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Detroit, MI · Private foundation

The Skillman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
406
Itemized grants FY2024
247
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$17M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
150 to 247
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$602M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Skillman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving312$18M43%
FY2023247$24M38%
FY2022231$22M49%
FY2021157$18M43%
FY2020150$17Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$29MCommunity Improvement$19MYouth Development$15MPhilanthropy$8.3MHuman Services$6.0MArts & Culture$5.7MHealth$4.6MEmployment$2.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Each grant at its grantee’s address, over the share of households in hardship around it.

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Skillman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Detroit Public Schools Foundation$3,617,000520%
Detroit Children's Fund$3,006,522514%
Council of Michigan Foundations$2,704,905512%
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$2,531,42153%
Metro Solutions Inc$2,212,25059%
Brilliant Detroit$2,189,470513%
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc$1,960,200530%
Allied Media Projects Inc$1,945,55553%
Teach for America Inc$1,905,40050%
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation$1,901,00041%
Invest Detroit Foundation$1,650,00046%
Community Development Advocates of Detroit$1,492,000524%
482 Forward$1,481,250526%
Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit$1,462,20045%
The Forum for Youth Investment$1,410,00046%
Developing Kingdoms in Different Stages$1,247,208528%
Warrenconner Development Coalition$1,224,850411%
New Paradigm for Education Inc$1,128,00042%
Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation$1,097,50059%
Black Male Educators Alliance$1,085,000344%
Bme Networks Inc$1,075,000413%
Michigan Association of United Ways Inc$996,000411%
Ser Metro Detroit Jobs for Progress Inc$939,73455%
Michigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation$925,000421%
Atlantic Impact$922,075558%
Wellspring$916,600534%
Catchafire Foundation$900,000511%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan$899,19154%
Give Merit Inc$889,200554%
Detroit Parent Network$886,570545%
Foundation for Detroit's Future$875,00051%
Center for Success Network$861,050537%
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation$852,500510%
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program$841,23857%
Michigan College Access Network$818,50052%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$817,00053%
City Year Inc$810,00050%
Soar Detroit$810,000529%
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy$784,975528%
Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance$751,575519%
Bfdi Educational Service Inc$750,00036%
Detroit 90 90$750,00031%
The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative$745,000513%
The Yunion$701,62558%
New Detroit Inc$700,000344%
Autism Alliance of Michigan$620,00057%
Michigan Future Inc$600,000537%
The Midnight Golf Program$598,00059%
Michigan's Children$585,000449%
Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc$585,00043%
Athlete Transition Services Corpora$563,500366%
Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated$549,22547%
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation Inc$548,00052%
College for Creative Studies$540,40050%
Insideout Literary Arts Project$535,200511%
Michigan League for Public Policy$515,00056%
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan Inc$510,906514%
Greenlight Fund Inc$510,00051%
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Inc$500,00011%
Strategic Community Partners Inc$487,140221%
Henry Ford Learning Institute$475,60052%
Institute for Afrourbanism$467,500326%
Calebs Kids$448,875352%
Grace in Action Collectives$445,000543%
Southwest Economic Solutions Inc$436,37537%
The Center for Michigan$435,05653%
The Education Trust Inc$435,00031%
Civic News Company$425,00051%
Say Detroit$420,62536%
Collegespring Inc$412,50036%
Michigan State University$400,2003n/a
The Institute for College Access & Success$400,00042%
Congress of Communities$398,500417%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$390,00025%
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit$390,00031%
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan Inc$385,75038%
Alkebu-Lan Village$353,200522%
Detroit Phoenix Center$350,800416%
