Oliver Felton Charitable Trust
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of causes primarily focused on education, community service, and religious initiatives. Its mission reflects a commitment to enhancing educational opportunities through grants to schools and scholarship funds, as well as supporting faith-based organizations and community service clubs. The foundation provides general operating support to a range of recipients, including educational institutions, healthcare foundations, and arts organizations. It primarily serves the local community, with a significant concentration of its funding directed towards organizations in Michigan.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small or mid-sized Michigan nonprofit (education, faith-based, community-service, or local arts) with an existing local reputation or referral that seeks general operating support in the typical $2K–9K range.
Good Fit
- • Located in the foundation’s service area (Delta/Marquette region of Michigan).
- • Mission in education, faith-based services, community service, or local arts.
- • Existing relationship or endorsement from a trustee, local bank, United Way, or a current grantee.
- • Seeks modest general operating support consistent with past grant sizes.
Geography
Observed giving across three years is entirely in Michigan, concentrated around Marquette/Escanaba/Gladstone, indicating a local-only geographic footprint.
Recipient Variety
Each observed year shows ten distinct independent recipients spanning education, faith-based, community service, and arts organizations, but the same ten organizations are funded repeatedly rather than a broader rotating pool.
New Applicants
The foundation’s filings and application notes indicate it only funds preselected applicants, and across three years there were zero new recipients observed, so unfamiliar applicants appear unlikely to enter the portfolio without referral or invitation.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
