$115K
36 grants

Top recipients

Parallel 45 Theatre
7 grants · MI
$459K
8 grants · MI · ✓ Exact match
$193K
Cranbrook Ccr
6 grants · MI
$185K
Nmc Foundation
7 grants · MI
$103K
Tbcac
7 grants · MI
$98K
Glen Arbor Art Center
8 grants · MI
$85K
8 grants · MI · ✓ Exact match
$82K
Child and Family Services
8 grants · MI
$81K
8 grants · MI · ≈ likely match
$76K
Interlochen Public Radio
7 grants · MI
$72K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Cranbrook Ccr
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$56K
Interlochen Center for the Arts
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$30K
Traverse City Film Festival
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$28K
Glen Arbor Art Center
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$20K
Leelanau Conservancy
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$20K
Nmc Foundation
SCHOLARSHIP/DENNOS CENTER
MI · TY 2024
$19K
Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$15K
Child and Family Services
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$12K
Northwest Writers Series
GENERAL OPERATION/SPONSORSHIP
MI · TY 2024
$12K
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$10K
Discovery Center & Discovery Pier
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$10K
Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$10K
United Negro College Fund
GENERAL OPERATION
DC · TY 2024
$10K
Peninsula Housing
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$10K
Womens Resource Center
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$10K
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc
GENERAL OPERATION
MD · TY 2024
$10K
Michaels Place
PLEDGE
MI · TY 2024
$7K
Thaw Fund
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Southern Poverty Law Center
SOCIAL JUSTICE
AL · TY 2024
$5K
Immigration Law & Justice Michigan
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Noah Project
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Meharry Medical College
GENERAL OPERATION
TN · TY 2024
$5K
Tbcac
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Justice and Peace Advocacy Center
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Michigan League of Conservation Voters
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Sleeping Bear Gateway Council
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Forgotten Harvest
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Traverse City Dance Project
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Capuchin Soup Kitchen
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Glen Lake Fire and Rescure
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$5K
Autism Alliance of Michigan
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$3K
Leelanau Historical Society
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$2K
Nami Grand Traverse
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$2K
Crooked Tree Art
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Point Foundation
GENERAL OPERATION
CA · TY 2024
$1K
Safe Harbor
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Old Art Building
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Balancing Environment and Rehabilitation
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Traverse Health Center
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Watershed Grand Traverse Bay
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Impact 100 Tc
2 HALF MEMBERSHIP
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Goodwill (food Rescue)
FOOD RESCUE
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Flow
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Saving Birds Thru Habitat
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
The Cotillion Society of Detroit Educational Foundation
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Downtown Boxing Gym
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Inland Seas
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Oliver Art Center
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K
Peace Ranch
GENERAL OPERATION
MI · TY 2024
$1K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.