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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$569kHuman Services$247kYouth Development$193kHealth$162kEducation$114kPhilanthropy$22kCommunity Improvement$15kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY$100,000
GUEST HOUSE$10,000
MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM$5,000
KIRK GIBSON FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S$5,000
ST HUGO OF THE HILLS CHURCH$5,000
ST HUGO OF THE HILLS CHURCH$5,000
MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM$2,500
ST HUGO OF THE HILLS CHURCH$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $166k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%POPE FRANCIS CENTER: $5k → 21%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $5k → 21%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $5k → 21%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DETROIT: $1k → 21%ANGEL'S PLACE: $50k → 8%ANGEL'S PLACE: $50k → 8%ANGEL'S PLACE: $50k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 19 repeat orgs$307k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
24

Total granted

$1.0M
$292k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+37%

Still filing today

37%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $188k · revenue +120%
  • AP
    ANGELS' PLACE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $150k · revenue +84%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT
    3× · 2018–2023 · $11k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TH
    TRINITY HEALTH OAKLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • SC
    SAMARITAN CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +113%
  • NS
    NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE LITTLE FLOWER BASILICA PARISH ROYAL OAK
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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.

04Its field

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.

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Advantage Healthsaint Mary's Medical Group

We, advantage health/saint mary's medical group and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.advantage health/saint mary's medical group…

Health
2
Samaritan Hospital

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. samaritan hospital is a member of st. peter's health partners and…

Health
3
Rose Hill Center Inc

To provide a residential psychiatric rehabilitation facility for adults with mental illness

Health
4
St Francis Home of Saginaw

Skilled nursing care for the elderly.

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5
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…

Health
6
Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw Founda

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
7
St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc

We, st. joseph mercy chelsea and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph mercy chelsea is a member of trinity health - michigan and…

Health
8
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

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9
Mercy Health Partners

We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.

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10
Villa Mary Immaculate

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. villa mary immaculate is a member of st. peter's health partners…

Health
11
St John's Rehabilitation Hospital and Nursing Center Inc

St. john's rehabilitation hospital provides nursing and rehabilitation services to individuals of all faiths, regardless of any individuals' ability to pay for services, including routine and ancillary care, in support of the archiocese of…

Health
12
Mercy Services Downtown Inc

We, saint joseph's health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. honoring the heritage and advancing the ministry of the sisters of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Society of St Vincent De Paul in the Archdiocese of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is The Bottomless Toy Chest Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 45 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY: $235,000 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETYMANRESA JESUIT RETREAT HOUSE: $120,000 · OtherMANRESA JESUIT RETREAT HOUSETRINITY HEALTH OAKLAND: $100,000 · OtherTRINITY HEALTH OAKLANDUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUIT: $75,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUITST HUGO OF THE HILLS: $72,500 · OtherST HUGO OF THE HILLSST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND: $60,000 · OtherST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLANDST HUGO OF THE HILLS PARISH BLOOMFIELD HILLS: $38,000 · Other+25 more: $203,976 · Other+25 moreTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $187,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MIDNIGHT GOL…+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentANGELS' PLACE: $150,000 · Human ServicesANGELS' PLACESOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $11,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $10,000 · HealthGUEST HOUSE INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE PINK AGENDA INC: $10,000 · HealthSACRED HEART REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $5,500 · HealthSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementTHE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG: $20,000 · EducationROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $5,500 · Philanthropy
Other$904,476Youth Development$192,500Human Services$166,000Health$35,500Community Improvement$25,000Education$20,000Philanthropy$11,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $187,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetANGELS' PLACE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUEST HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PINK AGENDA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSACRED HEART REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPOPE FRANCIS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPK CHARITIES CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 THE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS' PLACE ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL CORPORATION OF MIDDLEBURG ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PINK AGENDA INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND ↗
  • Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RACQUET UP DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds THE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC ↗
  • Who funds MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSUEM INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Catholic Foundation o…Henry Ford Southeast …Thomas J & Ruth E Gri…James M and Louise C …Molinello Family Foun…Raymond M & Jane E Cr…Myrtle E & Wm G Hess …Doris J & Donald L Du…University of Notre D…DTE Energy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI28.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Sehn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sehn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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