Superior Health Foundation
Marquette, MI · EIN 20-3615349. Reported 114 grants totalling $4,198,494 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Superior Health Foundation, by its IRS classification it exists to support one specific institution in health care -- typically its own parent hospital, university or school (NTEE E11).
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 33% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $14,797. Half of what it reported fell between $9,538 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $389,237. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upcap Services Inc | Escanaba, MI | $787,776 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $525,167 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc | Negaunee, MI | $458,586 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partridge Creek Farm Inc | Ishpeming, MI | $222,856 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions Inc | Marquette, MI | $168,846 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eastern Upper Peninsula Opioid Response Consortium | Newberry, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Upper Peninsula Health Department | Hancock, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marquette Alger Resa | Marquette, MI | $136,591 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fork Farms Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $130,198 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Social Services of the U P | Marquette, MI | $125,194 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Feeding America West Michigan | Kentwood, MI | $89,808 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marquette Community Foundation | Marquette, MI | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Osf St Francis | Escanaba, MI | $65,244 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Superior Sober House | Marquette, MI | $59,532 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trillium House | Marquette, MI | $53,777 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Caregiver Incentive Project | Marquette, MI | $52,830 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Growing Forward Together | Ann Arbor, MI | $48,732 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healthy Youth Coalition of Marinette & Menominee Counties | Menominee, MI | $38,320 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northern Michigan University | Marquette, MI | $36,673 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lakes Community Health Center Inc | Iron River, WI | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eversight | Ann Arbor, MI | $32,312 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Marquette, MI | $30,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Courage Incorporated | Appleton, WI | $27,315 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dj Jacobetti Home for Veterans | Marquette, MI | $25,080 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Transportation Connection | East Lansing, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Superior Child Advocacy Center | Marquette, MI | $24,948 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gogebic Community College | Ironwood, MI | $24,923 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital | Manistique, MI | $22,921 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chippewa County Family Project Inc | Sault S Marie, MI | $22,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| D a R Boys & Girls Club | Menominee, MI | $22,095 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Womens Center Inc | Marquette, MI | $21,287 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Live Life Loud Resources | Kingsford, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Marquette County | Marquette, MI | $19,996 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan Breastfeeding Network | Lansing, MI | $18,909 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Ishpeming Commission on Aging | Ishpeming, MI | $18,580 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unite Up | Houghton, MI | $18,561 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dial Help Inc | Houghton, MI | $15,370 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Functional Behavior Services | Marquette, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Superior Health Support Systems | Sault S Marie, MI | $12,950 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeline Inc | Peoria, IL | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula | Escanaba, MI | $10,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gladstone Parks and Recreation | Gladstone, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Animal-Assisted Crisis Response | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice of the Eastern Upper Peninsula | Sault S Marie, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ishpeming Cancer Society | Ishpeming, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lions of Michigan Service Foundation Inc | Lansing, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly | Hancock, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marquette Chapter of National Ambucs Inc | Marquette, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medical Care Access Coalition of Dickinson County Inc | Kingsford, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | $9,940 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Marquette | Marquette, MI | $9,923 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Marquette County Inc | Ishpeming, MI | $9,808 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lets Grow Ki | Marquette, MI | $9,504 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Negaunee Public Schools | Negaunee, MI | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspirus Keweenaw | Laurium, MI | $8,216 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundatio N | Petoskey, MI | $7,783 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Superior State University | Sault Ste Marie, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oats - Outdoor Adventure Therapy School | Marquette, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp Assoc Inc | Crystal Falls, MI | $7,340 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp New Day U P | Marquette, MI | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bay Cliff Health Camp | Big Bay, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Superior Alliance for Independent Living | Marquette, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marquette County Sheriff's Special Operations | Marquette, MI | $5,853 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Start Up | Marquette, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Medical Angels | Norfolk, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ski Patrol System | Clarkston, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
24 of 67 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Michigan State University - Dept of Peds & Human Develop
UP-TEACH to serve as the hub for training and technical support for mental health services - Upcap
Year Two funding for Food As Medicine program for low-income residents - Great Lakes Recovery Centers Inc
Rebuilding LIVES After Addiction - Givedirectly
Rx Kids Delivering Prenatal and Infant Cash Prescriptions to Mothers and Babies in the Eastern Upper Peninsula - Eastern Upper Peninsula Opioid Response Consortium
Alger-Luce Road to Recovery Program - Western Upper Peninsula Health Department
Facing Addiction through Community Engagement - The FACE Project
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 of 67 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | $1,347,083 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $856,995 | $12,685 |
| 2023 | 28 | $1,063,433 | $14,797 |
| 2024 | 35 | $930,983 | $13,640 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
91% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $14,797 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Superior Health Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 35 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 121 North Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855.
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