Michigan · Public charity
Russell Family Foundation
The RUSSELL 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 opportunities across…
- $241k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $49,818
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Russell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $204k 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 | 5 | $212k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $254k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $330k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $263k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $170k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Academy Inc | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alternatives for Girls | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $72,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Racquet Up Detroit | $52,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Detroit Horse Power | $52,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Free Bikes 4 Kidz - Detroit | $50,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Southwest Solutions Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ser Metro Detroit Jobs for Progress Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Figure Skating in Harlem Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Oakland Family Services | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Russell Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · DTE Energy Foundation · Detroit Industrial School · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Ethel and James Flinn Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Russell Family Foundation
- How much does Russell Family Foundation give?
- Russell Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $240,724 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Russell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (20%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Education (14%).
- Who are Russell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Apex Academy Inc ($120k), Alternatives for Girls ($75k), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($73k).
- Does Russell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Russell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is Russell Family Foundation based?
- Russell Family Foundation is based in MI.
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