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Detroit, MI · Private foundation

The Skillman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18M
Granted FY2024still arriving
406
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$29MCommunity Improvement$19MYouth Development$15MPhilanthropy$8.3MHuman Services$6.0MArts & Culture$5.7MHealth$4.6MEmployment$2.8MOther$0
02beneath the categories

What the grant descriptions say

Themes read from the grant descriptions, beneath the NTEE codes.

Each cell is that theme’s share of the year’s giving · ⚡ ringed cells mark a flagged jump.

03FY2024 · 406 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 406 grants below total $17,340,860, the rows itemized in this filing. The $17,815,860 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $475,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

Grant-size mix · FY2020–FY2024

FY20
47%
46%
$17.0M
FY21
60%
33%
$18.4M
FY22
11%
57%
31%
$22.4M
FY23
66%
27%
$23.8M
FY24
12%
54%
30%
$17.8M
Under $10k$10k–50k$50k–250k$250k+

In FY2020, 46% of its dollars went out in $250k+ checks; by FY2024, 30%. Each bar is that year’s mix, not its total.

$10,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$602M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND$500,000
MICHIGAN'S THANKSGIVING PARADE$500,000
WARREN CONNER DEVELOPMENT COALITION INC DBA EASTSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK$500,000
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT$405,000
ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC$375,000
BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE$375,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA INC$360,000
MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS$300,000
THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$300,000
METRO SOLUTIONS INC$278,000
METRO SOLUTIONS INC$275,000
BFDI EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC$250,000
DETROIT 9090$250,000
DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES$250,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$250,000
02The need
04

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 24%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE: $375k → 32%COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT: $450k → 27%INVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION: $400k → 6%URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INC: $380k → 30%BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE: $300k → 32%METRO SOLUTIONS INC: $560k → 12%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $325k → 31%TIDES CENTER: $325k → 1%DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC: $500k → 6%WARREN CONNER DEVELOPMENT COALITION INC DBA EASTSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK: $500k → 35%BRILLIANT DETROIT: $385k → 38%DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $500k → 34%DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $550k → 20%DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $450k → 20%BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE: $375k → 32%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $325k → 31%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $350k → 31%COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS INC: $367k → 27%DEVELOPING KINGDOMS IN DIFFERENT STAGES: $350k → 38%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $650k → 31%DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT: $400k → 27%URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INC: $475k → 30%THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $400k → 10%ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $375k → 39%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $325k → 31%THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $500k → 10%UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $550k → 27%MICHIGAN'S THANKSGIVING PARADE: $500k → 37%DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $400k → 34%WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $600k → 27%THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $500k → 10%COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS INC: $535k → 7%BRILLIANT DETROIT: $450k → 38%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $325k → 31%TEACH FOR AMERICA INC: $360k → 6%UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $500k → 27%UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $500k → 27%ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $450k → 39%DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $500k → 31%EXCELLENT SCHOOLS DETROIT: $350k → 20%DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $327k → 27%MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE: $350k → 8%WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $330k → 27%DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2.0M → 27%INVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION: $800k → 6%INVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION: $400k → 6%COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT: $405k → 27%TEACH FOR AMERICA INC: $750k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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OR
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PA
NJ
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CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

The hardship those neighborhoods carry, beyond income:

  • Adults without health insurance:reaches 36.7% in some neighborhoods (typically 6.4%)(CDC, modeled)
  • Eviction pressure:up to 141.4 filings per 100 renter households in the hardest-hit areas(Eviction Lab, 2018)
  • Food access:134 of 1519 neighborhoods are USDA-designated food deserts(USDA, 2019)
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The Skillman Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 84% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 90%.

The Skillman Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91M · 238 repeat orgs$7.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

238 repeat relationships: 178 still active in FY2024, 60 since wound down; 134 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

Of its 244 multi-year relationships, 54 repeat the same amount every year (15% of multi-year dollars), the pattern of a standing commitment.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

238
188

Total granted

$91M
$4.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+11%

Still filing today

85%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +73%
  • UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +72%
  • MS
    METRO SOLUTIONS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue -15%
  • CE
    Community Education Commission
    one grant, 2020 · $350k · revenue -22%
  • MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $350k · revenue +49%
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.

Grant terms aren’t stated in the filing; a standing commitment is inferred from a level payment pattern.

