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THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION

THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,100,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($2,100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$40M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$403M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($20M) Expenses 100 ($21M) Net assets 100 ($379M)2021 Revenue 265 ($54M) Expenses 144 ($31M) Net assets 106 ($403M)2022 Revenue 170 ($34M) Expenses 162 ($35M) Net assets 106 ($403M)2023 Revenue 108 ($22M) Expenses 139 ($30M) Net assets 104 ($395M)2024 Revenue 198 ($40M) Expenses 150 ($32M) Net assets 106 ($403M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (198)Expenses (150)Net assets (106)Peer revenue range
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.5M → $600k.

Funder
'20
'22
total
funders
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

Where its funders are

THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,063 education nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve4.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,063 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION

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In Michigan

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION?
THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,100,000 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($2,100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,100,000 in grants to THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION?
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. What this page cannot tell you · view filing