Michigan · Private foundation
Frank L & Helen Gofrank 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.
- $224k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 16 | $211k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $220k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $254k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $301k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $162k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $175k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $186k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $173k | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $246,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $153,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alternatives for Girls | $112,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Walsh College Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Henry Ford Health Providence Hospital | $69,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $40,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kettering University | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Rochester Area Neighborhood House | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $246,000 | 9 | 20% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $153,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alternatives for Girls | $112,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Walsh College Foundation | $70,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Henry Ford Health Providence Hospital | $69,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Matthews House Inc | $40,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kettering University | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Rochester Area Neighborhood House | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Vista Maria | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $10,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Roeper City and Country School Inc | $9,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Mary School | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Delta Sigma Phi Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The New Day Foundation for Families | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Haven Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Colibri | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($853k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank L & Helen Gofrank 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Artichoke Garlic Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation
- How much does Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation give?
- Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $223,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (59%), Education (15%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($246k), Leader Dogs for the Blind ($153k), Alternatives for Girls ($112k).
- Does Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank L & Helen Gofrank 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 Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Artichoke Garlic Foundation, The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation.
- Where is Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation based?
- Frank L & Helen Gofrank Foundation is based in MI.
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