Michigan · Private foundation
The Sehn 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Sehn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 5 | $135k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $202k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $153k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $182k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $122k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $120k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $205k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $237k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Midnight Golf Program | $187,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Angels' Place | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Manresa Jesuit Retreat House | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Hugo of the Hills Parish Bloomfield Hills | $38,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Monroe Michigan Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica Parish Royal Oak | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Seminary | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Biabmi Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Midnight Golf Program | $187,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Angels' Place | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Manresa Jesuit Retreat House | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Hugo of the Hills Parish Bloomfield Hills | $38,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Monroe Michigan Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica Parish Royal Oak | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Seminary | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Hill School Corporation of Middleburg | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Biabmi Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trinity Health - Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adrian Dominican Sisters | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Guest House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pink Agenda Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Archdiocese of Detroit | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rose Hill Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fallen and Wounded Soldiers Fund | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Pope Francis Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Racquet Up Detroit | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bottomless Toy Chest Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Motown Historical Musuem Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of African American History | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Apk Charities Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City Year Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($638k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sehn Foundation 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 · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · Henry Ford Southeast Michigan Community Health · Thomas J & Ruth E Grimaldi Foundation · James M and Louise C Roche Foundation · Molinello Family Foundation · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust · Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling · University of Notre Dame du Lac · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sehn Foundation
- How much does The Sehn Foundation give?
- The Sehn Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $134,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sehn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Human Services (18%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are The Sehn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Midnight Golf Program ($188k), Angels' Place ($150k), Manresa Jesuit Retreat House ($120k).
- Does The Sehn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sehn 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 Sehn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Catholic Foundation of Michigan, Henry Ford Southeast Michigan Community Health.
- Where is The Sehn Foundation based?
- The Sehn Foundation is based in MI.
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