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Lyle and Diane Foundation Medical Research Foundation of Michigan at a glance

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Lyle and Diane Foundation Medical Research Foundation of Michigan

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$149kReligion$17kHealth$9kYouth Development$9kRecreation & Sports$6kHuman Services$3kPublic Benefit$1kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$675
Median grant
1
States reached
$260k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH EL$4,795
RACQUET UP DETROIT$2,500
SALVATION ARMY$675
CRANBROOK SCHOOLS - ROBOTIC CAMP$675
GIRLS SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$650
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$596
KIDS KICKING CANCER$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $150 → 9%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$45k · 8 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
36

Total granted

$45k
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-12%
+31%

Still filing today

50%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BH
    BLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
    2× · 2019–2020 · $19k
  • TB
    TEMPLE BETH EL
    6× · 2017–2025 · $17k
  • RU
    RACQUET UP DETROIT
    5× · 2017–2025 · $6k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • OU
    OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • BH
    BLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2017 · $11k
  • OC
    OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +31%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Michigan Club Squash
Recreation & Sports
2
The Michigan Glass Project
Public Benefit
3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
About Face Detroit
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5
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Metropolitan Hospital

Metro health's mission is to improve the health and well-being of our communities. to that end the organization believes the foundation of good health is based on excellent quality primary care. the organization is anchored by a 208-bed,…

Health
8
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc

To prevent kidney disease and improve the quality of life for those living with it.

Health
9
Evans Scholars Foundation - Michigan

Educational.

Education
10
Michigan Shooting Centers Foundation
Education
11
Aish Hatorah Detroit

To ignite jewish passion and empower every jew to embrace their heritage, thereby ensuring the vibrant continuity of the jewish epople.

Religion
12
Detroit Golf Club Caddie Scholarship Foundation
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Racquet Up Detroit; the most unlike its peers is Pierced Forever Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherOAKLAND UNIVERSITYBLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $19,425 · OtherBLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICTTEMPLE BETH EL: $16,643 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ELBLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOLS: $11,000 · OtherBLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOLSSUITE DREAMS PROJECT: $6,000 · Other+27 more: $16,601 · Other+27 moreOAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,500 · EducationHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $1,175 · EducationRACQUET UP DETROIT: $5,600 · Recreation & SportsMOTOR CITY SQUASH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $200 · Recreation & SportsCOMMON GROUND: $1,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $900 · HealthCHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $550 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $300 · HealthKIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $250 · HealthIMERMAN ANGELS: $250 · HealthHOMES FOR AUTISM: $200 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthTHE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $3,200 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $150 · Human ServicesGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $650 · Youth Development
Other$169,669Education$11,675Recreation & Sports$5,800Health$3,550Arts & Culture$3,300Human Services$1,150Youth Development$650

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $5,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $3,200 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $1,175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPIERCED FOREVER FOUNDATION: $260 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR AUTISM: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOTOR CITY SQUASH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKADIMA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LTD: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RACQUET UP DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHIGAN JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PIERCED FOREVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS KICKING CANCER INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds IMERMAN ANGELS ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR AUTISM ↗
  • Who funds MOTOR CITY SQUASH & EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY ↗

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 …United Way for Southe…Phillip and Elizabeth…Children's Hospital o…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lyle and Diane Foundation Medical Research Foundation of Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lyle and Diane Foundation Medical Research Foundation of Michigan. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 49 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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