Open Foundations · Michigan

Mcgregor Fund

Detroit, Michigan · EIN 380808800. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $13.5M across 140 grants in 2024, a median of $58K each.

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$13.5M
paid in 2024
140
grants paid
$58K
median grant
12%
to first-time recipients
$235.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
McGregor Fund
Address
100 TALON CENTRE DRIVE Suite 100, Detroit, MI, 48207
Phone
3139633495
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICANT SUBMITS AN ONLINE GENERAL INQUIRY FORM. FUND STAFF INITIATES A CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION. IF AN INVITATION IS EXTENDED, STAFF WILL INCLUDE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDANCE ON THE REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS, METHOD OF SUBMISSION, AND A SUBMISSION DEADLINE. ALL GRANT DECISIONS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD FOUR TIMES PER YEAR, GENERALLY IN MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER. APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE BOARD'S DECISION BY PHONE OR EMAIL WITHIN A WEEK AFTER THE MEETING AT WHICH THE APPLICATION WAS CONSIDERED.
Submission deadline
Applications are received and accepted throughout the year.
Restrictions on awards
IN AN EFFORT TO UTILIZE ITS LIMITED RESOURCES WISELY AND BECAUSE IT RECEIVES MORE REQUESTS THAT IT CAN SUPPORT, MCGREGOR FUND ADHERES TO THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR ITS GRANTMAKING ACTIVITIES: THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE FUND IS LIMITED PRINCIPALLY TO THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA, WHICH IS DEFINED AS WAYNE, OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES. FUNDING IS LIMITED TO THE AREAS OF INTEREST OF THE FUND WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.MCGREGORFUND.ORG. ALL GRANT DECISIONS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOUR TIMES PER YEAR, GENERALLY IN MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER. THE FUND DOES NOT: PROVIDE LOANS, MAKE DIRECT GRANTS TO STUDENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS OR SPONSOR EVENTS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202611339349104016. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 140 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Detroit Phoenix CenterMI$650,000General Operations
2South Oakland Shelter Dba Lighthouse MiMI$500,000General Operations and Capital Support
3Alternatives for GirlsMI$425,000General Operations
4First StepMI$400,000General Operations
5Force DetroitMI$375,000General Operations
6Turning PointMI$350,000General Operations
7Community & Home Supports IncMI$325,000General Operations
8Developing Kingdoms in Different StagesMI$325,000General Operations
9AccessMI$300,000General Operations
10Avalon Healing CenterMI$300,000General Operations and Capital Support
11Central United Methodist Church Community Development CorporationMI$300,000General Operations
12Detroit Phoenix CenterMI$300,000General Operations
13Family Assistance for Renaissance MenMI$300,000General Operations and Capital Project
14Foundation for Detroit's FutureMI$300,000DIA settlement
15Ruth Ellis CenterMI$300,000General Operations

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020170$8.8M
2021135$9.5M
2022114$8.7M
2023127$9.7M
2024140$13.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Michigan80%
District of Columbia6%
New York3%
Oregon2%
California1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

No officers or trustees are listed on the filing we hold.

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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