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Speyer Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17k
Granted FY2023
38
Grants FY2023
36
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$341
Largest grant, FY2023
$2,033
Organizations funded a year
36 to 38
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
15
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Speyer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202336$16k0%
FY202237$490k0%
FY202138$736k0%
FY202038$1.8Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$812kEnvironment$528kRecreation & Sports$418kInternational$318kReligion$210kHealth$209kArts & Culture$184kPublic Safety & Disaster$184kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
OH
CT
CO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwestern University$417,99640%
Washtenaw Community College Foundation$251,249411%
Eastern Michigan University Foundation$251,24941%
Northwest Indian College$251,24941%
Ocean Conservancy$200,99940%
Catholic Relief Services$184,2504n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$184,25040%
St Mary Student Parish Ann Arbor$100,5024n/a
St Thomas the Apostle Parish Ann Arbor$84,5093n/a
Legacy Land Conservancy$67,00343%
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All grantees of Speyer Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northwestern University$417,99640%
Washtenaw Community College Foundation$251,249411%
Eastern Michigan University Foundation$251,24941%
Northwest Indian College$251,24941%
Ocean Conservancy$200,99940%
Catholic Relief Services$184,2504n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$184,25040%
St Mary Student Parish Ann Arbor$100,5024n/a
St Thomas the Apostle Parish Ann Arbor$84,5093n/a
Legacy Land Conservancy$67,00343%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$67,00340%
Arbor Hospice Inc$67,00340%
Dawn Incorporated$67,00341%
Heifer Project International$67,00340%
Humane Society of Huron Valley$67,00340%
Smile Train Inc$67,00340%
Detroit Public Media$67,00340%
Avalon Nonprofit Housing Corporation$67,00341%
Americares Foundation Inc$33,50440%
Shelter Association of Washtenaw County$33,50441%
Paws With A Cause$33,50441%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$33,50440%
Detroit Zoological Society$33,50440%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$33,50440%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$33,50440%
Food Gatherers$33,50440%
Ecology Center$25,12841%
Casa Romero Renewal Center Inc$25,12843%
American Indian College Fund$16,75340%
Red Cloud Indian School$16,7534n/a
United Way of Washtenaw County$16,75340%
St Labre Indian School$16,7534n/a
The Toledo Museum of Art$16,75340%
Chi Omega Foundation$8,33330%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($142k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Speyer Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwestern University: $417,996 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashtenaw Community College Foundation: $251,249 over 4y, 11% of budgetEastern Michigan University Foundation: $251,249 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwest Indian College: $251,249 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $200,999 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $184,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Land Conservancy: $67,003 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $67,003 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArbor Hospice Inc: $67,003 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDawn Incorporated: $67,003 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHeifer Project International: $67,003 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Huron Valley: $67,003 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $67,003 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Public Media: $67,003 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAvalon Nonprofit Housing Corporation: $67,003 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $33,504 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShelter Association of Washtenaw County: $33,504 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $33,504 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $33,504 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Zoological Society: $33,504 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Symphony Orchestra Inc: $33,504 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $33,504 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFood Gatherers: $33,504 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEcology Center: $25,128 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCasa Romero Renewal Center Inc: $25,128 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $16,753 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Washtenaw County: $16,753 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Toledo Museum of Art: $16,753 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChi Omega Foundation: $8,333 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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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 29.

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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.

United Way of Washten…Ann Arbor Area Commun…James a and Faith Kni…DTE Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …Raymond James Charita…The Martin Family Fou…United CharitableThe Pfizer Foundation…Charles Stewart Mott …Edward F Redies Found…Duffy Foundation
United Way of Washtenaw CountyMI22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Washtenaw County · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Martin Family Foundation · United Charitable · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · Duffy 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 Speyer Foundation

How much does Speyer Foundation give?
Speyer Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $16,837 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Speyer Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (24%), Environment (16%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
Who are Speyer Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Northwestern University ($418k), Washtenaw Community College Foundation ($251k), Eastern Michigan University Foundation ($251k).
Does Speyer Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Speyer 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 Speyer Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, James a and Faith Knight Foundation.
Where is Speyer Foundation based?
Speyer Foundation is based in MI.

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 40 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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