Community Education Commission$350,000114%
Springboard Collaborative$350,00022%
Michigan Public Health Institute$350,00010%
Racquet Up Detroit$336,57535%
826 Michigan Inc$314,350333%
Detroit Future City$312,00024%
Grand Valley State University$312,0004n/a
Outlier Media$300,08028%
Teen HYPE$300,000210%
Heritage Works$276,250333%
Diversified Community Services$266,250333%
Detroit Horse Power$262,50045%
Centers for Family Development Inc$260,08042%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$255,32053%
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$255,05331%
Michigan Nonprofit Association$254,40049%
FORCE Detroit Inc$250,00025%
Citizens Research Council of Michigan Inc$237,50047%
National Parents Union Inc$227,50034%
Mothering Justice$225,20044%
Kipp Detroit Imani Academy$200,0001n/a
The Africa-America Institute$200,00025%
Fii - National$200,00020%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$200,00016%
Teach Plus Inc$200,00011%
Launch Michigan$200,000112%
Vision to Learn$200,00021%
University of Detroit Mercy$192,75020%
The Heat and Warmth Fund$182,22550%
Wellbeing Action for Youth Inc$180,00026%
Life Remodeled$177,50036%
Marygrove Conservancy$175,00012%
Playworks Education Energized$170,00040%
Mack Avenue Community Church Comm Deve Corp$166,25029%
Downtown Detroit Partnership Inc$165,00041%
Michigan Roundtable for Just Communities$152,000216%
Last Mile Education Fund$150,00021%
Citizendetroit Action Group$150,000195%
Learn Fresh Education Co$150,00022%
Eastern Michigan University Foundation$150,00011%
Afterschool Alliance$150,00011%
Candid$150,00010%
American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute$142,71021%
Detroit Heals Detroit Inc$133,200415%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit$130,00016%
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network$125,0001n/a
We the People MI$125,00014%
Council on Foundations Inc$124,50050%
Detroit Crime Commission$120,100222%
Basblue Inc$102,00023%
Michigan Center for Youth Justice$100,000110%
Center for Black Educator Development$100,00021%
Michigan Afterschool Partnership$100,00012%
Neutral Zone$100,00016%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$90,00021%
Joe Louis Greenway Partnership$90,00019%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$85,00013%
Michigan Education Excellence Foundation$85,000323%
Spelman College$80,00040%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$79,17050%
Alternatives for Girls$76,50041%
Friends of the Children - Detroit$75,00014%
Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society$75,00012%
Detroit Opera$70,00020%
Franklin-Wright Settlements Inc$69,50041%
Art of Culture Inc$65,000188%
Black Leaders Detroit$64,15842%
Independent Sector$62,50050%
Local Circles$61,800262%
Henry Ford Health System$60,25010%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$60,00010%
University Musical Society$60,00020%
Nw Goldberg Cares Inc$55,50026%
Lfe Leaders Inc$54,125410%
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah$53,0005n/a
Surge Institute$50,50021%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$50,15251%
Detroit Cristo Rey High School Inc$50,0001n/a
Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan$50,000116%
Motown Historical Musuem Inc$50,00011%
Culturesource$47,00031%
Chapel Vision Community Development$45,20038%
Hartford Memorial Baptist Church$43,9002n/a
Black United Fund of Michigan Inc$42,50053%
Metropolitan Affairs Coalition$41,00055%
Planned Parenthood of Michigan$40,77730%
Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc$40,00020%
Michigan Science Center$40,00021%
Timbuktu Community Services$40,0001n/a
The Schott Foundation for Public Education$40,00010%
Avalon Village Inc$40,00017%
America's Promise the Alliance for Youth$40,00011%
Women of Banglatown$39,125217%
Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic$38,75011%
Association for the Advancement of Deafhard of Hearing$38,750322%
AnchoRRa$38,000113%
1 Michigan for the Global Majority$35,250328%
United Negro College Fund Inc$35,00010%
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan$35,00020%
Sugar Honey Iced Tea$30,325218%
Focushope$30,20040%
Public Counsel$30,00010%
Community Partners$30,00020%
National Constitution Center$30,00020%
Caught Up$30,000116%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$29,76220%
Mint Artists Guild$29,400317%
Class Act Detroit$29,2502n/a
Detroit Public Safety Foundation$28,20021%
Michigan Urban Youth Alliance$25,250220%
Brightmoor Connection$25,000116%
Connect Detroit$25,00010%