What its grantees report

Each stalk is one grantee, graded by how far its own reporting goes: an activity counted, a stated aim, or a change shown.

they say it reaches here……few show it gets hereCOLLEGESPRING INCMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORKMICHIGAN EDUCATION EXCELLENCE FOUNDATIONDETROIT FOOD & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMYTHE MICHIGAN HISPANIC COLLABORATIVEBLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCELAUNCH MICHIGANMICHIGAN AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIPTHE INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS INCDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT FOUNDATIONEducation0/10 flowerCENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORKMACK AVENUE COMMUNITY CHURCH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROITBME NETWORKSDETROIT FUTURE CITYCONGRESS OF COMMUNITIESMICHIGAN CENTRAL CENTER FOR MOBILITY AND SOCIETYDETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONCITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND INCCommunity Improvement1/9 flowerURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INCCODY ROUGE COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE INCMICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICYDETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVECALEBS KIDSSOUTHWEST ECONOMIC SOLUTIONSDETROIT PHOENIX CENTERBASBLUE INCHuman Services1/9 flowerDETROIT HEALS DETROITDEVELOPING KINGDOMS IN DIFFERENT STAGESTEEN HYPEJIMIRI INCMIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAMGRACE IN ACTION COLLECTIVESDETROIT HORSE POWERBRILLIANT DETROITTHE AVALON VILLAGE INCYouth Development2/9 flowerPOISE FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGANCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS INCINDEPENDENT SECTORTHE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENTMICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYSGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PARTNERSHIPPEAK GRANTMAKING INCNEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONPhilanthropy0/9 flower

Of 46 organizations, 4 show a change. The rest report activities or aims.

Click an area to read it, and step through its organizations.

How this is measured
Read from 46 of the 183 organizations it funds across these 5 areas (the most heavily funded), in their own program-service reporting. Achievements are the organizations’ own.
case studies

Two relationships, up close

One grantee funded repeatedly and one funded once, each traced through its own filings.

CENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK

Conviction

An early bet that kept compounding

Skillman backed Center for Success Network across five consecutive cycles from 2020 to 2024, committing $861,050 at a peak of 37% of the organization's budget, and alongside that sustained partnership, revenue grew 113% since the first grant. In 2024 alone, the Detroit-based nonprofit delivered over 25,000 hours of one-on-one literacy mentoring through more than 300 trained volunteers, certified teachers, and AmeriCorps members, with 84% of students demonstrating measurable reading growth and students gaining an average of four independent and four instructional reading levels in a single program year.

5× · 2020–2024
Funded
$861k
Granted in total
37%
Peak share of budget
+113%
Their revenue since

CITIZENDETROIT ACTION GROUP

Funded once

Catalytic moment; financial base still narrow

Skillman made a single $150,000 grant to CitizenDetroit Action Group in 2020, support that represented as much as 95% of the organization's peak budget at the time, as the Detroit civic-engagement nonprofit pivoted quickly to phone-based and virtual programming when COVID-19 shut down in-person events, reaching an average of 40 residents per event and providing unbiased candidate information ahead of both 2020 elections. Revenue has not grown since that first grant and recent filings are unavailable, leaving the organization's current financial footing unclear even as its civic mission remains active.

once (2020)
Funded
$150k
Granted in total
95%
Peak share of budget
-58%
Their revenue since
How this is measured
Trajectories are each organization’s own subsequent IRS filings; milestones are from the public record, linked to source. Revenue is the organization’s whole income from every source. We date what happened after a grant and do not claim the grant caused it.
04Its field

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.

1
Business Leaders for Michigan

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.…

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2
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit

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3
Diploma Equity Project

The organization works with k-12, higher education and other community partners to design and implement programs to improve rates of college persistence and completion.

Education
4
Endeavor Detroit

Endeavor Detroit is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Michigan and the wider Great Lakes region, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in the…

Community Improvement
5
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
6
Detroit Jews for Justice

Djj advances racial and economic justice by developing metro detroit jews as community organizers who fight for transformative policy change in deep partnership with neighbors

Civil Rights
7
Detroit Food Policy Council

The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…

Food & Nutrition
8
The Greening of Detroit

The greening of detroit's mission is the sustainable growth of a healthy urban community through trees, green spaces, healthy living, education, training and job opportunities.

Environment
9
The Youth Connection Inc

The Youth Connection is committed to connecting all youth and their families in metro Detroit to a brighter future by providing quality programs and supportive services.

Youth Development
10
Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network

DBCFSN works to build self-reliance and food security in Detroits black community by influencing public policy promoting urban agriculture, promoting healthy eating and encouraging youth to pursue careers in food related fields.

Food & Nutrition
11
Michigan Advocacy Program

To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.

Crime & Legal
12
Progress Michigan Education Inc

Progress Michigan Education is a non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that promotes solutions for michigan through independent research, public education and the use of new media and internet outreach campaigns.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education; the most unlike its peers is Sugar Honey Iced Tea. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
06the grantee network

447 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. 447 of the 573 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.

