· Private foundation
Duffy 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $440k
- $50k–250k38 grants · $4.5M
- $250k+8 grants · $13M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UMRC FOUNDATION | $10,849,173 |
| PAWS WITH A CAUSE | $650,000 |
| SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY | $400,000 |
| ST LOUIS CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN - GENERAL OPERATING | $300,000 |
| FOOD GATHERERS | $300,000 |
| (LACASA) LIVINGSTON AREA COUNCIL AGAINST SPOUSE ABUSE INC | $300,000 |
| HURON WATERLOO PATHWAYS INITIATIVE | $250,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS - SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN REGIONAL CHAPTER | $250,000 |
| HOPE MEDICAL CLINIC INC | $220,000 |
| ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $220,000 |
| MCLAREN-NORTHERN MICHIGAN FDN | $200,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY | $200,000 |
| DAWN INC | $200,000 |
| ANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM | $200,000 |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT INC | $185,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $7.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 62% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
69 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UHUMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $18M · revenue +97% · 83% of their budget
- PWPaws With A Cause8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +86%
- SASHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY8× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +149%
Funded once
- THTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGANgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +37%
- AAANN ARBOR YMCA - CAMP AL-GON-QUIANone grant, 2017 · $200k
- SLST LOUIS CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN - LEGACY CAPITAL CAMPAIGNone grant, 2017 · $75k
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.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
The mission of the michigan animal rescue league is to provide the highest quality of life to dogs and cats through rescue, medical care, socialization and behavioral support, short- and long-term sanctuary, adoption, and community…
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.
Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…
To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.
Humane society of southwestern michigan exists to provide shelter and care for sick, homeless and unwanted animals. in addition, the organization provides adoption services for the animals in its care.
Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.
To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…
Our mission is to assist our affiliates to increase capacity to build simple decent homes in partnership with people in need in the State of Michigan.
Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 78 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 UMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Paws With A Cause ↗
- Who funds SHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY ↗
- Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
- Who funds HOPE MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds OZONE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY ↗
- Who funds Ann Arbor Young Men's Christian Association ↗
- Who funds Domestic Violence Project ↗
- Who funds HURON WATERLOO PATHWAYS INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds ANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Dawn Incorporated ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN ANTI-CRUELTY SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HORSES' HAVEN ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WASHTENAW HOUSING ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds YPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds CORNER HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds LEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds ANN ARBOR CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds WASHTENAW LITERACY ↗
- Who funds Therapeutic Riding Inc ↗
- Who funds Peace Neighborhood Center ↗
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 · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Vaughan Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Buhr Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · Herrick Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Duffy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Duffy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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