Talentfirst Inc Fka Talent First Inc$25,00012%
We the People of Detroit$25,00012%
Third Sector New England Inc$25,00010%
New Bethel Baptist Church$25,0001n/a
Baltimore Museum of Art$25,00010%
North End Woodward Community Coalition$25,00012%
Jackson State University$25,0001n/a
Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan$25,00030%
Oakland University$25,0002n/a
Charity for People Powered Democracy$25,0002n/a
Rttm Community Center$24,07526%
Covenant House Michigan$24,02830%
The Funders Network Inc$24,01050%
The Konnection$23,20033%
Museum of African American History$22,50030%
The Color of Autism Foundation$22,50025%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ann Arbor$22,00021%
Lwsc Community Circle$21,8502n/a
Clark Park Coalition$21,82524%
One Love Global$21,57523%
Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc$21,00010%
Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program Inc$20,40021%
Beaumont Health Foundation$20,20020%
Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc$20,00012%
We Are the Culture Creators Nonprofit$20,0001n/a
Michigan Colleges Alliance$20,00030%
Multiplier$20,00010%
Coalition for Juvenile Justice$20,00013%
Center for Community Based Enterprise$20,000112%
The Arts League of Michigan$20,00012%
Live6 Alliance$20,00012%
Cots$19,50030%
Michigan Student Power Alliance$17,7502n/a
Umoja Debate Team$17,50028%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$17,50020%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint$17,00040%
Living Arts$16,25021%
Triumph Missionary Baptist Church$15,7502n/a
American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeastern Mi Inc$15,60040%
The Better Men Outreach Program$15,250115%
Friends of the Rouge$15,20630%
Bfdi International Training Institute$15,00019%
Code313$15,00011%
Moses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength)$15,00021%
Growth Philanthropy Network Inc$15,00012%
Mi-Ramp$15,000210%
Developing Despite Distance Inc$14,025118%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$14,00020%
Boule Foundation$13,60020%
Families Against Narcotics Inc DBA Face Addiction Now$13,50011%
Detroit Public Theatre$13,09030%
Urban Peers Learning Integrity for Tomorrow Program$13,0001n/a
Girls Rock Detroit$12,5001n/a
Renaissance City Chargers Athletic Association$12,5001n/a
The Detroit Creativity Project$12,50023%
Sdm2 Project Education$12,5001n/a
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$12,50020%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$12,30030%
A Girl Like Me Inc$12,025212%
National Audubon Society Inc$11,62510%
Urban Solutions Training & Development Corporation$11,625117%
Encourage Me Im Young Inc$11,60033%
Mirrored Glass$11,575146%
No Barriers 2 Success$11,5751n/a
Carol S House of Refuge$11,5751100%
Mai Family Services Sashital$11,40042%
Arise Detroit$11,00046%
Life Directions$11,00012%
Regents of the University of Michigan$11,0004n/a
Jain Society of Greater Detroit Shah$10,93641%
Steen Foundation$10,8002n/a
Judith Dianne Jackson Scholarship Fund$10,6661n/a
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit$10,50021%
Engaged Detroit$10,50023%
The LIVE Outreach Inc$10,2501n/a
Coaching Detroit Forward Inc$10,000111%
James E Wadworth Community Center$10,00016%
Detroit Puppet Company$10,00015%
Accounting Aid Society$10,00010%
Center for Assessment and Policy Development$10,00012%
Global GLOW$10,00010%
Mexicantown Community Development Corp$10,00018%
Organization of Exonerees$10,000235%
Communities in Schools of Michigan$10,00020%
Beat the Streets Detroit Inc$10,000114%
Baps Charities Inc$10,00010%
Wayne County Court Appointed Special Advocates$10,00014%
Be Well Beautiful People Inc$10,0001n/a
The Detroit Equity Report Inc$10,0002n/a
Southwestern Michigan Urban League$10,00012%
Building Successful Bridges$10,0001n/a
Detroit Justice Center$10,00010%
Cass Tech High School Alumni Assoc$10,00018%
Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation$10,00012%
Au-Some City 313$10,0001n/a
Teachers Supporting Teachers Everywhere Inc$10,000116%
Journi Incorporated$10,00012%
Plant Build & Restore$10,0001n/a
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$10,00010%
Home of Serenity$10,0001n/a
Osborn Neighborhood Alliance$10,00012%
Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health$10,00011%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa$10,00011%
A Host of People Inc$10,00025%
Communities in Schools$10,00010%
Michigan Assn Infant Mental Health$10,00011%
Project Healthy Community$10,00011%
Midwest Academy$10,00010%
Detroit Artists Market$10,00014%
Equity in the Center$10,00012%
