Michigan · Private foundation
The Henry Ford II Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $33M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Henry Ford II Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $725k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.2M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $1.1M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $948k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $1.8M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $1.6M | 39% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $1.7M | 27% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Zoological Society | $1,441,666 | 6 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $1,350,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Empowerment Plan | $935,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $625,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $598,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $475,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $410,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Detroit Public Media | $295,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Metro Solutions Inc | $164,740 | 1 | 2% |
| Motown Historical Musuem Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Henry Ford II Fund supplied at peak.
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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 · The Skillman Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Hudson-Webber Foundation · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · WK Kellogg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Henry Ford II Fund
- How much does The Henry Ford II Fund give?
- The Henry Ford II Fund reported 15 grants totaling $1,630,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Henry Ford II Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (29%), Arts & Culture (20%), Science & Tech (12%).
- Who are The Henry Ford II Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Detroit Zoological Society ($1.4M), Henry Ford Health System ($1.4M), The Empowerment Plan ($935k).
- Does The Henry Ford II Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Henry Ford II Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Henry Ford II Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Skillman Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Henry Ford II Fund based?
- The Henry Ford II Fund is based in MI.
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