Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation
Saginaw, MI · EIN 38-6083931. Reported 113 grants totalling $905,603 to 64 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $70,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Free Bed - Health Care | Saginaw, MI | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hidden Harvest | Saginaw, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delta College Foundation | University Center, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Health Improvement Alliance Inc | Freeland, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Svsu Foundation | University Center, MI | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saginaw Community Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $41,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA | Saginaw, MI | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saginaw Promise | Saginaw, MI | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Ward Community Center | Saginaw, MI | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Frankenmuth Farmers Market | Frankenmuth, MI | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Saginaw, MI | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cmu School of Medicine | Saginaw, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid-Michigan Children's Museum | Saginaw, MI | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wickson James E Memorial Library | Frankenmuth, MI | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saginaw - Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Read Association | Saginaw, MI | $19,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Emmaus House | Saginaw, MI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Hoyt Park | Saginaw, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partnership Center | Saginaw, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frankenmuth City Beautification | Frankenmuth, MI | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan | Saginaw, MI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saginaw Covenant Academy | Saginaw, MI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ashrat Co | Saginaw, MI | $10,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frankenmuth Area Fine Arts Council | Frankenmuth, MI | $10,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Can Council | Saginaw, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frankenmuth Historical Association | Frankenmuth, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frankenmuth Women's Club | Frankenmuth, MI | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parishioners on Patrol | Saginaw, MI | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saginaw County Veteran's Memorial Plaza | Saginaw, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Underground Railroad | Saginaw, MI | $9,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Major Chords for Minors | Saginaw, MI | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Abuse and Neglect Council | Saginaw, MI | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child & Family Services | Saginaw, MI | $8,128 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stand Up Award | Saginaw, MI | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michigan Forensic Examiners | Saginaw, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midland Center for the Arts | Midland, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Career Complex | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Spirit Charitable Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Well of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wellspring Lutheran Services | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Bay Health Center | Saginaw, MI | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy | Bay City, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saginaw County Health Department | Saginaw, MI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Old Town Soup Kitchen | Saginaw, MI | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run Great Lakes Bay | Saginaw, MI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pit & Balcony Theatre | Saginaw, MI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women of Colors | Saginaw, MI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lead | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mary Free Bed - Austim Center | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saginaw Bay Symphony Association | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Svrc Industries Inc | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saginaw Future | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Arts | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 1 Week 1 Street | Saginaw, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospital Hospitality House of Saginaw Inc | Saginaw, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pride in Saginaw Inc | Saginaw, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Saginaw County | Saginaw, MI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frankenmuth Elementary | Frankenmuth, MI | $1,425 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saginaw Choral Society | Saginaw, MI | $1,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brunkow School | Saginaw, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Minority Entrepreneurial Enterprise | Saginaw, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Svsu | University Center, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Together Lupus Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women of Color | Saginaw, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
24 of 64 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Delta College Foundation
FILL FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL - First Ward Community Center
LACER PROGRAM AND BUILDING FUND - Read Association
PROMOTE CHILDHOOD READING - Frankenmuth City Beautification
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BEAUTIFICATION - Major Chords for Minors
PROVIDE YOUTH WITH MUSIC LESSONS - Great Lakes Bay Health Center
PROVIDE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $191,750 | $6,375 |
| 2022 | 26 | $181,003 | $4,500 |
| 2023 | 32 | $253,600 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $279,250 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 5300 Bay Road 100, Saginaw, MI, 48604. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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