Michigan · Private foundation
The Sherman 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.
- $278k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Sherman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 24 | $209k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $275k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $354k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $351k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $262k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $256k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $298k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ort America Inc | $144,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $132,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Brilliant Detroit | $115,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $83,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit | $59,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $58,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendship Circle | $55,000 | 6 | n/a |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($839k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sherman Family 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: Alan Jay and Sue Kaufman Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · Grosfeld Foundation · Karp Family Foundation · Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc · Barron Family Foundation · David Kahan Family Foundation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Spencer M Partrich Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sherman Family Foundation
- How much does The Sherman Family Foundation give?
- The Sherman Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $277,667 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Sherman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Philanthropy (21%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Sherman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Ort America Inc ($145k), Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($132k), Brilliant Detroit ($115k).
- Does The Sherman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sherman 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 Sherman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alan Jay and Sue Kaufman Foundation, The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation, Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation.
- Where is The Sherman Family Foundation based?
- The Sherman Family Foundation is based in MI.
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