Michigan · Private foundation
Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $35k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,020
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $103k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $35k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $33k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $29k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Washtenaw County | $44,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | $14,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $11,000 | 3 | 4% |
| The Treeline Conservancy | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Legacy Land Conservancy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Growing Hope Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mentor Livingston | $400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · United Way of Washtenaw County · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation with peer funders
About Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation
- How much does Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation give?
- Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $35,420 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Religion (20%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: United Way of Washtenaw County ($44k), Peace Neighborhood Center ($14k), University of Michigan ($11k).
- Does Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brinkerhoff-Sample Family 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 Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, James a and Faith Knight Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation.
- Where is Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation based?
- Brinkerhoff-Sample Family Foundation is based in MI.
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