· Private foundation
David W Elliott Memorial 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of David W Elliott Memorial Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year David W Elliott Memorial Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $213k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
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 · FY2018
- Under $10k10 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $165k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND | $45,000 |
| ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SOUTHEASTERN MI | $30,000 |
| FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN LEGION JACK CAREY CHARITIES | $25,000 |
| DAVID'S FAITH AND HOPE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| OLD NEWSBOY GOODFELLOW FUND | $10,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $9,000 |
| DE LA SALLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL | $7,500 |
| GOODRICH AREA SCHOOLS | $6,500 |
| GROSSE POINTE YOUTH NAUTICAL EDUC FNDN | $5,100 |
| GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS | $5,000 |
| THE GROSSE POINTE SHORES IMPRV FNDN | $5,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN MI | $5,000 |
| OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF PAL PROGRAM | $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 (FY18–20, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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.
10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2018, 1 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2022, 0% 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
Backed again, and grew
- DFDAVID'S FAITH & HOPE FOR LIFE FOUND3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +26%
- FCFULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC2× · 2018–2020 · $35k · revenue +847%
- FBFood Bank of Eastern Michigan2× · 2019–2020 · $16k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- HFHENRY FORD HEALTH ROCHESTER HOSPITALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +42%
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES DETone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -18%
- NHNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF ROCHESTERone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related organization of the filing entity, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…
Creating healthy communities - together
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 31 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 DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
- Who funds DAVID'S FAITH & HOPE FOR LIFE FOUND ↗
- Who funds FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW FUND OF DETROIT MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
- Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH ROCHESTER HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds GROSSE POINTE YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES DET ↗
- Who funds A REJOYCEFUL ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David W Elliott Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David W Elliott Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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