Michigan · Public charity
Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation
The MATTHEW AND KAREN CULLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION supports the community foundation for southeast michigan (cfsem) by supporting organizations whose work furthers cfsem's mission. The community foundation for southeast michigan's mission is to build the resources, relationships and expertise required to expand equitable access to…
- $140k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $130k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Archdiocese of Detroit | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pope Francis Center | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Give Merit Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Tuxedo Project | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Midnight Golf Program | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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.
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How this is measured
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About Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation
- How much does Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation give?
- Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $140,484 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (20%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc ($100k), Archdiocese of Detroit ($100k), Pope Francis Center ($100k).
- Does Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation based?
- Matthew and Karen Cullen Family Foundation is based in MI.
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