Funding search · EIN 357294609 · Detroit, MI

The Gilbert Family Foundation

Name: The Gilbert Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

468
grants reported: $342.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $180,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community detroit discretionary curing public spaces economic

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Detroit housing stability, property tax foreclosure relief, home repair
Pooled Detroit civic funds via Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Neurofibromatosis, gene therapy, and vision restoration research at academic centers
Detroit small business capital, entrepreneurship, and workforce intermediaries
Detroit parks, downtown public space, and neighborhood placemaking
Arts, culture, and cultural institutions in Detroit and Southeast Michigan

Typical grant

Median grant is $180,000, with the middle half falling between $25,000 and $640,482. The eight-figure checks go to intermediaries and anchor institutions that redistribute or operate at scale (Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan at $19.2M, Henry Ford Health at $16.5M, Enterprise Community Partners at $8.2M), while Detroit neighborhood groups and cultural organizations land in the $75,000 to $300,000 band. With 468 grants to 243 recipients across three years, most grantees are funded more than once, so this reads as multi-year relationship money rather than one-time awards.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“ECONOMIC MOBILITY”
“DETROIT COMMUNITY INITIATIVES”
“NEXT GENERATION MODELS”
“VISION RESTORATION INITIATIVE”
“GENE THERAPY INITIATIVE”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame biomedical work under their named initiatives: vision restoration, gene therapy, brain tumor, or curing NF.
University science lands between $280,000 and $1.1M; ask in that band, not seven figures.
Show a translational path to patients; their research grantees are hospitals and medical centers, not basic labs.
If your work touches housing, tax debt, or home repair, tie it to Detroit and to Economic Mobility.

Worth knowing: This is a Detroit foundation first: 283 of 468 grants went to Michigan, and the largest dollars concentrate in a handful of intermediaries. Out-of-state giving is almost entirely biomedical research, which is how a researcher without Detroit ties gets in the door. The program labels on the filings do not always match the grantee's apparent work, so read the recipient, not the category name.

109 grants matching “discretionary” · $38.4M

$3.9M
Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.4M
Washington University in St Louis · St Louise, MO · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.4M
Eastern Market Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.1M
Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.1M
Michigan Women Forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.0M
Detroit Development Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.0M
Human-I-T · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.0M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$963,270
Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$900,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$879,302
Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$879,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$854,917
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, ME · 2024
Discretionary grants
$800,000
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$755,850
Moses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength) · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$580,713
Ut Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Discretionary grants
$438,151
Austrian Academy of Sciences · 2024
Discretionary grants
$363,500
Green Living Science · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$250,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Southfield, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$250,000
Sidewalk Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$250,000
The Startup · Manchester, VT · 2024
Discretionary grants
$203,000
Connect Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$200,000
Michigan Black Business Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$145,000
Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corp · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$110,000
Charles H Wright Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$75,000
Shakespeare in Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$75,000
B Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Discretionary grants
$50,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2024
Discretionary grants
$47,231
Lane Associates · The Colony, TX · 2024
Discretionary grants
$45,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$25,000
Penny'S Flight Foundation · Glen Cove, NY · 2024
Discretionary grants
$25,000
Ellis Island Honors Society · Franklin Square, NY · 2024
Discretionary grants
$22,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$15,555
Shamrock 555 · Shelby Township, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$10,000
Breakthrough T1d · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Discretionary grants
$7,750
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2024
Discretionary grants
$5,000
Crain'S Detroit Business · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$2,500
Chad Tough Foundation · Saline, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1,819
Parc Restaurant · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1,781
Allstar Chauffeured Services · Troy, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1,000
Friendship Circle · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$4.6M
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield, IL · 2023
Discretionary
$4.6M
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield, IL · 2023
Discretionary
$2.1M
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$2.1M
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$630,000
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$630,000
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$410,000
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$410,000
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$151,387
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association · Southfield, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$151,387
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorders Association · Southfield, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$100,000
A Sense of Home · Hawthorne, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$100,000
A Sense of Home · Hawthorne, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$100,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$100,000
Challenged Athletes Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$100,000
Challenged Athletes Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$100,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$50,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$50,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$50,000
Basblue · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$50,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$50,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$50,000
Basblue · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$25,000
International Women'S Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
Discretionary
$25,000
International Women'S Forum · Washington, DC · 2023
Discretionary
$22,988
Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Marianna, FL · 2023
Discretionary
$22,988
Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Marianna, FL · 2023
Discretionary
$18,000
Ilitch Charities · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$18,000
Ilitch Charities · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$15,550
Shamrock 555 Foundation · Shelby Township, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$15,550
Shamrock 555 Foundation · Shelby Township, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$12,500
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2023
Discretionary
$12,500
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
Sky Foundation · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
Pelotonia · Columbus, OH · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
Sky Foundation · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
Pelotonia · Columbus, OH · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$10,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$7,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2023
Discretionary
$7,500
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2023
Discretionary
$5,000
Temple of Israel of Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$5,000
Hoffman Institute Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$5,000
Seventeen22 Foundation · Krum, TX · 2023
Discretionary
$5,000
Temple of Israel of Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$5,000
Hoffman Institute Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Discretionary
$5,000
Seventeen22 Foundation · Krum, TX · 2023
Discretionary
$2,500
Cots · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$2,500
Cots · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$2,000
Crain Communications · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$2,000
Crain Communications · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,500
Cancer Thrivers Network · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,500
Cancer Thrivers Network · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Jarc · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Jarc · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Cancer Evolution · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Cancer Evolution · Detroit, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$1,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America · Berkley, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America · Berkley, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Mission of Our Lady of the Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Mission of Our Lady of the Angels · Chicago, IL · 2023
Discretionary
$500
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Discretionary

