Michigan · Private foundation
The Buhr Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $351k
- Granted FY2020
- 37
- Grants FY2020
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Buhr Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Buhr Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 31 organizations, $351k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 55
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 19% of the organizations The Buhr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 37 | $351k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $557k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Theater Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fisher House Michigan | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Home of New Vision | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Rutherford Pool | $30,000 | 2 | 34% |
| North Star Reach | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | $21,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Action Network | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ozone House Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Buhr Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Duffy Foundation · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · Herrick Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · THE MOSAIC FOUNDATION (Of R & P Heydon) · Harold and Jean Grossman Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Buhr Foundation
- How much does The Buhr Foundation give?
- The Buhr Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $350,600 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 55 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does The Buhr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Health (3%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are The Buhr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2020: Michigan Theater Foundation Inc ($50k), Fisher House Michigan ($35k), Home of New Vision ($30k).
- Does The Buhr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Buhr 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 The Buhr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County.
- Where is The Buhr Foundation based?
- The Buhr Foundation is based in MI.
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