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Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation

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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
78
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$418,389
Organizations funded a year
78 to 97
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$7.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving64$1.1M14%
FY202478$1.4M15%
FY202382$1.7M16%
FY202284$1.7M23%
FY202190$2.2M30%
FY202097$1.3Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$4.4MArts & Culture$1.9MReligion$1.7MHealth$1.3MInternational$962kYouth Development$803kHuman Services$309kEducation$214kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
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PA
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RI
CA
CO
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 102 grantees
All grantees of Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,451,94461%
Brilliant Detroit$775,00062%
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network$528,30063%
Henry Ford Health System$500,00050%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$462,00060%
Morselife Foundation Inc$260,95051%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$217,68110%
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah$176,2106n/a
Birthright Israel Foundation$160,50060%
Promise Fund of Florida Inc$141,70054%
Miami City Ballet Inc$116,20050%
Congregation Shir Tikvah$111,5505n/a
Mackinac Center$110,00050%
Birmingham Bloomfield Chai Center$90,0005n/a
Holocaust Memorial Center Inc$79,20060%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$61,65060%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$59,23060%
Ort America Inc$56,00060%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$50,00050%
The Detroit Jewish News Foundation Inc$50,00022%
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc$40,01240%
Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit$35,60050%
Yeshivas Darchei Torah$25,1005n/a
Central Fund of Israel$25,00020%
Yad Ezra$24,00860%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$22,00030%
Friendship Circle$20,1003n/a
Phoenix Jewish Free Loan Association$20,00021%
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue$20,0002n/a
Planned Parenthood of Michigan$17,60050%
Algemeiner Inc$13,00050%
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc$13,00060%
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$12,85060%
Jazz at Aspen-Snowmass$12,50030%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$11,0804n/a
Farber Hebrew Day School-Yeshival Akiva$10,1001n/a
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator$10,0001n/a
The New Foster Care$10,00010%
Jarc$9,70050%
Starfish Family Services Inc$9,50040%
Jewish Family Service$7,15050%
Insight Through Education Inc$7,00030%
The Midnight Golf Program$7,00040%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$6,50040%
Detroit Crime Commission$6,50030%
Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach Inc$6,50040%
Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc$6,00020%
The Schechter Institutes Inc$6,00020%
The Book Truck Inc$6,0002n/a
Michigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc$5,60030%
Temple Israel of Detroit$5,1863n/a
Interlochen Center for the Arts$5,00050%
Detroit Zoological Society$5,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$5,00050%
The Independent Institute$5,00050%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$4,40030%
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$4,20020%
Jewish Book Council Inc$3,60020%
Sky Foundation Inc$3,50040%
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan$3,20060%
Cato Institute$3,00030%
United States Fund for Unicef$3,00030%
Kadima$2,60020%
The Reason Foundation$2,50010%
The Well$2,5001n/a
Boca West Children's Foundation Fka Boca West Community Charitable Foundation$2,16030%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$1,75030%
Hydrocephalus Association$1,50030%
Penrickton Center for Blind Children$1,50030%
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc$1,50010%
South Florida Pbs Inc$1,36060%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,25030%
National Council of Jewish Women Michig$1,08050%
The Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc$1,00010%
Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Hillel$1,00010%
Livingston's Way Inc$1,0001n/a
Americans for Prosperity$1,00010%
Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc$90220%
Child Safe Michigan$50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$30830%
Hebrew Free Loan Association$30020%
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research$25010%
Orchards Children's Services Inc$20010%
Als of Michigan Inc$15010%
Gesher Human Services$15020%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$1501n/a
Nfx$10010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1001n/a
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center$10010%
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School$10010%
Florida Sheriffs Association Inc$1001n/a
Michigan League for Public Policy$10010%
William Beaumont Hospital$10010%
Riley Cheer Guild Inc$10010%
The Jewish Museum$7010%
National Organization for Rare Disorders Inc$5010%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$5010%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$5010%
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego$5010%
Northwestern University$5010%
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit$5010%
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDetroit Symphony Orchestra Inc: $1,451,944 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBrilliant Detroit: $775,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetJewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network: $528,300 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetHenry Ford Health System: $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $462,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMorselife Foundation Inc: $260,950 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $217,681 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $160,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPromise Fund of Florida Inc: $141,700 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetMiami City Ballet Inc: $116,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMackinac Center: $110,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHolocaust Memorial Center Inc: $79,200 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $61,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $59,230 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOrt America Inc: $56,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Detroit Jewish News Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetRaymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $40,012 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHillel Day School of Metro Detroit: $35,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYad Ezra: $24,008 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Jewish Free Loan Association: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Michigan: $17,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlgemeiner Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetKids Kicking Cancer Inc: $12,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJazz at Aspen-Snowmass: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Foster Care: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJarc: $9,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStarfish Family Services Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service: $7,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInsight Through Education Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Midnight Golf Program: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Crime Commission: $6,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHillel of Broward and Palm Beach Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Schechter Institutes Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMichigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc: $5,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Zoological Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $4,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan: $4,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Book Council Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSky Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 86.

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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.

Grosfeld FoundationMI41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grosfeld Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Alan Jay and Sue Kaufman Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family Foundation · The Ravitz Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation · George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust · Mickey Shapiro Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation

How much does Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation give?
Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation reported 69 grants totaling $1,751,731 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 78 and 97 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Arts & Culture (16%), Religion (14%).
Who are Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($1.5M), Brilliant Detroit ($775k), Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network ($528k).
Does Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation 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 Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grosfeld Foundation, The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation, The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation.
Where is Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation based?
Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation is based in MI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 184 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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