Michigan · Private foundation
George R & Elise M Fink Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $120k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $82k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 27% of the organizations George R & Elise M Fink Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $82k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $92k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $91k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Successful Aging | $40,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marin Montessori School | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Education Project | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior League of Detroit | $8,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Pope Francis Center | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah Project | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Successful Aging | $40,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marin Montessori School | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mercy Education Project | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Junior League of Detroit | $8,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Pope Francis Center | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah Project | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Grosse Pointe Library Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans Outdoor Advocacy Group | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Save the Redwoods League | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Full Circle Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Avalanche Center | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Motor City Mitten Mission | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($106k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George R & Elise M Fink 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.
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How this is measured
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About George R & Elise M Fink Foundation
- How much does George R & Elise M Fink Foundation give?
- George R & Elise M Fink Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $82,000, out of $119,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does George R & Elise M Fink Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (7%), Animals (5%), Education (4%).
- Who are George R & Elise M Fink Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Center for Successful Aging ($40k), Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society ($40k), Santa Barbara Rescue Mission ($12k).
- Does George R & Elise M Fink Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George R & Elise M Fink Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as George R & Elise M Fink Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is George R & Elise M Fink Foundation based?
- George R & Elise M Fink Foundation is based in MI.
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