Camp Rd Inc$10,00015%
Detroit Historical Society$10,00010%
Dream of Detroit$10,00012%
Federation of American Scientists$10,00010%
Buildon Inc$10,00010%
Peaceplayers International$10,00010%
Detroit Institute for Law and Institute for Law and Oranizing$10,00014%
Journey To Healing Inc$10,00013%
La Casa Guadalupana Corp$10,00015%
360 Detroit Inc$10,00012%
Sunbridge International Collaborative Inc$10,00019%
Straightback Movement Inc$10,0001n/a
Michigan Voices$10,00010%
Faith in Girls Inc$10,000121%
Islamic Center of Detroit Inc$10,0001n/a
Digital Detroit Media Culture Academy$10,0001n/a
Figure Skating in Harlem Inc$10,00010%
North End Youth Improvement Council$10,00028%
Griot Initiative$10,0001n/a
Detroit Alley Cats Inc$9,200111%
Southwest Solutions Inc$9,00020%
No Boundaries Coalition Inc$8,50010%
Diamonds Inspiring Virtue and Success$8,0001n/a
Detroit African Youth Development Organization$7,50011%
Beds 4 Kids$7,50012%
Shoot Camp Boot Camp$7,5001n/a
Nfx$7,50020%
Youthtank Inc$7,50012%
Taproots Camp Walden$7,50015%
Global Detroit$7,50010%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$7,50010%
Wayne County Sheriffs Youth$7,50015%
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work Inc$7,50010%
EcoWorks$7,5001n/a
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$7,50010%
Affirmations Community Center$7,50010%
Cabaret 313 Inc$7,10023%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$7,00020%
Learning Group$6,8751n/a
Food 4 Thought Non-Profit$6,6251n/a
The General Council of the Assemblies of God$6,6001n/a
Black Legacy Advancement Coalition$6,30032%
Michigan Municipal League Foundation$6,30011%
Building Better Men$6,250118%
Novi Educational Foundation$6,09041%
Grand Canyon Conservancy$6,00010%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$5,85020%
St Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center$5,11720%
Grace Centers of Hope$5,02010%
International Women's Forum Inc$5,00010%
Taha Foundation$5,00011%
Hendricks Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
International Child Art Foundation$5,00016%
Engineering Society of Detroit$5,00010%
Read to a Child Inc$5,00010%
Treasure Within$5,000112%
Midtown Detroit Inc$5,00010%
We Gp$5,0001n/a
Birthing Innovative Genius Institute Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Creative Visions Foundation$5,00010%
Building Relationships Inc$5,00011%
Cadillac Urban Gardens$5,0001n/a
Davenport University$5,00010%
Crossroads of Michigan$5,00010%
Life After Care Lac$5,0001n/a
Academy of the Sacred Heart$5,0001n/a
Baltimore Unity Hall Inc$5,00010%
Temate Institute for Black Dance and Culture LLC$5,00019%
Do Good Detroit$5,0001n/a
Hyde Park Art Center$5,00010%
Cranbrook Educational Community$5,00010%
Jimiri Inc$5,00018%
Glean for Teens Inc$5,00018%
Embassy Community Development Corporation$5,0001n/a
CASOE Inc$5,00017%
We 3 Queens Community Outreach$5,000113%
Boys 2 Men Youth Mentoring$5,0001n/a
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit$5,00010%
Pure Heart Foundation$5,00014%
Direct Heir Foundation$5,0001n/a
Sankofa Scholarship Collective$5,0001n/a
Making Spirits Bright$5,0001n/a
Queens-Queens Uniquely Educated & Equipped With Never Failing Succes$5,0001n/a
Lead Guitar$5,00010%
City of Detroit$5,0001n/a
Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation$5,00022%
Project Step - Showing Teamwork Evolves Pride$5,0001n/a
Upsurge Baltimore Community Inc$5,00010%
Detroit Youth Concert Choir and Performing Arts Company$5,00011%
At Bat Inc$5,00012%
Silent Cry Inc$5,0002n/a
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation$5,00011%
Motivating Inner New Dreams$5,0001n/a
Communities First Inc$5,00010%
Variety Club Charity for Children Dba Variety the Children's Charity$4,82520%
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue$4,8242n/a
Michigan Humane Society$4,50020%
Chalfonte Foundation$4,00012%
Lahc - Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities$4,00010%
Wheat Inc$3,5001n/a
Plowshares Theatre Company$3,50022%
New Cote Brilliante Church of God$3,2502n/a
Novi Athletic Boosters$3,10013%
Michigan Community Resources$3,00010%
Money Matters 4 Youth$3,0001n/a
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance$3,00010%
United States Artists Inc$3,00010%
Birth Detroit Inc$2,50010%
A Positive Seed Corporation$2,5001n/a
The Philanthropy Roundtable$2,50020%
Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc$2,50010%
International Institute for Restorative Practices$2,50010%
Starfish Family Services Inc$2,50010%
Live Coal$2,50012%
Detroit Community Sailing Center$2,50013%
