How much does Song Foundation give?

Song Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $2,540,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does Song Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Community Improvement (19%), Arts & Culture (17%).

Who are Song Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ann Arbor Spark Foundation ($1.0M), Outlier Media ($300k), Michigan Founders Fund ($253k).

Does Song Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Song 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 Song Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.

Where is Song Foundation based?

Song Foundation is based in CO.

Foundation Dossiers

Colorado · Private foundation

Song 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.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 43
Grants FY2024: 22
Organizations funded FY2023: 82%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $45,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $250,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 22; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $25M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 82% of the organizations Song Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	42	$2.5M	83%
FY2023	22	$1.7M	82%
FY2022	8	$508k	88%
FY2021	3	$240k	67%
FY2020	7	$1.5M	n/a

97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MCivil Rights$660kHuman Services$490kCrime & Legal$265kEducation$230kYouth Development$217kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Ann Arbor Spark Foundation	$1,020,000	1	63%
Outlier Media	$300,000	2	8%
Michigan Founders Fund	$253,000	2	9%
Detroit Justice Center	$250,000	2	4%
United Way of Washtenaw County	$200,000	1	3%
Pro Publica Inc	$200,000	2	0%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc	$195,000	2	3%
Detroit Regional Chamber	$180,000	2	1%
Freedom House Detroit	$175,000	1	5%
Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc	$150,000	1	1%

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All grantees of Song Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Ann Arbor Spark Foundation	$1,020,000	1	63%
Outlier Media	$300,000	2	8%
Michigan Founders Fund	$253,000	2	9%
Detroit Justice Center	$250,000	2	4%
United Way of Washtenaw County	$200,000	1	3%
Pro Publica Inc	$200,000	2	0%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Inc	$195,000	2	3%
Detroit Regional Chamber	$180,000	2	1%
Freedom House Detroit	$175,000	1	5%
Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc	$150,000	1	1%
Hillman Accelerator	$150,000	1	11%
African American Cultural & Historical Museum	$150,000	1	36%
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County Inc	$125,000	1	2%
Lahc - Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities	$100,000	1	2%
Ann Arbor District Library	$100,000	1	1%
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels	$87,000	1	4%
FORCE Detroit Inc	$75,000	1	3%
Moses Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Community Action Network	$50,000	2	2%
Black Male Educators Alliance	$50,000	1	1%
Greenlight Fund Inc	$50,000	1	0%
482 Forward	$50,000	1	2%
Artspace Projects Inc	$40,000	3	0%
University Musical Society	$40,000	1	0%
Washtenaw Housing Alliance	$35,000	2	4%
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan Inc	$35,000	1	2%
Warrior Academy	$30,000	1	24%
Council of Michigan Foundations	$26,000	2	0%
Basblue Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Money Matters 4 Youth	$25,000	1	n/a
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation	$25,000	1	0%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint	$20,000	1	1%
Youth Arts Alliance	$18,000	1	5%
Live Coal	$15,000	1	10%
Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center	$15,000	1	1%
Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan	$10,000	1	0%
Detroit Jews for Justice	$10,000	1	3%
Lfe Leaders Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit	$10,000	1	0%
Association Of Chinese Americans Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Youthtank Inc	$7,000	1	3%
Do Good Work	$5,000	1	n/a
Mercy High School	$5,000	1	n/a
Journey Faith Group Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Metropolitan Youth Symphony Inc	$3,500	1	2%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Song Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI45.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Skillman Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · McGregor Fund · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation

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.

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About Song Foundation

How much does Song Foundation give?: Song Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $2,540,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Song Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Community Improvement (19%), Arts & Culture (17%).
Who are Song Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ann Arbor Spark Foundation ($1.0M), Outlier Media ($300k), Michigan Founders Fund ($253k).
Does Song Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Song 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 Song Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, United Way for Southeastern Michigan.
Where is Song Foundation based?: Song Foundation is based in CO.