· Private foundation
The Marshall Mathers Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k43 grants · $123k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM | $95,000 |
| TARGET FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE | $20,000 |
| ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES | $10,000 |
| WHY NOT CARE MORE | $10,000 |
| VISTA MARIA | $8,000 |
| SPHINX ORGANIZATION | $7,500 |
| GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM | $5,000 |
| FAMILIES AGAINST NARCOTICS | $5,000 |
| COMMON GROUND | $5,000 |
| FORGOTTEN HARVEST | $5,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $259k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
62 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +69%
- DBDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM7× · 2017–2024 · $216k · revenue +416%
ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- TGTHE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INCone grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -41%
- DRDetroit Rescue Mission Ministriesone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +24%
- CCCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +88%
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.
Friends of the children - detroit has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…
Covenant house michigan is a sanctuary for homeless and at-risk young people, ages 18-24 who have nowhere to go. it is our mission to serve these children with respect and love.covenant house michigan builds bridges to hope for young…
The mission of desc is to cultivate local workforce talent to align with the needs of the business community through partnerships with key workforce agencies, faith- and community- based organizations, education and training institutions,…
Local circles offers young detroiters an employment opportunity in youth- led research. by employing youth to do research, local circles intervenes on two simultaneous social issues facing young detroiters today: youth unemployment and…
Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…
Helping families and neighborhoods succeed by providing a place and support to assure kids ages 0-5 are school ready and families are healthy and stable.
To support recovery which strengthens, rebuilds, and empowers individuals, families, and communities who are experiencing co-occuring mental illness, and substance use disorders. drp achieves this by ensuring access to integrated networks…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
To inspire, motivate and empower at-risk young women to live up to their full potential through a unique mentoring program with highly accomplished professional women.
How this is measured
68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 68 of the 128 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 HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds THE GATHERING FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ↗
- Who funds CASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIFFORDS ↗
- Who funds WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds VISTA MARIA ↗
- Who funds SPHINX ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds CARE OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Detroit City Lions Youth Club ↗
- Who funds TARGET FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST CLAIR BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Ford Philanthropy · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Culturesource · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Marshall Mathers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marshall Mathers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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