Open Foundations · Michigan

Deroy Testamentary Foundation

W Bloomfield, Michigan · EIN 382208833. 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 $16.4M across 18 grants in 2024, a median of $61K each.

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$16.4M
paid in 2024
18
grants paid
$61K
median grant
93%
to first-time recipients
$24.8M
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
JULIE RODECKER
Address
26999 CENTRAL PARK BLVD 160, SOUTHFIELD, MI, 48076
Phone
2488270920
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS MAY VARY DEPENDING UPON THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST.
Submission deadline
MONTHLY CUTOFF DATES
Restrictions on awards
AGENCIES CHOSEN ARE PRIMARILY IN THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA AND THERE ARE NO GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202521349349104582. 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 filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 18 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Inspirational Futures Foundation IncFL$15,000,000CHARITABLE
2Deroy Education PartnersMI$500,000CHARITABLE
3Zekelman Holocaust CenterMI$180,000CHARITABLE
4Gesher Human ServicesMI$125,000CHARITABLE
5Cranbrook Educational CommunityMI$116,680CHARITABLE
6Michigan Humane SocietyMI$100,000CHARITABLE
7Fresh Air SocietyMI$75,000CHARITABLE
8Shaw Festival FoundationNY$75,000CHARITABLE
9Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer InstituteMI$71,500CHARITABLE
10College for Creative StudiesMI$50,000CHARITABLE
11Community HouseMI$45,000CHARITABLE
12JarcMI$30,000CHARITABLE
13Orchards Children's ServicesMI$20,000CHARITABLE
14University of Detroit Jesuit High School and AcademyMI$20,000CHARITABLE
15Michigan State University HillelMI$15,000CHARITABLE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202079$2.5M
202164$2.3M
202254$16.9M
202342$2.3M
202418$16.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Michigan83%
New York11%
Florida6%

Who decides

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

Gregg WatkinsVICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER · 2024
Julie RodeckerPRESIDENT/CHAIRPERSON · 2024
Ryan SmithSECRETARY/PROGRAM DIRECTOR · 2024

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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