· Private foundation
Suzanne Sloat & Ray Okonski Fdn
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $5,000 |
| POLISH CENTURY HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL POLISH AMERICAN SPORTS | $4,000 |
| ST EDITH CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN | $3,250 |
| POLISH CENTURY HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| AMERICAN POLISH CULTURAL SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN | $1,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ANGEL HORSES | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF POLISH ART | $1,000 |
| POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS | $1,000 |
| DEMENTIA SOCIETY OF AMERICA | $1,000 |
| THUNDER CHICKENS ROBOTIC CLUB | $1,000 |
| DIOCESE OF SAGINAW | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 44% of Suzanne Sloat & Ray Okonski Fdn’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 79% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 50%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCPOLISH CENTURY HERITAGE FOUNDATION4× · 2023–2026 · $26k
- UOUniversity of Michigan3× · 2023–2026 · $15k · revenue +88%
- NPNATIONAL POLISH AMERICAN SPORTS HAL3× · 2023–2026 · $12k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- WPWGTE PUBLIC MEDIAone grant, 2024 · $5k
- ROREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANone grant, 2024 · $5k
- DCDIVINE CHILD PARISH DEARBORNone grant, 2025 · $2k
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.
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.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
The polish american chamber of commerce is dedicated to fostering its members' business interests, educating and building relations.
The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and…
To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Marian university is a catholic applied liberal arts community that welcomes diverse spiritual traditions sponsored by the congregation of sisters of st agnes. marian university engages students in the education of the whole person. we…
The mission of the american health law association is to deliver authoritative educational content and serve as a professional home for all who engage with health law.
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
The primary mission of the presidents council is to advocate higher education as a public good and to promote its collective value in serving the public interest and the state of michigan. the primary goal is to provide services to members…
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL POLISH AMERICAN SPORTS HAL ↗
- Who funds American Polish Cultural Society ↗
- Who funds Polish American Congress Inc-MI Div ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds THE LENNON CENTER ↗
- Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds American Council for Polish Culture ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANGEL HORSES INC ↗
- Who funds Madonna University ↗
- Who funds DEMENTIA SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds 40 DAYS FOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds MODEL-T AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE COMPLEX INC ↗
- Who funds CATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Suzanne Sloat & Ray Okonski Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Suzanne Sloat & Ray Okonski Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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