Michigan · Private foundation
Lavins Dolores & Paul 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.
- $550k
- Granted FY2018
- 35
- Grants FY2018
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 22 organizations, $550k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 7
- Total assets, FY2018
- $31k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 6% of the organizations Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 34 | $549k | 6% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $241k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Opera | $646,240 | 7 | 1% |
| Carmichaels Area School District | $320,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Media | $46,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Park Foundation | $34,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Friends of Kenyan Orphans | $34,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan | $19,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $18,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($566k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lavins Dolores & Paul 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation · Mary I McLeod Foundation · Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · William & Martha Ford Fund · Joanne Nicolay Foundation · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling · McGregor Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation
- How much does Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation give?
- Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $550,311 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (55%), Arts & Culture (25%), Education (11%).
- Who are Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Detroit Opera ($646k), Carmichaels Area School District ($320k), Detroit Public Media ($46k).
- Does Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lavins Dolores & Paul 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 Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation, Mary I McLeod Foundation.
- Where is Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation based?
- Lavins Dolores & Paul Foundation is based in MI.
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