Michigan · Private foundation
The Pilcowitz Family 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
65% of The Pilcowitz Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Metropolitan Detroit, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,430
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Pilcowitz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 9 | $60k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $21k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $4k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $26k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $26k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield | $35,879 | 1 | n/a |
| The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit | $5,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle | $3,250 | 6 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yahad - in Unum Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dynami Foundation | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($308k), not named here.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Pilcowitz Family Foundation
- How much does The Pilcowitz Family Foundation give?
- The Pilcowitz Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $170,209 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Pilcowitz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (42%), Philanthropy (26%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Pilcowitz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield ($36k), The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation ($25k), Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit ($20k).
- Does The Pilcowitz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pilcowitz Family 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 Pilcowitz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Pilcowitz Family Foundation based?
- The Pilcowitz Family Foundation is based in MI.
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