Michigan · Private foundation
Esther and Seymour Padnos 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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $103k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $2.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $21k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Emanuel | $2,025,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Valley State University | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Macatawa Bay Junior Association | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.
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About Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation
- How much does Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation give?
- Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $103,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (82%), Philanthropy (13%), Education (5%).
- Who are Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Emanuel ($2.0M), Grand Valley State University ($21k), Macatawa Bay Junior Association ($3k).
- Does Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Esther and Seymour Padnos 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.
- Where is Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation based?
- Esther and Seymour Padnos Foundation is based in MI.
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