Michigan · Private foundation
William & Martha Ford Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 65
- Grants FY2024
- 66
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 60 to 69
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $672k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations William & Martha Ford Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 62 | $3.2M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 66 | $646k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 63 | $645k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $545k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 61 | $481k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 69 | $517k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 60 | $381k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 66 | $604k | 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 | $3,128,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Christ Church Grosse Pointe | $455,927 | 8 | n/a |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $206,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Freedom Institute Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Estate | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Our Lady of the Elms School | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Michigan | $68,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Garden Club of Michigan Inc | $53,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 91 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William & Martha Ford Fund 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 · St Clair Charitable Trust · Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation · Hudson-Webber Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Ethel and James Flinn Foundation · McGregor Fund · Ford Philanthropy · Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation · Benson & Edith Ford Fund
How this is measured
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About William & Martha Ford Fund
- How much does William & Martha Ford Fund give?
- William & Martha Ford Fund reported 65 grants totaling $3,164,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 69 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William & Martha Ford Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (54%), Arts & Culture (19%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are William & Martha Ford Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Henry Ford Health System ($3.1M), Christ Church Grosse Pointe ($456k), The Detroit Institute of Arts ($207k).
- Does William & Martha Ford Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William & Martha Ford Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William & Martha Ford Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, St Clair Charitable Trust.
- Where is William & Martha Ford Fund based?
- William & Martha Ford Fund is based in MI.
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