Michigan · Private foundation
The Shiffman 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2023
- 20
- Grants FY2023
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,085
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations The Shiffman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 20 | $6k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $5k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $4k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $3k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $4k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $4k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Equal Justice Inc | $4,010 | 7 | 2% |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | $1,770 | 6 | n/a |
| Clean Water for the World | $1,300 | 4 | 1% |
| Detroit Jews for Justice | $1,230 | 4 | n/a |
| Kenyon College | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Corner Shower and LaundryInc | $550 | 3 | 0% |
| The Academy of American Poets Inc | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Michigan Coalition for Human Rights | $400 | 2 | 1% |
| Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| General Baker Institute | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shiffman 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: The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Ethel and James Flinn Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Shiffman Foundation
- How much does The Shiffman Foundation give?
- The Shiffman Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $6,295 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Shiffman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (54%), Crime & Legal (15%), Civil Rights (7%).
- Who are The Shiffman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Fund for Equal Justice Inc ($4k), St Peters Episcopal Church ($2k), Clean Water for the World ($1k).
- Does The Shiffman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shiffman 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 Shiffman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kresge Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, WK Kellogg Foundation.
- Where is The Shiffman Foundation based?
- The Shiffman Foundation is based in MI.
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