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Henry Ford Health System3 grants · $45.6M
Enterprise Community Partners4 grants · $24.2M
Invest Detroit4 grants · $21.2M
Community Foundation for Southeast Mi3 grants · $19.3M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan1 grant · $19.2M
Cranbrook Educational Community4 grants · $12.0M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia4 grants · $10.7M
Downtown Detroit Partnership4 grants · $9.8M
United Community Housing Coalition4 grants · $8.5M
Nf Forward3 grants · $8.5M

Giving over time

$41.1M

2022

$188.5M

2023

$112.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 468 grants.

$19.2M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts & culture
$16.5M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
Next generation models
$14.5M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2023
Expansion + sral
$14.5M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2023
Expansion + sral
$8.2M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2024
Economic mobility
$7.4M
Community Foundation for Southeast Mi · Detroit, MI · 2023
Fido funding
$7.4M
Community Foundation for Southeast Mi · Detroit, MI · 2023
Fido funding
$6.9M
Invest Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Detroit community initiatives
$6.3M
Invest Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$6.3M
Invest Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$5.5M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$5.5M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$5.0M
Enterprise Community Partners · Columbia, MD · 2022
Housing enterprise community partners cdo home repair
$4.6M
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield, IL · 2023
Discretionary
$4.6M
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield, IL · 2023
Discretionary
$4.5M
Community Foundation for Southeast Mi · Detroit, MI · 2022
Fido funding
$3.9M
Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$3.5M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Curing nf
$3.5M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Curing nf
$2.9M
Nf Forward · Detroit, MI · 2022
Benefit x gala match & tribute
$2.9M
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Detroit community initiatives
$2.8M
Nf Forward · Detroit, MI · 2023
Benefit x gala match / curing nf
$2.8M
Nf Forward · Detroit, MI · 2023
Benefit x gala match / curing nf
$2.8M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Curing nf
$2.7M
Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$2.7M
Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$2.6M
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Curing nf
$2.6M
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Curing nf
$2.6M
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Economic mobility
$2.6M
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$2.6M
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$2.6M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Detroit community initiatives
$2.6M
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield, IL · 2024
Arts & culture
$2.6M
United Community Housing Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$2.6M
United Community Housing Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$2.5M
Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024
Public spaces
$2.5M
Delaware State University · Dover, DE · 2024
Arts & culture
$2.5M
Delaware State University · Dover, DE · 2023
Curing nf
$2.5M
Delaware State University · Dover, DE · 2023
Curing nf
$2.4M
United Community Housing Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts & culture
$2.1M
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$2.1M
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Discretionary
$2.0M
Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2022
Public spaces - annual grant, culture pop & dues
$1.7M
Invest Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Venture 313 - scale - invest detroit
$1.7M
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.7M
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.6M
M1 Rail · Detroit, MI · 2024
Public spaces
$1.6M
Techtown · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.6M
Techtown · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.6M
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2024
Economic mobility
$1.5M
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2024
Detroit community initiatives
$1.5M
E Warren Development · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.5M
E Warren Development · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.4M
Washington University in St Louis · St Louise, MO · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.4M
Eastern Market Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.4M
Washington University · St Louise, MO · 2023
Curing nf
$1.4M
Washington University · St Louise, MO · 2023
Curing nf
$1.4M
Children'S Hospital Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Brain tumor initiative
$1.3M
United States Artist · Chicago, IL · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.3M
United States Artist · Chicago, IL · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.3M
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.3M
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.3M
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2022
Right to counsel
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Curing nf
$1.3M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Curing nf
$1.2M
North Corktown Neighborhood Association · Detroit, MI · 2024
Public spaces
$1.2M
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Curing nf
$1.1M
Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.1M
Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Curing nf
$1.1M
Schepens Eye Research Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Curing nf
$1.1M
Michigan Women Forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.1M
Battelle Memorial Institute · Columbus, OH · 2023
Curing nf
$1.1M
Battelle Memorial Institute · Columbus, OH · 2023
Curing nf
$1.1M
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024
Gene therapy initiative
$1.1M
United States Artists · Chicago, IL · 2024
Gene therapy initiative
$1.1M
Battelle Memorial Institute · Columbus, OH · 2022
Curing nf
$1.0M
Detroit Development Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.0M
Human-I-T · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.0M
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$1.0M
The Greening of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.0M
The Greening of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$1.0M
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2022
Right to counsel
$1.0M
United Community Housing Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2022
Right to counsel
$998,159
Children'S Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2022
Curing nf
$993,422
Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Curing nf
$993,422
Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Curing nf
$963,270
Techtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$950,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$950,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$950,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2022
Motown museum capital campaign
$949,644
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Curing nf
$937,000
Techtown · Detroit, MI · 2022
Economic mobility
$900,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Discretionary grants
$898,279
Children'S Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2023
Curing nf
$898,279
Children'S Hospital Corporation · Boston, MA · 2023
Curing nf
$879,302
Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$879,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Discretionary grants
$854,917
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, ME · 2024
Discretionary grants
$837,500
City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives
$837,500
City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit community initiatives

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