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The Stone Foundation of Michigan at a glance

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The Stone Foundation of Michigan

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.

$790k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.2MInternational$866kHuman Services$461kArts & Culture$185kFood & Nutrition$161kEducation$113kPhilanthropy$78kCivil Rights$66kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $294k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $160k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE$300,000
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM$160,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$36,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$36,000
CARE HOUSE OF OAKLAND$35,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$30,000
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$30,000
UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION$25,000
STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
TEMPLE BETH EL$15,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INC$12,000
THE ZEKELMAN HOLOCAUST CENTER$10,000
THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM$10,000
GESHER HUMAN SERVICES$10,000
BEAUMONT FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $291k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 21%BED FOR KIDS: $1k → 10%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 21%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 21%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 21%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 21%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 21%RED TENT FUND: $5k → 14%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 8%CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $25k → 8%CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $25k → 8%CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $10k → 8%CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
WY
OH
CA
NC
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 27% of The Stone Foundation of Michigan’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Stone Foundation of Michiganlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 26% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 30 repeat orgs$355k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
12

Total granted

$2.9M
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+133%

Still filing today

57%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEducationCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
    4× · 2021–2024 · $535k · revenue +39%
  • SF
    STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +22%
  • CS
    CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN
    4× · 2020–2023 · $65k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • BI
    BLESSING IN A BACKPACK
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • C
    COTS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • OM
    OAKLAND MEDIATION CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +109%
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.

1
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
2
Jewish Federation of Detroit

The jewish federation of detroit is the cornerstone of our jewish community. we are committed to taking care of the needs of the jewish people and building a strong and vibrant jewish future, in detroit, in israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
3
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
4
Detroit Jews for Justice

Djj advances racial and economic justice by developing metro detroit jews as community organizers who fight for transformative policy change in deep partnership with neighbors

Civil Rights
5
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
6
Jfa Non-Profit Housing Corporation

We nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing jewish values and celebrating life.

Housing & Shelter
7
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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8
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
9
Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor

The federation provides and inspires philanthropic leadership and community-building to nurture a strong, engaged, connected, vibrant, and enduring jewish community locally, in israel, and around the world.

Philanthropy
10
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
11
Jewish Apartments and Services Inc

Jewish senior life of metropolitan detroit is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for older adults of the metropolitan detroit jewish community through the provision of personalized high quality programs and services that support…

Human Services
12
Jewish Family Services

To help individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency and emotional stability.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Jewish Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sphinx Organization Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 47 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $478,000 · OtherBEAUMONT FOUNDATIONAIE FOUNDATION: $472,000 · OtherAIE FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $155,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCARE HOUSE OF OAKLAND: $142,000 · OtherCARE HOUSE OF OAKLANDTHE HENRY FORD: $100,000 · OtherTHE HENRY FORD+27 more: $372,700 · Other+27 moreHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $535,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH …AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: $300,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRA…FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $61,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF TH…The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $33,000 · InternationalThe American …STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesSTARFISH F…CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $65,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAFE…OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $45,000 · Human ServicesOAKLAND FA…+2 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $135,000 · Food & NutritionANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $61,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,719,700Health$535,000International$394,000Human Services$291,000Arts & Culture$145,000Food & Nutrition$135,000Civil Rights$61,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $535,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $175,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD SAFE MICHIGAN: $65,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $61,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $61,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYAD EZRA: $20,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO: $17,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHAVEN INC: $13,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK: $5,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAKLAND MEDIATION CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRED TENT FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEDS FOR KIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds GESHER HUMAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds YAD EZRA ↗
  • Who funds HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SPHINX ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BASICS ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND MEDIATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RED TENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Eugene Applebaum …Harold and Penny B Bl…Malcolm and Beth Lowe…Edward C and Linda Dr…United Jewish Foundat…Michigan Health Endow…Community Foundation …The Sylvia Pevin and …The Irving and Ethel …Grosfeld FoundationDeroy Testamentary Fo…Marjorie and Maxwell …
The Eugene Applebaum Family FoundationMI20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · Malcolm and Beth Lowenstein Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Sylvia Pevin and George Pevin Foundation · The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation · Grosfeld Foundation · Deroy Testamentary Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey 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 Stone Foundation of Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stone Foundation of Michigan. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 47 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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