Michigan · Private foundation
Discovering Hope Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $90k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Discovering Hope Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $90k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $118k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $132k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $97k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $82k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $101k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $167,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $122,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Judson Center Inc | $83,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Accent Pontiac Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 1% |
| South Oakland Shelter | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Detroit Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Discovering Hope 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.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Discovering Hope Foundation
- How much does Discovering Hope Foundation give?
- Discovering Hope Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $90,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Discovering Hope Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (41%), Human Services (33%), Religion (18%).
- Who are Discovering Hope Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Regents of the University of Michigan ($168k), Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc ($123k), Judson Center Inc ($83k).
- Does Discovering Hope Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Discovering Hope 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 Discovering Hope Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Discovering Hope Foundation based?
- Discovering Hope Foundation is based in MI.
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