· Private foundation
Acheson Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CRANBROOK | $50,000 |
| HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | $10,000 |
| HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN | $10,000 |
| CITY YEAR | $5,000 |
| BRILLIANT DETROIT | $5,000 |
| BEYOND BASICS | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY5× · 2018–2023 · $185k · revenue +38%
CITY YEAR INC8× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +15%- IAIMERMAN ANGELS7× · 2017–2023 · $71k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- MCMath Corpsone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +18%
- CSCRANBROOK SCHOOLSone grant, 2019 · $36k
- DWDelta Waterfowl Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +72%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
Stoneleigh-burnham school is an academic community that fosters an international perspective. we inspire girls to pursue meaningful lives based on honor, respect, and intellectual curiosity. each student is challenged to discover her best…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…
DPSFs mission is to create and enhance educational opportunities for over 50,000 Detroit Public Schools Community Districts students, families and educators. DPS Foundation was organized to ensure DPS, now DPSCD student and families to…
CEC works with diverse stakeholders across Detroit to develop critical resources and system-level solutions that address common challenges faced by Detroit families in accessing quality education.
Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…
The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…
The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY ↗
- Who funds Math Corps ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds IMERMAN ANGELS ↗
- Who funds Eton Academy ↗
- Who funds BEYOND BASICS ↗
- Who funds BRILLIANT DETROIT ↗
- Who funds OCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Delta Waterfowl Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE SPRINGBOARD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds LIVING HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds WISH UPON A TEEN ↗
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Acheson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Acheson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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