Michigan · Private foundation
Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $68k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2024
- $68,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $68,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $208k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $131k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $240k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshivath Beth Yehudah | $179,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $119,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Beyond Basics | $36,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $34,380 | 3 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Chesed Project | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rugiero Promise Foundation | $12,300 | 1 | 8% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshivath Beth Yehudah | $179,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $119,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Beyond Basics | $36,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $34,380 | 3 | 0% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Chesed Project | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rugiero Promise Foundation | $12,300 | 1 | 8% |
| Hatzalah of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Directions | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jarc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation
- How much does Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation give?
- Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $68,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Education (24%), Religion (24%).
- Who are Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Yeshivath Beth Yehudah ($179k), Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($145k), The Detroit Institute of Arts ($120k).
- Does Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage Foundation, Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation.
- Where is Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation based?
- Aaron and Carolynn Frankel Foundation is based in MI.
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