Michigan · Private foundation
Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family 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.
- $853k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 15 | $853k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $754k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $264k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $284k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $283k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $219k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $401k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $257k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin University | $1,572,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $754,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Kenilworth Union Church | $256,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Chicago Horticultural Society | $201,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University of St Andrews American Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 5 | 1% |
| New Leaf Resources | $110,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Parkview Christian Church | $105,000 | 8 | n/a |
| St Cecilia Music Center | $102,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Friends of Prentice | $45,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Community Foundation of Teton Valley Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($192k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family 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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation with peer funders
About Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation
- How much does Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation give?
- Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $853,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Public Safety & Disaster (21%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Calvin University ($1.6M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($755k), Kenilworth Union Church ($256k).
- Does Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family 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 Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation based?
- Elizabeth Hekman Gordon Family Foundation is based in MI.
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