University of Michigan$2,50011%
Michigan Creativity Association Inc$2,5001n/a
Workin Rootz$2,50011%
Vista Maria$2,50010%
Soles4souls Inc$2,50010%
Black Marriage Movement$2,50017%
Detroit Windsor Dance Academy Inc$2,50011%
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc$2,50010%
Arts & Scraps$2,50011%
Detroit Is Different Community Group$2,50012%
Optimist International Foundation$2,26010%
The Howard University$2,00010%
Accelerate4KIDS Foundation$2,00011%
Mercy Education Project$2,00020%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$2,00010%
I Heart Dogs Rescue and Animal Haven$1,50330%
Asian Indian Women's Association$1,30031%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc$1,1502n/a
In Our Backyards Inc$1,00010%
Sisters Journeying Together$1,0001n/a
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts$1,00010%
Girls Group$1,00010%
The Heidelberg Project$1,00010%
Community Housing Network Inc$1,00010%
Savethem$1,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$90020%
100 Black Men of Greater Detroit Inc$80020%
Adrian Dominican Sisters$7501n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$70010%
Pope Francis Center$70010%
Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit Michigan$6001n/a
New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church$6001n/a
A Courageous Voice$50011%
The Detroit Assoc of Black Org$50010%
Youth Arts Alliance$50010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50010%
Family Assistance for Renaissance Men$50010%
Detroit Leadership Academy K-8$5001n/a
Positive Zone Foundation$5001n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$50010%
Healthy Kidz R US Athletic League Inc$50010%
Nurturing Wellness Group Foundation$5001n/a
The Carter Center Inc$50010%
Equal Justice Initiative$50010%
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice$50010%
The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group$50010%
Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan$50010%
Open Door Church of God in Christ Detroit$50010%
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision$50010%
Independent Living Housing Inc$5001n/a
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$50010%
Xavier University of Louisiana$50010%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$50010%
Neighborhood Building Urban Gardens$5001n/a
Brightmoor Christian Church$4851n/a
University Liggett School$40010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$40010%
Northwestern University$40010%
Ruth Ellis Center$30010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flint and Genesee County$25010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$25010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$25010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$21010%
Elmwood Blessing Box$2001n/a
United Nations Foundation Inc$20010%
Center for Babaylan Studies$2001n/a
Dog Gone Seattle$20010%
Dream Builders 4 Equity$20010%
Colorado Haiti Project Inc$20010%
Donorschooseorg$20010%
American Brain Tumor Association$10510%
Just Tryan It Inc$10410%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$10010%
The Cara Program$10010%
Novi Community Coalition$10010%
Keep Growing Detroit$10010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$8010%
The Ferndale Cat Shelter$8010%
Ua-Pb Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund University of Arkansas$7010%
Haven House$5210%
Detroit United Lacrosse Association$5010%
Orange County Crushers Baseball Inc$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Skillman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 28 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDetroit Public Schools Foundation: $3,617,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetDetroit Children's Fund: $3,006,522 over 5y, 14% of budgetCouncil of Michigan Foundations: $2,704,905 over 5y, 12% of budgetUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan: $2,531,421 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMetro Solutions Inc: $2,212,250 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetBrilliant Detroit: $2,189,470 over 5y, 13% of budgetUrban Neighborhood Initiatives Inc: $1,960,200 over 5y, 30% of budgetAllied Media Projects Inc: $1,945,555 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,905,400 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDetroit Employment Solutions Corporation: $1,901,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetInvest Detroit Foundation: $1,650,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetCommunity Development