Michigan · Private foundation
Trott 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.
- $206k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Trott Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 | 21 | $181k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $170k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $192k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $145k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $144k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $184k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $184k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckerd College | $300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $242,200 | 8 | 1% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $144,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chapman University | $89,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duke University | $32,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baldwin Public Library Trust | $26,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Detroit Country Day School | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Former Members of Congress | $21,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Eagles for Children | $18,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($324k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Trott 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Malcolm and Beth Lowenstein Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Kresge Foundation · S Evan and Gwen Weiner Family Foundation · Kegley Family Foundation · Aa Van Elslander Foundation · Fca Foundation
How this is measured
About Trott Foundation
- How much does Trott Foundation give?
- Trott Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $205,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Trott Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (21%), Crime & Legal (17%).
- Who are Trott Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Eckerd College ($300k), Carehouse of Oakland County Inc ($242k), Beaumont Health Foundation ($144k).
- Does Trott Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Trott 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 Trott Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation.
- Where is Trott Foundation based?
- Trott Foundation is based in MI.
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