Charboneau Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so it is best not to send it a cold application, and the filing states no other application steps.
- Its recorded giving covers churches, Christian ministries and other charitable groups working in food assistance, youth services, education, humanitarian relief, legal advocacy and health research, but it publishes no programme priorities, so judge fit by the groups it has already funded.
- Typical grants fall between $5,000 and $175,000, the median grant is $20,000, and half of its grants to organisations across recent filings were $20,000 or less, so a modest request suits its usual pattern.
- Of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing, 94% went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, which suggests its support is largely relationship-led and concentrated among existing grantees.
- No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado and District of Columbia, but that is a pattern of giving, not a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Charboneau Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Hartford, MI.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filing records grants to churches, Christian ministries and other charitable organisations, including groups working in food assistance, youth services, education, humanitarian relief, legal advocacy and health research. Recipients also include a college, a school, a hospital research organisation and organisations involved in prison ministry and community support. Grant purposes are recorded only as general, so the filing does not identify a formal programme or describe specific activities it seeks to support. The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. Its recorded grants are spread across several states, with the largest shares going to organisations in Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina and Colorado. The filing therefore shows a broad pattern of support to charitable organisations rather than a published set of applicant-facing priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado and District of Columbia.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. No further application steps are stated in the filing.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 94% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 80 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 8%
- The largest single recipient received 15% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 94% of grant dollars went to organisations Charboneau Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 27 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Samariton's Purse · General$220,0002025 tax year
- CBN · General$200,0002025 tax year
- Focus on the Family · General$190,0002025 tax year
- Mel Trotter Ministry · General$175,0002025 tax year
- Aclj · General$75,0002025 tax year
- Operation Blessing · General$75,0002025 tax year
- Western Michigan Teen Challenge · General$75,0002025 tax year
- Central Assembly of God · General$50,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Michael Charboneau — Vice Preside
- Kent Charboneau — Treasurer
- Kenneth Charboneau — President
- Donna Charboneau — Secretary
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $26,375,209 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,469,482 | $1,340,000 | $67,251 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,395,000 | $1,395,000 | $120,302 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Hartford, MI
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Hartford, MI