Michigan · Private foundation
Michael and Marian Ilitch 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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $130k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $2.1M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $230k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $4.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Heroes Thrive Foundation | $4,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Gibson Foundation Gibson | $2,100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Macedonian Diaspora | $110,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Big Sky Community Organization | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jack's Place for Autism Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 22% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
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About Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation
- How much does Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation give?
- Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $2,130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (47%), Philanthropy (25%), Youth Development (20%).
- Who are Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Helping Heroes Thrive Foundation ($4.0M), The Gibson Foundation Gibson ($2.1M), United Macedonian Diaspora ($110k).
- Does Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael and Marian Ilitch 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.
- Where is Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation based?
- Michael and Marian Ilitch Foundation is based in MI.
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