Michigan · Private foundation
Anderson Bluhm Freedom 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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,140
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $145k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $12k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $10k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $10k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $6k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Community Church Inc | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $4,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Sanctum House Inc | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Oakland School Education Foundation | $1,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Michigan Abolitionist Project | $1,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Ireland Boxing Exchange | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Culture House Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Community Church Inc | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $4,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Sanctum House Inc | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Oakland School Education Foundation | $1,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Michigan Abolitionist Project | $1,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Ireland Boxing Exchange | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Culture House Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oakland Hope | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Self Leadership | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Anderson Bluhm Freedom 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.
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How this is measured
About Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation
- How much does Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation give?
- Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $11,965 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Religion (24%), International (19%).
- Who are Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Bridge Community Church Inc ($10k), Leader Dogs for the Blind ($7k), Carehouse of Oakland County Inc ($5k).
- Does Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Anderson Bluhm Freedom 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 Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation based?
- Anderson Bluhm Freedom Foundation is based in MI.
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