· Private foundation
Ethel and James Flinn Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k38 grants · $141k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $185k
- $50k–250k36 grants · $2.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | $200,000 |
| METRO SOLUTIONS | $100,000 |
| HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | $100,000 |
| HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | $100,000 |
| HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | $100,000 |
| THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| SOUTHWEST DETROIT COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER | $100,000 |
| OAKLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK | $100,000 |
| ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL | $100,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN | $75,000 |
| HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | $75,000 |
| CHILDREN'S CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY | $75,000 |
| OAKLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK | $75,000 |
| SAMARITAS | $75,000 |
| DETROIT WAYNE INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORK | $75,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 12% of Ethel and James Flinn Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 86%.
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 +29% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
92 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 44 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $770k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM5× · 2020–2024 · $850k · revenue +48%
- THTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN3× · 2021–2023 · $375k · revenue +18%
- SFSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC4× · 2020–2024 · $252k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- THTRINITY HEALTH-MICHIGAN (AKA IHA)one grant, 2023 · $150k
- SFSAMARITAS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue -82%
- VOVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCone grant, 2020 · $100k
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.
Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.
Detroit central city community mental health's mission is to achieve wellness in the community by providing an integrated array of mental health, housing and substance abuse services with diginity and respect.
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
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.
Creating healthy communities - together
Creating healthy communities - together
The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.
The organization's mission is to support community-based, stakeholder driven training for care teams including physicians, care managers, care coordinators, medical assistants and behavioral health specialists; facilitate training and…
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…
Community & home supports, inc. was founded to help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we strive to fulfill our purpose by developing, leading, and participating in collaborative and innovative efforts that support…
Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
How this is measured
124 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. 124 of the 175 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 HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST DETROIT COMMUNITY JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN'S CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAS ↗
- Who funds NAMI MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Packard Health Inc ↗
- Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN HEALTH ENDOWMENT FUND ↗
- Who funds SPECTRUM HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE GUIDANCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds COMMON GROUND ↗
- Who funds UMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DETROIT PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DETROIT INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds AVALON HEALING CENTER ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds CAREHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROSE HILL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds MARINERS INN ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST SOLUTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds LIFELABKIDS FOUNDATION ↗
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 · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · The Carls Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Jewish Fund · Ford Philanthropy · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · McGregor Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ethel and James Flinn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ethel and James Flinn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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