Michigan · Private foundation
Sigma Gamma 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.
- $187k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Sigma Gamma Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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 | 12 | $187k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $187k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $145k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $133k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $63k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $76k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Institute for Children | $200,700 | 3 | 2% |
| Kids on the Go | $32,882 | 3 | 4% |
| Full Circle Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Far Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Fowler Center Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sigma Gamma Association | $11,480 | 4 | 1% |
| Penrickton Center for Blind Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Therapy Ranch | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Banbury Cross Therapeutic Equestrian Center | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($544k), not named here.
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 · Patrick and Christie Scoggin Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sigma Gamma Foundation
- How much does Sigma Gamma Foundation give?
- Sigma Gamma Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $187,324 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sigma Gamma Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (72%), Education (14%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Sigma Gamma Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Detroit Institute for Children ($201k), Kids on the Go ($33k), Full Circle Foundation Inc ($21k).
- Does Sigma Gamma Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sigma Gamma 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 Sigma Gamma Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Patrick and Christie Scoggin Family Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sigma Gamma Foundation based?
- Sigma Gamma Foundation is based in MI.
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