Michigan · Private foundation
Finkel Family Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $356k
- Granted FY2019
- 23
- Grants FY2019
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,300
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $101,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 6
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 32% of the organizations Finkel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 22 | $355k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $14k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit | $101,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kadima | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syracuse University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Gesher Human Services | $4,596 | 2 | 0% |
| Jarc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $1,040 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit | $101,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kadima | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syracuse University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Gesher Human Services | $4,596 | 2 | 0% |
| Jarc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $1,040 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $785 | 2 | 0% |
| Dynami Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mitu | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bear-Hug Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $60 | 2 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $35 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Finkel 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: Robt & Gail Katz Family Foundation · Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation · David Kahan Family Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · The Ravitz Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Finkel Family Foundation
- How much does Finkel Family Foundation give?
- Finkel Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $356,276 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Finkel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Human Services (56%), Education (29%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are Finkel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit ($101k), Kadima ($25k), Syracuse University ($10k).
- Does Finkel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Finkel 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 Finkel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robt & Gail Katz Family Foundation, Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation, David Kahan Family Foundation.
- Where is Finkel Family Foundation based?
- Finkel Family Foundation is based in MI.
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