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John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$562k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
73
Grants FY2024
62
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$32,000
Organizations funded a year
52 to 73
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$8.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving72$561k14%
FY202362$569k15%
FY202273$600k21%
FY202167$533k16%
FY202067$481k22%
FY201952$447k17%
FY201865$387k66%
FY201758$332kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$853kHuman Services$713kHousing & Shelter$655kReligion$457kHealth$292kFood & Nutrition$175kEmployment$120kYouth Development$66kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MI
NY
MA
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pope Francis Center$460,00084%
Mercy High School$183,0008n/a
Angels' Place$170,00080%
Mi Work Matters$120,000759%
Grace Centers of Hope$75,00080%
Vista Maria$65,00080%
Cares of Farmington Hills Inc$62,50063%
Starr Commonwealth$62,00070%
Cabrini Clinic$50,000515%
Brilliant Detroit$42,00060%
Show all 74 grantees
All grantees of John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pope Francis Center$460,00084%
Mercy High School$183,0008n/a
Angels' Place$170,00080%
Mi Work Matters$120,000759%
Grace Centers of Hope$75,00080%
Vista Maria$65,00080%
Cares of Farmington Hills Inc$62,50063%
Starr Commonwealth$62,00070%
Cabrini Clinic$50,000515%
Brilliant Detroit$42,00060%
The Guidance Center$40,00050%
St Christine Christian Services$32,00045%
Vets Returning Home Inc$31,00052%
Better Way Detroit$30,00059%
Turning Point Inc$30,00060%
Samaritan Center Inc$26,00060%
Sanctum House Inc$25,00051%
Mary's Mantle$25,00051%
Covenant Community Care Inc$24,00060%
Mariners Inn$23,00050%
Cass Community Social Services Inc$21,00030%
Mother and Unborn Baby Care Inc$21,00061%
Focushope$21,00060%
Dominican Literacy Center$20,0006n/a
University of Detroit Mercy$20,00020%
Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament$20,0001n/a
Manna Community Meal$20,0004n/a
Jesuit Refugee Service USA$20,0002n/a
St Leos Soup Kitchen$18,00044%
Methodist Children's Home Society$16,00050%
Sweet Dreamzzz Inc$16,00015%
Covenant House Michigan$14,00040%
Salvation Army$14,0005n/a
South Oakland Shelter$13,00050%
Racquet Up Detroit$11,00060%
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation$11,00040%
Give Merit Inc$10,00014%
Gilda's Club Metro Detroit$10,00020%
Say Detroit$10,00010%
Reach Out and Read Inc$9,00020%
St Mary - St Paul Ministry$8,00024%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,00040%
Cots$5,50020%
Wayne State University$5,0001n/a
Henry Ford Health System$5,0001n/a
Guest House Inc$5,00030%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Fresh Air Fund$3,75050%
Holy Cross Services Inc$3,00010%
Avek Ou$3,0002n/a
St Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center$3,00010%
Libraries Without Borders$3,00021%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2,5001n/a
Centro Multicultural la Familia Inc$2,50030%
Sudan Relief Fund Inc$2,50020%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$2,50010%
Global Health Charities$2,5001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,00020%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$2,00010%
Fr Gabriel Richard High School$2,0001n/a
Jenna Kast Believe in Miracles Foundation$2,00011%
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries$2,00010%
Aim at Melanoma$1,00010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Heat and Warmth Fund$1,00010%
Reading Works$1,00010%
Living Faith Church$1,0001n/a
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$1,0001n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$1,00010%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc$1,0001n/a
March of Dimes Inc$1,00020%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$50010%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$50010%
Madonna University$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 96 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPope Francis Center: $460,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetAngels' Place: $170,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMi Work Matters: $120,000 over 7y, 59% of budgetGrace Centers of Hope: $75,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVista Maria: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCares of Farmington Hills Inc: $62,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetStarr Commonwealth: $62,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCabrini Clinic: $50,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetBrilliant Detroit: $42,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Guidance Center: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Christine Christian Services: $32,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetVets Returning Home Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBetter Way Detroit: $30,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan Center Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSanctum House Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMary's Mantle: $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCovenant Community Care Inc: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMariners Inn: $23,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCass Community Social Services Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMother and Unborn Baby Care Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFocushope: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Detroit Mercy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Leos Soup Kitchen: $18,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetMethodist Children's Home Society: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSweet Dreamzzz Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetCovenant House Michigan: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Oakland Shelter: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRacquet Up Detroit: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Michigan Foundation: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGive Merit Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGilda's Club Metro Detroit: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSay Detroit: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary - St Paul Ministry: $8,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCots: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuest House Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $3,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Cross Services Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLibraries Without Borders: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCentro Multicultural la Familia Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSudan Relief Fund Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 59.

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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.

Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI43.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Ford Philanthropy · Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust · Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo Foundation · The Jewish Fund

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 John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation

How much does John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation give?
John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation reported 73 grants totaling $562,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Human Services (18%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
Who are John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pope Francis Center ($460k), Mercy High School ($183k), Angels' Place ($170k).
Does John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John D & Jean E Dinan 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 John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
Where is John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation based?
John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation 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 171 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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