· Private foundation
Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $435k
- $250k+3 grants · $30M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $19,600,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $10,000,000 |
| DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $250,000 |
| SPHINX ORGANIZATION | $175,000 |
| CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY | $159,600 |
| KIDS KICKING CANCER | $100,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MICHIGAN | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $150k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -25% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Michigan8× · 2017–2024 · $71M · revenue +202%
- SOSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +32%
CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY6× · 2019–2024 · $690k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROITone grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -25%
- SASTANLEY AND JUDITH FRANKEL FAMILY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -46%
- CECRANBROOK EDUCATION COMMUNITYone grant, 2017 · $100k
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.
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.
The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.
Our mission is to provide each student intellectual and creative instrumental music experiences expressed through emotional and artistic communication.
Educate and inspire all people to understand and value the art of vocal music and its lifelong impact on the human spirit.
Maximize learning and teaching by bringing together the best in people and technology.
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
Inspire students to be active in jewish life.
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.
Macul was established in 1975 and is dedicated to support the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds SPHINX ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY ↗
- Who funds KIDS KICKING CANCER INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT ↗
- Who funds STANLEY AND JUDITH FRANKEL FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PROMISE SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds BEYOND BASICS ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN PSYCHOANALYTIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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