Does Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner 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 Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation.

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Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 57
Grants FY2025: 68
Organizations funded FY2024: 31%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $27,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $472,500
Organizations funded a year: 65 to 81; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 8
Total assets, FY2025: $160M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $707k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	56	$3.8M	18%
FY2024	68	$3.0M	31%
FY2023	65	$3.4M	31%
FY2022	80	$5.0M	39%
FY2021	77	$5.5M	44%
FY2020	81	$5.2M	n/a

96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$4.6MFood & Nutrition$3.9MEducation$2.6MYouth Development$2.5MHousing & Shelter$1.5MEmployment$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$1.1MOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan	$1,898,500	5	1%
Forgotten Harvest Inc	$1,674,500	6	0%
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation	$1,236,775	4	1%
The Empowerment Plan	$785,000	4	8%
The Midnight Golf Program	$699,800	6	8%
Friendship Circle	$630,000	5	n/a
University of Rochester	$537,317	3	0%
University of Washington Foundation	$500,000	2	0%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	$500,000	4	0%
Children's Hospital Medical Center	$500,000	3	0%

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All grantees of Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan	$1,898,500	5	1%
Forgotten Harvest Inc	$1,674,500	6	0%
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation	$1,236,775	4	1%
The Empowerment Plan	$785,000	4	8%
The Midnight Golf Program	$699,800	6	8%
Friendship Circle	$630,000	5	n/a
University of Rochester	$537,317	3	0%
University of Washington Foundation	$500,000	2	0%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	$500,000	4	0%
Children's Hospital Medical Center	$500,000	3	0%
Food Bank of the Rockies	$495,705	5	0%
Detroit Police Athletic League Incorporated	$489,822	4	7%
Denver Dumb Friends League	$469,200	3	1%
Michigan Humane Society	$407,500	5	0%
Racquet Up Detroit	$405,625	5	5%
Mile High United Way Inc	$345,000	2	0%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc	$307,000	1	1%
Vision to Learn	$300,000	3	1%
Food Gatherers	$285,000	5	1%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$250,000	2	n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$250,000	2	n/a
Utmd Anderson	$232,644	2	n/a
Vista Maria	$223,755	2	1%
826 Michigan Inc	$200,000	2	28%
Neighborhood Service Organization	$195,000	1	1%
Winning Futures	$190,000	3	6%
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels	$185,000	4	3%
Give Merit Inc	$175,000	2	2%
Detroit Horse Power	$150,625	4	2%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$148,344	2	0%
South Oakland Shelter	$147,820	1	2%
The Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice	$137,500	3	7%
Ozone House Inc	$135,000	1	3%
Johns Hopkins University	$125,000	1	0%
University of Miami	$125,000	1	0%
Rocket Giving Fund	$115,000	5	0%
Accounting Aid Society	$114,317	4	2%
Anderson Ranch Arts Center	$113,000	4	1%
Denver Art Museum	$109,780	3	0%
Prodigy Ventures Inc	$105,000	2	6%
Math Corps	$104,400	1	11%
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan Inc	$100,000	4	2%
Cots	$100,000	1	1%
Autism Alliance of Michigan	$100,000	1	3%
Matrix Human Services	$85,000	2	0%
Atlantic Impact	$77,500	1	7%
Zaman International	$72,000	3	1%
The Detroit Institute of Arts	$71,221	2	0%
Platteforum	$69,500	2	8%
Samaritan Center Inc	$67,640	1	2%
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County Inc	$65,045	1	1%
Macomb County Rotating Emergency Shelter Team	$65,000	1	4%
Lubavitch Foundation	$60,000	5	n/a
Detroit2nepal Foundation	$60,000	6	7%
Carbondale Clay Center	$60,000	4	5%
National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc	$56,500	1	0%
Beaumont Health Foundation	$55,000	3	0%
Starfish Family Services Inc	$50,000	2	0%
Insideout Literary Arts Project	$50,000	1	4%
Samaritas	$50,000	1	0%
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation	$47,500	5	0%
Henry Ford Health System	$45,500	2	0%
Detroit Children's Fund	$40,763	4	0%
University of Michigan	$40,000	5	2%
Council of Michigan Foundations	$40,000	4	0%
Growing Hope Inc	$33,500	1	4%
Covenant House Michigan	$31,773	1	1%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	$25,000	1	0%
Detroit Zoological Society	$25,000	1	0%
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit	$24,700	3	1%
Museo de Las Americas	$23,000	1	2%
Family Reach Foundation	$22,500	4	0%
Focus Points Family Resource Center	$20,000	2	0%
Erase Ptsd Now Inc	$20,000	1	1%
The St Francis Center	$20,000	1	0%
Focushope	$20,000	1	0%
Alternatives for Girls	$20,000	1	0%
Mile High Ministries	$20,000	1	1%
Friends of the Penn Inc	$19,500	6	2%
Urban Peak Denver	$18,000	2	0%
Ypsilanti District Library	$18,000	1	n/a
Cascades Humane Society Inc	$17,500	3	0%
Auburn Hills Community Foundation	$15,000	3	n/a
The Buddy Program Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Christnet	$14,500	2	4%
Detroit Dog Rescue	$12,500	2	1%
Charlevoix Historical Society	$12,500	3	2%
Colorado Pet Pantry	$12,000	1	0%
Avalon Healing Center	$12,000	1	n/a
Haven Inc	$11,500	1	0%
Groundwork Denver Inc	$10,000	1	1%
The Aspen Strong Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Metro Caring	$10,000	1	0%
Bing Youth Institute	$10,000	1	3%
Bloomfield Hills Schools Foundation	$10,000	2	8%
Food Rescue US Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Crossroads of Michigan	$10,000	1	1%
Heart and Hand Center	$10,000	1	1%
World Medical Relief Incorporated	$10,000	1	0%
Clothes to Kids of Denver Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Alpine Legal Services Inc	$10,000	1	1%
A Precious Child Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Spark Ventures	$7,500	2	1%
Pink Fund Inc	$7,500	2	0%
Ort America Inc	$7,500	3	0%
Mercy High School	$6,296	1	n/a
Center for Success Network	$6,000	1	1%
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit	$5,625	1	0%
Youthzone Inc	$5,200	1	0%
Madonna University	$5,000	1	0%
Aspen Hope Center	$5,000	1	n/a
Friends of the Aspen Animal Shelter	$5,000	1	1%
Higher Hopes	$5,000	1	2%
Yoga Moves Ms	$4,000	2	1%
Ferris Foundation	$3,000	1	0%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Bound Together	$2,500	1	2%
American Heart Association Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Hurley Foundation	$2,000	1	0%
Firebird Community Arts	$2,000	1	0%
Golf Association of Michigan	$1,500	1	0%
Paint a Miracle	$1,000	1	0%
Detroit Crime Commission	$1,000	1	0%
The Marfan Foundation Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Orlando Health Foundation Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Breakthrough T1d	$1,000	1	0%
Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Rose Hill Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Michigan Animal Rescue League	$1,000	1	0%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc	$500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.6M), not named here.

Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 119 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 119.

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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.

Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI63.6× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Kresge Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Skillman 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.

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About Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation

How much does Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation give?: Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation reported 57 grants totaling $3,853,924 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 65 and 81 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Education (11%).
Who are Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan ($1.9M), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($1.7M), Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation ($1.2M).
Does Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner 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 Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation.
Where is Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation based?: Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation Dba Dresner Foundation is based in MI.