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World Heritage Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10k
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
4
Organizations funded FY2021
0%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$2,200
Largest grant, FY2021
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 61
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 0% of the organizations World Heritage Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
HealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20214$10k0%
FY202030$509k40%
FY201938$702k24%
FY201856$876k36%
FY201761$771kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$2.4MReligion$157kArts & Culture$129kEducation$50kHuman Services$34kHousing & Shelter$30kPhilanthropy$8kAnimals$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
TN
DC
LA
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church$155,0003n/a
Henry Ford Health System$115,00030%
Detroit Opera$55,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$52,0003n/a
College for Creative Studies$27,50030%
Covenant House Michigan$23,00040%
The Guidance Center$17,50040%
Rose Hill Center Inc$15,00020%
Mircore$10,0002n/a
Mariners Inn$8,00040%
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All grantees of World Heritage Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church$155,0003n/a
Henry Ford Health System$115,00030%
Detroit Opera$55,00020%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$52,0003n/a
College for Creative Studies$27,50030%
Covenant House Michigan$23,00040%
The Guidance Center$17,50040%
Rose Hill Center Inc$15,00020%
Mircore$10,0002n/a
Mariners Inn$8,00040%
Starfish Family Services Inc$7,50030%
Detroit Zoological Society$7,35040%
Council of Michigan Foundations$6,45030%
Grosse Ile Educational Foundation Inc$6,00031%
Downriver Council for the Arts$6,00022%
First Step Foundation$6,00014%
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$5,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit$5,00010%
Automotive Hall of Fame Inc$5,00020%
Salvation Army$4,0003n/a
Nami Michigan$3,20030%
Knowresolve$3,00031%
Penrickton Center for Blind Children$3,00030%
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit$3,00020%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$3,00030%
March of Dimes Inc$3,00020%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$2,00020%
Detroit Central City Cmh Inc$2,0002n/a
Detroit Historical Society$2,00020%
Alliance for Vision Research Inc$2,00021%
Detroit Institute for Children$2,0002n/a
Henry Ford Estate$1,60010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
Northville Garden Club$1,0001n/a
Trenton Educational Foundation$1,00040%
American Brain Tumor Association$1,00010%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan$1,00010%
Detroit Children's Fund$1,00010%
On My Own of Michigan$1,00010%
Kadima$1,00010%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$1,00010%
Taylor Conservatory Foundation$85020%
International Wildlife Refuge Alliance$50010%
Holocaust Memorial Center Inc$20020%
Grosse Ile Rotary Club$1251n/a

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget World Heritage Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHenry Ford Health System: $115,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Opera: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCollege for Creative Studies: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House Michigan: $23,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Guidance Center: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRose Hill Center Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMariners Inn: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStarfish Family Services Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Zoological Society: $7,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil of Michigan Foundations: $6,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrosse Ile Educational Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDownriver Council for the Arts: $6,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFirst Step Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSwedish Medical Center Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art Detroit: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAutomotive Hall of Fame Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNami Michigan: $3,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKnowresolve: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPenrickton Center for Blind Children: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Detroit: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Symphony Orchestra Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Historical Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Vision Research Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHenry Ford Estate: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrenton Educational Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Children's Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOn My Own of Michigan: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKadima: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTaylor Conservatory Foundation: $850 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Wildlife Refuge Alliance: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolocaust Memorial Center Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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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 38.

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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 MichiganMI29.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Ethel and James Flinn Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Ralph L & Winifred E Polk Foundation · Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund · Gilbert Family Foundation · Detroit Industrial School

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 World Heritage Foundation

How much does World Heritage Foundation give?
World Heritage Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $9,700 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 61 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does World Heritage Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (85%), Religion (5%), Arts & Culture (4%).
Who are World Heritage Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church ($155k), Henry Ford Health System ($115k), Detroit Opera ($55k).
Does World Heritage Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does World Heritage 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 World Heritage Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, Ford Philanthropy.
Where is World Heritage Foundation based?
World Heritage Foundation is based in MI.

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 103 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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