Detroit, Michigan · EIN 450921232. 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 $139.9M across 391 grants in 2024, a median of $100K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503219349108650. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
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.
The 15 largest of the 391 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | NY | $10,000,000 | City Within a Park Fund |
| 2 | Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces | MI | $7,500,000 | Detroit Riverfront Finishline Fund |
| 3 | Detroit Riverfront Conservancy | MI | $6,532,800 | Construction Support - Ralph Wilson Park |
| 4 | Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | NY | $5,000,000 | RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative |
| 5 | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | MI | $5,000,000 | RCWJRF Inclusive Arts & Culture Initiative |
| 6 | Budc | NY | $4,000,000 | Ralph Wilson Park: Phase 1 GMP Package 2 |
| 7 | Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo | NY | $3,750,000 | Support for the Arts and Culture Sector in WNY |
| 8 | Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | MI | $3,750,000 | To sustain the Arts and Culture Sector |
| 9 | Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper Inc | NY | $2,625,000 | Ralph Wilson Park/ Shoreline Implementation & Capacity |
| 10 | Budc | NY | $2,500,000 | Phase 1 Expansion/ Ralph Wilson Park |
| 11 | The Boston Foundation Inc (dba the Philanthropic Initiative) | MA | $2,402,463 | Exhale, The Family Caregiver Initiative- Southeast Michigan Expansion |
| 12 | Budc | NY | $2,000,000 | Ralph Wilson Park: Play Garden + Phase 2 GMP Advance |
| 13 | Greater Rochester Chamber Foundation (roc2025 Fund) | NY | $2,000,000 | Regional Revitalization Partnership's West Main Commercial Corridor Program |
| 14 | Invest Detroit Foundation | MI | $2,000,000 | Strategic Neighborhood Fund 3 |
| 15 | Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy | NY | $2,000,000 | Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy: Organizational Capacity & Future Sustainability |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 573 | $111.9M |
| 2021 | 456 | $126.9M |
| 2022 | 521 | $153.6M |
| 2023 | 513 | $130.6M |
| 2024 | 391 | $139.9M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
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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