How much does Aa Van Elslander Foundation give?

Aa Van Elslander Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $8,010,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

What does Aa Van Elslander Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Religion (26%), International (7%).

Who are Aa Van Elslander Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc ($8.3M), Full Circle Foundation Inc ($4.0M), Henry Ford Health System ($2.0M).

Does Aa Van Elslander Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Aa Van Elslander Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Aa Van Elslander Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.

Where is Aa Van Elslander Foundation based?

Aa Van Elslander Foundation is based in MI.

Foundation Dossiers

Michigan · Private foundation

Aa Van Elslander Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 26
Grants FY2024: 23
Organizations funded FY2023: 39%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $4,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 27; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $13M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Aa Van Elslander Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $932k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	26	$8.0M	42%
FY2023	23	$3.4M	39%
FY2022	25	$6.8M	52%
FY2021	27	$7.1M	74%
FY2020	7	$3.2M	71%
FY2019	5	$1.1M	80%
FY2018	6	$1.8M	n/a

88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$10MReligion$8.3MInternational$2.1MCommunity Improvement$1.6MHuman Services$1.2MEducation$1.2MHousing & Shelter$548kFood & Nutrition$475kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc	$8,300,000	5	n/a
Full Circle Foundation Inc	$4,000,000	1	80%
Henry Ford Health System	$2,000,000	1	0%
Benjamin's Hope	$1,550,000	5	11%
Say Detroit	$1,250,000	5	16%
Beyond Basics	$1,125,000	2	17%
The New Day Foundation for Families	$750,000	2	22%
Sanctum House Inc	$575,000	5	24%
Henry Ford Health Providence Foundation	$499,875	1	17%
Jefferson East Inc	$350,000	2	5%

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All grantees of Aa Van Elslander Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc	$8,300,000	5	n/a
Full Circle Foundation Inc	$4,000,000	1	80%
Henry Ford Health System	$2,000,000	1	0%
Benjamin's Hope	$1,550,000	5	11%
Say Detroit	$1,250,000	5	16%
Beyond Basics	$1,125,000	2	17%
The New Day Foundation for Families	$750,000	2	22%
Sanctum House Inc	$575,000	5	24%
Henry Ford Health Providence Foundation	$499,875	1	17%
Jefferson East Inc	$350,000	2	5%
Motor City Mitten Mission	$325,000	2	26%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan	$320,000	2	0%
Dutton Farm	$258,000	3	4%
Living & Learning Enrichment Center	$175,000	2	2%
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program	$120,000	2	2%
Camp Casey Corporation	$110,000	3	10%
Hand2hand	$105,000	3	1%
Kids on the Go	$100,790	4	6%
Angels' Place	$100,000	1	1%
Shades of Pink Foundation	$100,000	1	27%
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation	$100,000	1	1%
Detroit Public Media	$100,000	1	1%
Pope Francis Center	$100,000	1	1%
Holley Family Village Inc	$100,000	1	15%
Passenger Inc	$75,000	1	27%
Hope Hospitality and Warming Center Inc	$71,500	1	4%
Als of Michigan Inc	$60,000	1	9%
Fisher House Michigan	$50,000	1	4%
Mariners Inn	$50,000	1	1%
Detroit Institute for Children	$50,000	1	1%
The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project	$50,000	1	2%
Inclusively Fit Foundation	$50,000	1	12%
Women's Resource Center Grand Traverse Area	$50,000	2	1%
Leader Dogs for the Blind	$45,000	1	0%
Judson Center Inc	$40,000	1	0%
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy	$40,000	1	3%
Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center	$40,000	1	2%
Deaf Community Advocacy Network	$36,041	1	1%
The Rainbow Connection	$30,000	3	0%
Rose Hill Center Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Pink Fund Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Mymichigan Health Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
Asbury Community Development Corp	$25,000	1	3%
Livingston County Catholic Charities	$25,000	1	1%
The Ishpeming Cancer Society Serving Marquette Co	$20,000	1	8%
The Villages Community Development Corp	$20,000	1	7%
Step Up Northern Michigan Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
North Star Reach	$10,000	1	1%
Seedlings Braille Books for Children	$6,500	1	1%
The Furniture Resource Center	$5,000	1	0%
Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc	$5,000	1	0%
St Paul Parish Grosse Pointe Farms	$1,500	1	n/a
Guest House Inc	$1,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.0M), not named here.

Aa Van Elslander Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI54.3× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Detroit Industrial School · Eagles for Children · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Molinello Family Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Aa Van Elslander Foundation

How much does Aa Van Elslander Foundation give?: Aa Van Elslander Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $8,010,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Aa Van Elslander Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Religion (26%), International (7%).
Who are Aa Van Elslander Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc ($8.3M), Full Circle Foundation Inc ($4.0M), Henry Ford Health System ($2.0M).
Does Aa Van Elslander Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Aa Van Elslander Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Aa Van Elslander Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
Where is Aa Van Elslander Foundation based?: Aa Van Elslander Foundation is based in MI.