· Private foundation
The Newman Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k15 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL LAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $10,000 |
| 826 MICHIGAN | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPT OF PED RHEUMATOLOGY | $10,000 |
| EASTERN MARKET | $10,000 |
| WILKINSON HOMESTEAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| RUTH ELLIS CENTER | $10,000 |
| CURE JM FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| CONGREGATION SUKKAT SHALOM | $5,000 |
| BARN SANCTUARY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPT OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | $5,000 |
| WARM HEARTS ORGANIZATION | $5,000 |
| CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS | $3,500 |
| MIDWEST ACCESS COALITION | $3,000 |
| MUNSON FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–19, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
36 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 12 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, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
RUTH ELLIS CENTER5× · 2018–2024 · $47k · revenue +90%- CJCURE JM FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $18k · revenue +11%
- UOUniversity of Michigan4× · 2018–2022 · $17k · revenue +195%
Funded once
- OUOAKLAND UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $20k
- MDMI DEPT OF RESEARCH SUPPORTone grant, 2017 · $15k
- OUOAKLAND UNIVERSITY WM BEAUMONTone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.…
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
For all state residents, diverse civic stakeholders and philanthropy, the center for michigan (the center) and its nonprofit newsrooms - bridge michigan and bridgedetroit - make michigan better through high-quality, nonpartisan journalism…
Endeavor Detroit is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Michigan and the wider Great Lakes region, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in the…
The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…
Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.
The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.
The organization is known as the leader in the movement and is seen as the "go to" experts on environmental justice and sustainable redevelopment because of its knowledge and its network.
Bridging the gap between early-stage innovation and commercial application. partnering to de-risk, develop and scale-up discoveries into commercially-viable technology packages.
Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 87 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 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RUTH ELLIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds EASTERN MARKET CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds CURE JM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds 826 MICHIGAN INC ↗
- Who funds MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
- Who funds First Look Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds CONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKING WALLS INC ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN ENVIROMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds BARN SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL DETROIT ↗
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 Kresge Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · The Gilbert Family Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Jk Farber Family Foundation · McGregor Fund · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Newman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Newman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
How this is measured
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