Foundations that fund nonprofits in Detroit, MI

1,318 private foundations reported 5,297 grants to organizations in Detroit, Michigan, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $414.6M in all. 57 of them are based in Detroit.

Foundations1,318

Based in Detroit57

Grants on record5,297

Their typical grant$5,000

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Foundations based in Detroit

10 of the 57 local foundations that reported grants to Detroit organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.

• The Skillman Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $17.8M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 235 Total there $11M Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
  • Detroit Children's Fund - Dcf investment strategy$500,000
  • Michigan's Thanksgiving Parade - The parade company$500,000
  • Warren Conner Development Coalition Inc Dba Eastside Community Network - The marlowe stoudamire wellness center$500,000

• DTE Energy Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $15.8M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 166 Total there $9.6M Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
  • DTE Beacon Park Foundation - Community transformation$1,200,000
  • Cmnty Foundation for Southeast - Community transformation$1,000,000
  • United Way for Southeastern - Human needs$875,000

• The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $141.2M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 109 Total there $44.4M Typical grant $100,000 Describes how to apply
  • Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces - Detroit Riverfront Finishline Fund$7,500,000
  • Detroit Riverfront Conservancy - Construction Support - Ralph Wilson Park$6,532,800
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative$5,000,000

• Hudson-Webber Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $9.1M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 94 Total there $7.6M Typical grant $15,000 Describes how to apply
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc - Detroit cdo fund and the elevating cdo (ecdo) fund$550,000
  • Foundation for Detroit's Future - Dia settlement ("grand bargain")$500,000
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - Michigan justice fund$400,000

• McGregor Fund

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $13.5M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 72 Total there $8.9M Typical grant $55,000 Describes how to apply
  • Detroit Phoenix Center - General Operations$650,000
  • Alternatives For Girls - General Operations$425,000
  • Community & Home Supports Inc - General Operations$325,000

• The Gilbert Family Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 64 Total there $72.2M Typical grant $159,525 Preselected recipients only
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - Arts & culture$19,200,000
  • Henry Ford Health System - Next generation models$16,515,000
  • Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency - Discretionary grants$3,893,568

• Ethel and James Flinn Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $2.9M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 35 Total there $1.5M Typical grant $15,000 Describes how to apply
  • The Board of Governors Wayne State University - Second year and final grant award to continue to support system change reforms within michigans juvenile…$200,000
  • Henry Ford Health System - To train physicians to treat alcohol use disorders by implementing screening, brief intervention, and…$100,000
  • Henry Ford Health System - To identify veterans at risk of suicide and connect them with services by implementing zero suicide program.$100,000

• James and Cleo Hamilton Family Charitable Trust

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2025

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 25 Total there $13K Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Brilliant Detroit - Institutional support$3,000
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Institutional support$2,000
  • Metropolitan United Methodist - Institutional support$1,700

• Ahavas Avraham Foundation

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $3M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 24 Total there $607K Typical grant $2,000 Describes how to apply
  • Center for Kehilla Growth - Community services$45,000
  • Center for Kehilla Growth - Community services$45,000
  • Center for Kehilla Growth - Community services$45,000

• William & Martha Ford Fund

  Detroit, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $3.2M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 18 Total there $2.7M Typical grant $1,000 Describes how to apply
  • Henry Ford Health System - Program services$2,150,000
  • The Children's Foundation - Program services$500,000
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Program services$50,000

Other foundations giving most in Detroit

Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Detroit organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.

• Amazonsmile Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Detroit 601 Total there $70K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
  • Gleaners Community Food Bank Inc - General support$3,010
  • American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan - General support$2,935
  • Project K9 Hero - General support$2,411

• The Kresge Foundation

  Troy, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $170M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 123 Total there $37.1M Typical grant $140,000 Describes how to apply
  • Foundation for Detroits Future - Project support for the detroit retiree- art trust$5,000,000
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - General operating support$2,830,000
  • Marygrove Conservancy Support Corporation - Project support grant to the marygrove conservancy support corporation (mcsc) to fund the new market tax…$2,000,000

• W K Kellogg Foundation

  Battle Creek, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $303.9M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 104 Total there $17.1M Typical grant $100,000 Describes how to apply
  • Foundation for Detroits Future - Jobs and Family Economic Security$4,000,000
  • Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces - Promise of an Equitable Future$1,170,000
  • Council of Michigan Foundations Inc - Promise of an Equitable Future$649,000

• Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Inc

  Southfield, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 92 Total there $6M Typical grant $47,908 Preselected recipients only
  • Development Centers Inc Dba Mi Early Years - Brightmoor childcare quality initiative$452,911
  • Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan - Marjorie M. fisher fund$450,000
  • Development Centers Inc Dba Mi Early Years - Social emotional learning intern support$274,400

• The Ford Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $844.7M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 75 Total there $26M Typical grant $104,795 Describes how to apply
  • Foundation for Detroit's Future - For the detroit institute of arts settlement project to expedite detroit's bankruptcy settlement, assist in…$8,333,333
  • Henry Ford Health System - General support$3,400,000
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation - Core support for the michigan central station children's endowment campaign$1,000,000

