Illinois · Private foundation
Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable
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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $99k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $90k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $114k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $135k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings Braille Books for Children | $84,558 | 5 | 4% |
| University of Michigan | $75,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Polish Museum of America | $62,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired South Carolina | $60,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Winning Futures | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northeast Integrated Health | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Front Porch | $3,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Grosse Pointe Historical Society | $3,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings Braille Books for Children | $84,558 | 5 | 4% |
| University of Michigan | $75,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Polish Museum of America | $62,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired South Carolina | $60,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Winning Futures | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northeast Integrated Health | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Front Porch | $3,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Grosse Pointe Historical Society | $3,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Beyond Basics | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Full Circle Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Junior League of Detroit | $1,300 | 1 | 2% |
| Full Circle Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Training Wheels Childcare Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom House | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Grosse Pointe Sunrise Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Fowler Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Dance Company DBA Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
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About Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable
- How much does Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable give?
- Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable reported 10 grants totaling $99,558 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Health (33%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Seedlings Braille Books for Children ($85k), University of Michigan ($75k), Polish Museum of America ($62k).
- Does Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable 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 Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation, Detroit Industrial School.
- Where is Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable based?
- Edward T & Ellen K Dryer Charitable is based in IL.
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