Michigan · Private foundation
The Robinson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $232k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Robinson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $16k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $10k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $6k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $7k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $8k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Valley Hospital Foundation | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Victoria Theatre Association | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Dayton Art Institute | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Culture Works | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), 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: The Berry Family Foundation · Mathile Family Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Robinson Family Foundation
- How much does The Robinson Family Foundation give?
- The Robinson Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $16,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robinson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are The Robinson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Miami Valley Hospital Foundation ($14k), Victoria Theatre Association ($6k), The Dayton Art Institute ($3k).
- Does The Robinson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robinson 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 Robinson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Berry Family Foundation, Mathile Family Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Robinson Family Foundation based?
- The Robinson Family Foundation is based in MI.
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