Michigan · Private foundation
William & Lisa Ford Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $130k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations William & Lisa Ford Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $130k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $1.2M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $1.0M | 6% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $1.9M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $789k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $795k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health System | $1,535,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $1,060,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $800,000 | 4 | 0% |
| T Wall Foundation | $280,000 | 5 | 79% |
| United Way for Southeastern Michigan | $140,500 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $140,000 | 8 | 8% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Acs of Puerto Rico Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Huron River Watershed Council | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Spirit Rock Meditation Center | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William & Lisa Ford Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William & Lisa Ford Foundation
- How much does William & Lisa Ford Foundation give?
- William & Lisa Ford Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William & Lisa Ford Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (30%), Health (24%), Education (20%).
- Who are William & Lisa Ford Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Henry Ford Health System ($1.5M), The Trustees of Princeton University ($1.1M), Globalgiving Foundation Inc ($800k).
- Does William & Lisa Ford Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William & Lisa Ford Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William & Lisa Ford Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is William & Lisa Ford Foundation based?
- William & Lisa Ford Foundation is based in MI.
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