Michigan · 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.
- $30M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $175,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $19,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $52M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% 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 | 6 | $30M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $11M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $11M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $11M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $12M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $6.0M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $5.4M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $5.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $71,000,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,800,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $1,400,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $689,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Promise Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond Basics | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $71,000,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,800,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Sphinx Organization Inc | $1,400,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $689,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Kids Kicking Cancer Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Promise Schools | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beyond Basics | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Psychoanalytic Foundation Inc | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation
- How much does Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation give?
- Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $30,285,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (93%), Arts & Culture (6%), Education (1%).
- Who are Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Michigan ($71M), Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($3.8M), Sphinx Organization Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuel & Jean Frankel 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 Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation based?
- Samuel & Jean Frankel Foundation is based in MI.
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