28
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
97
Early backer (in before they grew)
438/447
Grantees still filing
271/447
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,617,000 · EducationDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL…Teach for America Inc: $1,905,400 · EducationTeach for America Inc482 FORWARD: $1,481,250 · Education482 FORWARDNew Paradigm for Education Inc: $1,128,000 · EducationNew Paradigm for Educ…BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE: $1,085,000 · EducationBLACK MALE EDUCATORS …MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $818,500 · EducationDETROIT FOOD & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY: $784,975 · EducationBFDI EDUCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $750,000 · EducationDETROIT 90 90: $750,000 · EducationTHE MICHIGAN HISPANIC COLLABORATIVE: $745,000 · Education+22 more: $5,349,390 · Education+22 moreWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,270,631 · OtherWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYDETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $1,901,000 · OtherDETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATIO…METRO SOLUTIONS INC: $2,212,250 · OtherMETRO SOLUTIONS INCUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $2,531,421 · OtherUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN+82 more: $24,852,147 · Other+82 moreINVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION: $1,650,000 · Community ImprovementINVEST DETROIT…COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT: $1,492,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY DEVE…WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $1,462,200 · Community ImprovementWAYNE STATE UN…WARRENCONNER DEVELOPMENT COALITION: $1,224,850 · Community ImprovementWARRENCONNER D…BME NETWORKS INC: $1,075,000 · Community ImprovementBME NETWORKS I…FOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE: $875,000 · Community ImprovementFOUNDATION FOR…CENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK: $861,050 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR SUC…DETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $852,500 · Community ImprovementDETROIT HISPAN…CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND INC: $585,000 · Community ImprovementDETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $548,000 · Community ImprovementGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $510,000 · Community Improvement+9 more: $1,392,950 · Community Improvement+9 moreUrban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc: $1,960,200 · Human ServicesUrban Neigh…Detroit Parent Network: $886,570 · Human ServicesDetroit Par…Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance: $751,575 · Human ServicesCody Rouge …TIDES CENTER: $606,021 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTE…MICHIGAN'S CHILDREN: $585,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN'S …ATHLETE TRANSITION SERVICES CORPORA: $563,500 · Human ServicesATHLETE TRA…DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $549,225 · Human ServicesDETROIT POL…MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $515,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN LE…Calebs Kids: $448,875 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS INC: $436,375 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metropolitan Detroit: $390,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT PHOENIX CENTER: $350,800 · Human ServicesSPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $350,000 · Human Services+7 more: $1,249,875 · Human Services+7 moreDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $3,006,522 · PhilanthropyDETROIT CHI…COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $2,704,905 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL OF …THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $1,410,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FORUM F…Michigan Association of United Ways Inc: $996,000 · PhilanthropyMichigan As…BEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE: $390,000 · Philanthropy+12 more: $1,082,822 · Philanthropy+12 moreBRILLIANT DETROIT: $2,189,470 · Youth DevelopmentDeveloping Kingdoms in Different Stages: $1,247,208 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $899,191 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $598,000 · Youth DevelopmentGRACE IN ACTION COLLECTIVES: $445,000 · Youth DevelopmentTeen HYPE: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentDETROIT HORSE POWER: $262,500 · Youth Development+5 more: $703,200 · Youth DevelopmentALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $1,945,555 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION: $925,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC IMPACT: $922,075 · Arts & CultureINSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PROJECT: $535,200 · Arts & CultureOUTLIER MEDIA: $300,080 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE WORKS: $276,250 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $447,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$18,414,515Other$33,767,449Community Improvement$12,528,550Human Services$9,643,016Philanthropy$9,590,249Youth Development$6,644,569Arts & Culture$5,351,660

