Michigan · Private foundation
Julius V & Alice G Combs 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $208k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $20k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $83k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $28k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $19k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $44k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $21k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $12k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior Women Against Poverty | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Country Day School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Optimist International Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Optimist Youth Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Art In Motion | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Love Global | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Solutions Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Bound Together | $1,350 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior Women Against Poverty | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Country Day School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Optimist International Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Optimist Youth Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Henry Ford Health System | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Art In Motion | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Love Global | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Solutions Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Bound Together | $1,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Lane College | $1,277 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Institute for Children | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brazeal Dennard Chorale | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Co-Ette Club Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $870 | 3 | 0% |
| Plymouth United Church of Christ | $625 | 1 | n/a |
| Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gamma XI Boule Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Cots | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Bennett College | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Doll League Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Spelman College | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin-Wright Settlements Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Julius V & Alice G Combs 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 · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation with peer funders
About Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation
- How much does Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation give?
- Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Education (8%), Health (8%).
- Who are Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Warrior Women Against Poverty ($10k), Detroit Country Day School ($10k), Optimist International Foundation ($10k).
- Does Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Julius V & Alice G Combs 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 Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation based?
- Julius V & Alice G Combs Foundation is based in MI.
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