Michigan · Private foundation
Talbert & Leota Abrams 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.
- $326k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 16 | $326k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $273k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $288k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $363k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $312k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $252k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $291k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $318k | 61% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Day Inc | $364,000 | 9 | 18% |
| The Path Foundation | $284,845 | 8 | 43% |
| Paint a Miracle | $250,000 | 7 | 16% |
| The New Day Foundation for Families | $235,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Michigan United Conservation Clubs | $175,148 | 9 | 2% |
| Gilda's Club Metro Detroit | $114,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Michigan History Foundation Inc | $111,500 | 8 | 7% |
| Foundation for Hope Outdoor Adventures | $92,000 | 4 | 20% |
| Discovering Recreation & Exploring Wildlife Inc | $87,683 | 4 | n/a |
| R&E Family Foundation | $84,000 | 5 | 23% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($466k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · DTE Energy Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation
- How much does Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation give?
- Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $326,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Human Services (23%), Environment (20%).
- Who are Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Zero Day Inc ($364k), The Path Foundation ($285k), Paint a Miracle ($250k).
- Does Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Talbert & Leota Abrams 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 Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, Ford Philanthropy.
- Where is Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation based?
- Talbert & Leota Abrams Foundation is based in MI.
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