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,617,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $3,006,522 over 5y, 14% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $2,704,905 over 5y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $2,531,421 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMETRO SOLUTIONS INC: $2,212,250 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT: $2,189,470 over 5y, 13% of budgetUrban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc: $1,960,200 over 5y, 30% of budgetALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC: $1,945,555 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,905,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION: $1,901,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetINVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION: $1,650,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT: $1,492,000 over 5y, 24% of budget482 FORWARD: $1,481,250 over 5y, 26% of budgetWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT: $1,462,200 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetTHE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT: $1,410,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetDeveloping Kingdoms in Different Stages: $1,247,208 over 5y, 28% of budgetWARRENCONNER DEVELOPMENT COALITION: $1,224,850 over 4y, 11% of budgetNew Paradigm for Education Inc: $1,128,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCENTRAL DETROIT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,097,500 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetBLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE: $1,085,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetBME NETWORKS INC: $1,075,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMichigan Association of United Ways Inc: $996,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetSER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC: $939,734 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetMICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION: $925,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetATLANTIC IMPACT: $922,075 over 5y, 58% of budgetWELLSPRING: $916,600 over 5y, 34% of budgetCATCHAFIRE FOUNDATION: $900,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $899,191 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetGIVE MERIT INC: $889,200 over 5y, 54% of budgetDetroit Parent Network: $886,570 over 5y, 45% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE: $875,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK: $861,050 over 5y, 37% of budgetDETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $852,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM: $841,238 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $818,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $817,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $810,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSoar Detroit: $810,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetDETROIT FOOD & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY: $784,975 over 5y, 28% of budgetCody Rouge Community Action Alliance: $751,575 over 5y, 19% of budgetBFDI EDUCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $750,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetDETROIT 90 90: $750,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN HISPANIC COLLABORATIVE: $745,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE YUNION: $701,625 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetNEW DETROIT INC: $700,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetAUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN: $620,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $606,021 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN FUTURE INC: $600,000 over 5y, 37% of budget
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 DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds METRO SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BRILLIANT DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds Urban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds INVEST DETROIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds 482 FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds THE FORUM FOR YOUTH INVESTMENT ↗
  • Who funds Developing Kingdoms in Different Stages ↗
  • Who funds WARRENCONNER DEVELOPMENT COALITION ↗
  • Who funds New Paradigm for Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL DETROIT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BLACK MALE EDUCATORS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BME NETWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Association of United Ways Inc ↗
  • Who funds SER METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC IMPACT ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING ↗
  • Who funds CATCHAFIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GIVE MERIT INC ↗
  • Who funds Detroit Parent Network ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR DETROIT'S FUTURE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds Soar Detroit ↗
19 internal · 0 shared anchors

How its grantees work together

Wayne State University and Michigan Central have established a first-of-its-kind partnership to elevate talent, resources and innovation. It is one of 19 direct ties among 34 of its grantees.

Inferred: ties are read by a model from news and organization websites, and each links to its source.

34
Grantees connected
19
Grantee↔grantee ties
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Shared anchors (2+ grantees)
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External links

Tap any organization to trace its collaborations; shared anchors pull toward the center

20 shown · 9 ties
826 MICHIGAN: $314k granted · 4 linksTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $2k granted · 2 linksDETROIT FOOD & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY: $785k granted · 7 linksCALEBS KIDS: $449k granted · 2 linksMICHIGAN CENTRAL CENTER FOR MOBILITY AND SOCIETY: $75k granted · 3 linksDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $3.6M granted · 7 linksDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CO…ALKEBU-LAN VILLAGE: $353k granted · 9 linksSTRATEGIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $487k granted · 3 linksWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $2.3M granted · 10 linksWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYCENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORK: $861k granted · 2 linksCENTER FOR SUCCESS NETWORKGIVE MERIT INC: $889k granted · 3 linksGIVE MERIT INCEASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $150k granted · 3 linksNEW DETROIT INC: $700k granted · 2 linksINSTITUTE FOR AFROURBANISM: $468k granted · 4 linksWELLSPRING: $917k granted · 2 linksWELLSPRINGCITIZENDETROIT ACTION GROUP: $150k granted · 3 linksGRACE IN ACTION COLLECTIVES: $445k granted · 8 linksSOAR DETROIT: $810k granted · 3 linksCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES OF DETROIT: $1.5M granted · 7 linksCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADV…HERITAGE WORKS: $276k granted · 4 links
grantee external partner named by both stated inferred

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Anchors several grantees share

No anchor is shared by multiple grantees yet.

Joint program 54Affiliation 12Coalition 9Funding 8
How this is measured
Ties are extracted by a model from news and organization websites, not from tax filings, so they are directional rather than exhaustive. Corroborated ties were named independently by both organizations.
Cause groups: Arts & Culture, Community Improvement, Crime & Legal, Education, Human Services, Recreation & Sports, Social Science, Unclassified, Youth Development

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.

United Way for Southe…Community Foundation …DTE Energy FoundationThe Kresge FoundationThe Ralph C Wilson Jr…McGregor FundHudson-Webber Foundat…Ford PhilanthropyThe Fred & Barbara Er…Max M & Marjorie S Fi…Wayne-Metropolitan Co…Wayne State Universit…
United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI168.3× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · McGregor Fund · Hudson-Webber Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Inc · Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc · Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Skillman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Skillman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 573 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024 (period ending 2024-12-31), released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object 202543169349103214 · view filing · www.skillman.org

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