• Ford Philanthropy

  Dearborn, MI · latest return: tax year 2025

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 60 Total there $10.1M Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • United Way for Southeastern Michigan - Essential services$2,000,000
  • Gleaners Community Food Bank - Essential services$1,394,211
  • The Detroit Institute of Arts - Museums and cultural inst.$680,000

• Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 56 Total there $3.3M Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - In support of underserved small business expansion$500,000
  • Invest Detroit Foundation - In support of underserved small business expansion$300,000
  • Accounting Aid Society - In support of underserved small business expansion$250,000

• The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation

  Royal Oak, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $17.3M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 54 Total there $5.1M Typical grant $25,000 Describes how to apply
  • Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces - Program support$1,000,000
  • Foundation for Detroit's Future - Program support$500,000
  • Inforum - Program support$311,000

• William Davidson Foundation

  Birmingham, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 26 Total there $14.8M Typical grant $275,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - To support the Unified Greenway Endowment Fund$5,000,000
  • Detroit Opera - To support opera seasons$2,000,000
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - To support the New Economy Initiative$1,250,000

• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

  Flint, MI · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 24 Total there $2.2M Typical grant $55,000 Preselected recipients only
  • The Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation - To support long-term implementation and sustainability of youth-serving organizations in the Detroit area.$750,000
  • Foundation for Detroit's Future - To provide support to protect and preserve the City of Detroit's rich cultural heritage, foster and promote…$500,000
  • Fair Food Network - To provide support for the expansion of a program to provide increased access to fresh fruits and vegetables…$240,000

• The Pfizer Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 20 Total there $6,715 Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Wayne State University - Matching gifts$4,750
  • Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Michigan Chapter - Matching gifts$270
  • Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan - Matching gifts$250

• John S and James L Knight Foundation Inc

  Miami, FL · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $147.7M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 17 Total there $10.3M Typical grant $85,300 Describes how to apply
  • Foundation for Detroit's Future - As part of a group of funders supporting detroit's plan of adjustment to allow detroit to emerge from…$1,500,000
  • Develop Detroit Inc - To construct eight single-family homes in the north end neighborhood as a proof of concept for urban modular…$1,250,000
  • Motown Historical Museum Inc - To digitize key audio, audiovisual and physical artifacts from motown's archive and make them available to…$1,000,000

• Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation

  Reston, VA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 13 Total there $6.4M Typical grant $10,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Henry Ford Health System - Lung cancer research innovation fund$2,000,000
  • The Children's Foundation - Healthy body - healthy minds endowment, michigan central station children's endowment, support programs that…$1,600,000
  • Kipp Whole Child Center Dba Kipp Michigan - For the acquisition of land for kipp detroit: imani academy K-8 facility$1,428,341

• The Joyce Foundation

  Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $52.2M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 12 Total there $981K Typical grant $80,000 Describes how to apply
  • Education Trust Inc - Midwest - Education & economic mobility$150,000
  • Wayne State University - College of Education - Education & economic mobility$125,000
  • American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan - Democracy$100,000

• Edward Jones Foundation

  St. Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Detroit 11 Total there $12K Typical grant $300 Preselected recipients only
  • Midnight Golf Program - Youth centers & clubs$5,000
  • Gleaners Community Food Bank Inc - Food banks & pantries$2,500
  • Midnight Golf Program - Youth development$1,800

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $622.6M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 9 Total there $2.2M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
  • Allied Media Projects - Building a resource hub to develop and scale ideas on emergent strategy, conflict resolution, networks, and…$630,000
  • Allied Media Projects - Implementing intelligent mischief's black imagination lab that uses the lens of reparations for black people…$450,000
  • Allied Media Projects - Contributing to a mindset consortium that addresses structural racism and advances health equity, 2024-2027…$413,114

• The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $555M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 8 Total there $4M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
  • Detroit Sound Conservancy - To support educational programming, improvements in archival infrastructure, and the renovation of the blue…$1,175,000
  • Allied Media Projects Inc - To support operating expenses and programmatic costs to continue ongoing partnerships and seed new program…$900,000
  • Allied Media Projects Inc - To support a sponsored project's community-led research and interpretation$460,000

• Public Welfare Foundation Inc

  Washington, DC · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $25.8M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 7 Total there $2M Typical grant $132,000 Describes how to apply
  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan - Support for michigan justice fund, phase II$500,000
  • Michigan Liberation Education Fund - Support for michigan liberation education fund$400,000
  • Nation Outside - General support$400,000

• The Allstate Foundation

  Northbrook, IL · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $38M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 7 Total there $34K Typical grant $1,000 Describes how to apply
  • Atlantic Impact - 2024 racial equity go grant$25,000
  • Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated - Helping hands group grants$5,000
  • The Lastraw - Employee helping hands$1,000

• Ge Aerospace Foundation

  Norwalk, CT · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $15.3M in 2024
  Grants in Detroit 7 Total there $2,983 Typical grant $429 Describes how to apply
  • United Way for Southeastern Michigan - Matching gift$2,390
  • Wayne State University - Matching gift$165
  • Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc - Matching gift$150

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Detroit organizations several of these foundations fund

Organizations in Detroit that received grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

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