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Funding search · EIN 205966333 · Royal Oak, MI

The Fred a & Barbara M Erb Family

Foundation website ↗Full IRS filings ↗

$65.1M
in grants paid
530
grants
248
recipients
2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $2.6M

    The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $1.3M

    National Wildlife Federation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $1.1M

    Detroit Public Media · Wixom, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $1.0M

    Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $893,230

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $655,000

    Alzheimer'S Disease & Related Disorders Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Program support

  • $500,000

    Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $455,000

    Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $385,000

    Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $379,000

    Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $335,000

    Friends of the Rouge · Plymouth, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $311,000

    Inforum · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $300,000

    Clinton River Watershed Council · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $265,000

    Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $262,500

    Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Promote the Vote Fund · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $250,000

    Metropolitan Affairs Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $248,610

    Michigan State University · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    The Cranbrook Project · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $190,000

    Friends of the Detroit River · Taylor, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $183,000

    Michigan Association Conservation Districts (Macd) · East Lansing, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $172,000

    Lawrence Technological University · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $171,000

    Council of the Great Lakes Region · 2024

    Program support

  • $170,000

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    Local First Education Foundation Dba People First Economy · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    Freshwater Future · Petoskey, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program support

  • $146,750

    Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $133,000

    Alliance of Rouge Communities · Canton, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $125,000

    Mothering Justice · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $125,000

    Royal Oak Civic Foundation · Royal Oak, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $120,425

    Christ Church Cranbrook · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $112,500

    Detroit Sound Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Detroit Cultural Center Association · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Detroit Zoological Society · Royal Oak, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $100,000

    Stratford Shakespearean Festival of America · 2024

    Program support

  • $96,000

    Center for Watershed Protection · Fulton, MD · 2024

    Program support

  • $95,000

    Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation · Harper Woods, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $95,000

    Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $88,750

    Arts League of Michigan Inc (Carr Center) · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $85,000

    Great Lakes Environmental Law Center · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $84,000

    Culture Source · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $80,000

    Northeast-Midwest Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Program support

  • $75,000

    Belle Isle Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $75,000

    Aclu of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $70,000

    Msu Detroit Center - Community Music School · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $67,000

    The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority · 2024

    Program support

  • $65,000

    Green & Healthy Home Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Program support

  • $62,500

    Signal Return · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $60,000

    River Raisin Watershed Council · Adrian, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $60,000

    Southeatern Michigan Health Association · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $40,000

    Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support

  • $37,500

    College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Michigan Science Center · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    The Theatre Ensemble Inc Dba Meadow Brook Theatre · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Sphinx Organization · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Charles H Wright Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Council of the Great Lakes Region Foundation · 2024

    Discretionary

  • $25,000

    Global Philanthropy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Discretionary

  • $25,000

    Pewabic Pottery · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Detroit Historical Society · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Far Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts · Birmingham, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Living Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Macomb Center for the Performing Arts · Clinton Twp, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Heritage Works · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Insideout Literacy Arts Project · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services Access · Dearborn, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Detroit Public Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center · Birmingham, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    Sidewalk Detroit · Southfield, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $18,750

    The Heidelberg Project · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Birmingham Ymca · Birmingham, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Wemu-Fm · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Community House Association · Birmingham, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Detroit Artists Market · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Garage Cultural · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    We Are Culture Creators · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    A Host of People · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Live Coal · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Detroit Public Library Friends Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Matrix Theatre Company · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Planet Ant Theatre · Hamtramck, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Plowshares Theater Company · Lathrup Village, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Detroit Puppet Company · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Anton Art Center · Mount Clemens, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Scarab Club · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Shakespeare in Detroit · Dearborn, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Ymca of Metropolitan Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

  • $12,500

    Young Nation · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.