| W K Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek | $406,544,164 |
| W K Kellogg Foundation Trust-T/A 5315 | Battle Creek | $377,000,000 |
| Kresge Foundation | Troy | $185,027,660 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint | $173,381,154 |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Detroit | $137,591,395 |
| Gilbert Fam Foundation | Detroit | $105,914,842 |
| William Davidson Foundation | Bloomfld Hls | $60,000,409 |
| Ronda E Stryker & William D Johnston Foundation | Kalamazoo | $42,345,482 |
| Ford Philanthropy | Dearborn | $40,032,208 |
| The Alix Foundation | Birmingham | $29,721,752 |
| Dte Energy Foundation | Detroit | $24,833,367 |
| Herbert H & Grace A Dow Foundation | Midland | $23,488,330 |
| Dow Company Foundation | Midland | $21,004,785 |
| Skillman Foundation | Detroit | $20,892,777 |
| Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Inc | Southfield | $20,490,082 |
| Wege Foundation | Grand Rapids | $19,331,391 |
| Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation | Royal Oak | $19,047,440 |
| Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation | Grand Rapids | $17,086,310 |
| Peter and Joan Secchia Family Inc | Grand Rapids | $17,017,887 |
| The Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage Foundation | Troy | $15,625,032 |
| Whirlpool Foundation | Benton Harbor | $14,489,083 |
| Irving S Gilmore Foundation | Kalamazoo | $14,365,106 |
| Fca Foundation | Auburn Hills | $13,814,500 |
| Wing Shadow Foundation | Ada | $12,205,611 |
| Annabelle Foundation | Southfield | $12,203,500 |
| Gii Charities | Grand Rapids | $11,307,500 |
| Samuel and Jean Frankel Foundation | Troy | $11,005,000 |
| The D Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation | Troy | $10,560,000 |
| Lachimi Foundation | Troy | $10,000,000 |
| Daniel & Pamella Devos Foundation | Grand Rapids | $9,847,000 |
| Dorothy D & Joseph A Moller | Hillsdale | $9,753,300 |
| Bill & Julia Van Domelen Foundation | Southfield | $9,595,480 |
| Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation | Midland | $9,411,602 |
| Manoogian Simone Foundation | Dearborn | $9,386,605 |
| McGregor Fund | Detroit | $8,650,542 |
| Hudson-Webber Foundation | Detroit | $8,517,799 |
| The Samuel and Jean Frankel Fine Arts Foundation | Bloomfld Hls | $8,389,596 |
| John E Fetzer Institute Inc | Kalamazoo | $8,331,405 |
| The Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation | Ada | $7,833,503 |
| Consumers Energy Foundation | Jackson | $7,820,257 |
| Carls Foundation | Bloomfld Hls | $7,689,511 |
| Steelcase Foundation | Grand Rapids | $7,665,637 |
| Duffy Foundation | Ann Arbor | $7,581,114 |
| Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation | Grand Rapids | $7,249,300 |
| Penske Foundation Inc | Bloomfld Hls | $2,430,000 |
| Drs Kiran & Pallavi Patel 2017 Foundation for Global Understandin | Ada | $833,590 |