Advocates of Detroit: $1,492,000 over 5y, 24% of budget482 Forward: $1,481,250 over 5y, 26% of budgetWayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit: $1,462,200 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetThe Forum for Youth Investment: $1,410,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetDeveloping Kingdoms in Different Stages: $1,247,208 over 5y, 28% of budgetWarrenconner Development Coalition: $1,224,850 over 4y, 11% of budgetNew Paradigm for Education Inc: $1,128,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCentral Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation: $1,097,500 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetBlack Male Educators Alliance: $1,085,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetBme Networks Inc: $1,075,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMichigan Association of United Ways Inc: $996,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetSer Metro Detroit Jobs for Progress Inc: $939,734 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetMichigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation: $925,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetAtlantic Impact: $922,075 over 5y, 58% of budgetWellspring: $916,600 over 5y, 34% of budgetCatchafire Foundation: $900,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan: $899,191 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetGive Merit Inc: $889,200 over 5y, 54% of budgetDetroit Parent Network: $886,570 over 5y, 45% of budgetFoundation for Detroit's Future: $875,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCenter for Success Network: $861,050 over 5y, 37% of budgetDetroit Hispanic Development Corporation: $852,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetDowntown Boxing Gym Youth Program: $841,238 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetMichigan College Access Network: $818,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetThe Urban Alliance Foundation Inc: $817,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetCity Year Inc: $810,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSoar Detroit: $810,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetDetroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy: $784,975 over 5y, 28% of budgetCody Rouge Community Action Alliance: $751,575 over 5y, 19% of budgetBfdi Educational Service Inc: $750,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetDetroit 90 90: $750,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Michigan Hispanic Collaborative: $745,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetThe Yunion: $701,625 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetNew Detroit Inc: $700,000 over 3y, 44% of budgetAutism Alliance of Michigan: $620,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetMichigan Future Inc: $600,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetThe Midnight Golf Program: $598,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI168.3× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · McGregor Fund · Hudson-Webber Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Inc · Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc · Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit

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.

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About The Skillman Foundation

How much does The Skillman Foundation give?
The Skillman Foundation reported 406 itemized grants totaling $17,340,860, out of $17,815,860 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 150 and 247 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Skillman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Community Improvement (19%), Youth Development (15%).
Who are The Skillman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Detroit Public Schools Foundation ($3.6M), Detroit Children's Fund ($3.0M), Council of Michigan Foundations ($2.7M).
Does The Skillman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Skillman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Skillman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation.
Where is The Skillman Foundation based?
The Skillman Foundation is based in Detroit, MI.

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 573 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 (period ending 2024-12-31), released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object 202543169349103214 · view filing · www.skillman.org

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