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Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation

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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
65
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$385k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Health$4.9MInternational$4.6MArts & Culture$3.7MPhilanthropy$3.4MHuman Services$983kEducation$847kYouth Development$808kScience & Tech$425kOther$0
02FY2025 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $711k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+3 grants · $923k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$385,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT$275,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$262,500
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$232,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$170,000
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE$160,000
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS$151,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM$110,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT$110,000
AMERICAN TECHNION SOCIETY$87,000
KIDS KICKING CANCER$60,000
INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC$55,000
JARC$50,000
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY$50,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PRESENT NOW: $5k → 14%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: $63k → 7%PRESENT NOW: $5k → 14%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: $40k → 7%PRESENT NOW: $5k → 14%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: $40k → 7%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: $35k → 7%NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES: $12k → 7%PRESENT NOW: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $128k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $115k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $110k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $108k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $103k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $100k → 8%JARC: $50k → 8%JARC: $50k → 8%JARC: $50k → 8%JARC: $50k → 8%JARC: $50k → 8%JARC: $50k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$19M · 71 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

71 repeat relationships — 57 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
7

Total granted

$19M
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

70%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +139% · 78% of their budget
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +198%
  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HENRY FORD
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC
    one grant, 2022 · $34k · revenue +19%
  • CA
    CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART
    one grant, 2020 · $22k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

3
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
4
United Jewish Foundation

The united jewish foundation of detroit owns, manages and invests jewish communal assets, including general and endowment funds, agency endowments, supporting foundations and real property. the foundation is committed to ensuring that…

Philanthropy
5
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Detroit Jews for Justice

Djj advances racial and economic justice by developing metro detroit jews as community organizers who fight for transformative policy change in deep partnership with neighbors

Civil Rights
8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
10
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

11
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
12
Jfa Non-Profit Housing Corporation

We nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing jewish values and celebrating life.

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Detroit and the most unlike its peers is Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%7%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr18%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr15%15%20–35yr14%31%35–55yr18%49%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/66
the rest of the field
12%
6,511/53,790

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 86 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
43/61
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

University of Michigan — $2,325,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganBEAUMONT FOUNDATION — $805,000 · OtherBEAUMONT FOUNDATIONFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE — $625,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP CIRCLEWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY — $326,410 · OtherOAKLAND UNIVERSITY — $250,000 · Other+45 more — $2,812,652 · Other+45 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $1,790,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN …The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc — $1,726,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint …FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES — $517,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFE…AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $387,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHN…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAHAD - IN UNUM INC — $219,500 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 · International+3 more — $146,000 · InternationalDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $1,188,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SYMPHONY O…THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $963,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT INSTIT…INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $860,000 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER…DETROIT OPERA — $225,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT OPERA+5 more — $275,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT — $2,105,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION — $440,000 · PhilanthropyHEBREW FREE L…+1 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropyKIDS KICKING CANCER INC — $1,320,000 · HealthKIDS KICKI…HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM — $420,000 · HealthHENRY FORD…DR GARY BURNSTEIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC — $130,000 · HealthDR GARY BU…+2 more — $55,000 · HealthJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $662,500 · Human ServicesJARC — $300,000 · Human ServicesNETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES INC — $190,000 · Human Services+1 more — $20,000 · Human ServicesHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT — $103,500 · EducationMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER — $37,500 · EducationWINDWARD SCHOOL — $32,500 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION — $30,000 · EducationBEYOND BASICS — $18,000 · EducationJEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT — $10,000 · Education
Other$7,144,062International$4,985,500Arts & Culture$3,511,500Philanthropy$2,555,000Health$1,925,000Human Services$1,172,500Education$231,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUniversity of Michigan — $2,325,000 over 6y, 78% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT — $2,105,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $1,790,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc — $1,726,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS KICKING CANCER INC — $1,320,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $1,188,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $963,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS — $860,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $662,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES — $517,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION — $440,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM — $420,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $387,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJARC — $300,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDETROIT OPERA — $225,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAHAD - IN UNUM INC — $219,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES INC — $190,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY — $185,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES — $173,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT — $140,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetDR GARY BURNSTEIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC — $130,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK — $130,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC — $115,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC — $105,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSOLDIER ON INC — $105,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT — $103,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC — $101,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP — $86,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetKADIMA — $70,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetORT AMERICA INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRESEARCH - EVAL - PROMOTING ORG RESPON & TRANSPARENCY - REPORT - INC — $52,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED — $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT HEALTHY COMMUNITY — $50,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER — $37,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC — $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF IR DAVID INC — $34,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWINDWARD SCHOOL — $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENING OF DETROIT — $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH STAR REACH — $25,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRESENT NOW — $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds University of Michigan
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
  • Who funds KIDS KICKING CANCER INC
  • Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
  • Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC
  • Who funds JARC
  • Who funds DETROIT OPERA
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAHAD - IN UNUM INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds NETWORK OF JEWISH HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES INC
  • Who funds SIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds GESHER HUMAN SERVICES
  • Who funds BRILLIANT DETROIT
  • Who funds DR GARY BURNSTEIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
  • Who funds JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds INSIGHT THROUGH EDUCATION INC
  • Who funds SOLDIER ON INC
  • Who funds HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family FoundationMI30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Dte Energy Foundation · The Gilbert Family Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Jonathan and Beth Lowe Family Foundation · Robt & Gail Katz Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 83%
  • Soldier On Inc83% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 86 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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