Michigan · Private foundation
Shirley K Schlafer 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.
- $314k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $193,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Shirley K Schlafer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 5 | $314k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $386k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.9M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.8M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.8M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $502k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $503k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $6,711,750 | 8 | 95% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | $375,000 | 8 | 4% |
| National Geographic Society | $325,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North Star Reach | $130,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Det | $101,000 | 2 | 5% |
| International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc | $76,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann Arbor Art Association | $38,940 | 4 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Opera | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $6,711,750 | 8 | 95% |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | $375,000 | 8 | 4% |
| National Geographic Society | $325,000 | 6 | 0% |
| North Star Reach | $130,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Det | $101,000 | 2 | 5% |
| International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc | $76,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann Arbor Art Association | $38,940 | 4 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Detroit Opera | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tomorrow Tomorrow Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rolling Dog Farm | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| AARP Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Assistance for Cambodia Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clean Water Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($675k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Shirley K Schlafer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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 · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shirley K Schlafer Foundation
- How much does Shirley K Schlafer Foundation give?
- Shirley K Schlafer Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $313,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shirley K Schlafer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (84%), Arts & Culture (6%), Science & Tech (4%).
- Who are Shirley K Schlafer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($6.7M), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ($375k), National Geographic Society ($325k).
- Does Shirley K Schlafer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirley K Schlafer 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shirley K Schlafer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is Shirley K Schlafer Foundation based?
- Shirley K Schlafer Foundation is based in MI.
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