Michigan · Private foundation
Benson & Edith Ford Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations Benson & Edith Ford Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $1.3M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $1.6M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $2.1M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $2.7M | 7% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $3.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College for Creative Studies | $5,046,584 | 8 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $3,362,686 | 8 | 0% |
| Teen Street Skills | $2,175,000 | 8 | 98% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $800,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Estate | $675,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Tacoma Community Boat Builders Inc | $140,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Racing for Kids | $80,000 | 8 | 5% |
| The Empowerment Plan | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Michigan Humane Society | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Benson & Edith Ford Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · DTE Energy Foundation · William & Martha Ford Fund · The Kresge Foundation · Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation · Matilda R Wilson Fund · Young Woman's Home Association of Detroit Michigan
How this is measured
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About Benson & Edith Ford Fund
- How much does Benson & Edith Ford Fund give?
- Benson & Edith Ford Fund reported 24 grants totaling $1,333,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Benson & Edith Ford Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (25%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Benson & Edith Ford Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: College for Creative Studies ($5.0M), Henry Ford Health System ($3.4M), Teen Street Skills ($2.2M).
- Does Benson & Edith Ford Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Benson & Edith Ford Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Benson & Edith Ford Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, William & Martha Ford Fund.
- Where is Benson & Edith Ford Fund based?
- Benson & Edith Ford Fund is based in MI.
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