Funding search · EIN 381459376 · Dearborn, MI

Ford Philanthropy

$160.0M
in grants paid: 949
grants: 515
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

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

$10.0M
Global Giving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Global
$2.5M
Techforce Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Scholarship
$2.0M
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$1.7M
Governors Highway Safety Association · Washington, DC · 2025
Other services
$1.4M
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$1.1M
Henry Ford Learning Institute · Dearborn, MI · 2025
Education for the future of work
$1.0M
Feonix - Mobility Rising · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Essential services
$800,000
Kellogg Community College Foundation · Battle Creek, MI · 2025
Education for the future of work
$770,000
United Way of West Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2025
Ford community centers
$683,300
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
Disaster response
$680,000
The Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$655,500
Global Giving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Other services
$600,000
Last Mile Education Fund · Lafayette, CO · 2025
Mobility
$600,000
The Edison Institute · Dearborn, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$515,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Mobility
$500,000
Michigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Other services
$500,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Disaster response
$500,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Disaster response
$500,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Disaster response
$400,000
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2025
Disaster response
$394,900
Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$375,000
Skills USA · Leesburg, VA · 2025
Education for the future of work
$375,000
Ser Metro-Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$350,000
Henry Ford Estate · Dearborn, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$350,000
The Skillpointe Foundation · Roswell, GA · 2025
Education for the future of work
$348,000
University Physician Group Dba Wayne Health · Detroit, MI · 2025
Mobility
$315,000
Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$310,000
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2025
Essential services
$300,000
Breakthrough T1d (Formerly Jdrf) · New York, NY · 2025
Health
$300,000
Accounting Aid Society · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$300,000
Ride for Ride · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$275,000
Lulac National Educational Service Centers · Washington, DC · 2025
Scholarship
$275,000
Focus Hope · Detroit, MI · 2025
Education for the future of work
$250,000
Dare To Care · Louisville, KY · 2025
Essential services
$250,000
Ymca of Memphis & the Mid-South · Cordova, TN · 2025
Essential services
$245,000
Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio · Lorain, OH · 2025
Essential services
$214,500
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall · Detroit, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$210,000
Toolbank USA · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Disaster response
$200,000
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino · Washington, DC · 2025
Museums and cultural
$200,000
Wesley Community Services Organization · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Essential services
$200,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2025
Other services
$200,000
Entrepreneur Development Center of Sw Tn Inc Dba Theco · Jackson, TN · 2025
Entreprenuership
$190,000
Cultivate Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Essential services
$180,000
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$175,000
Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$175,000
Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Education for the future of work
$150,000
Eastern Market Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$150,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Disaster response
$150,000
Hispanic Federation · New York, NY · 2025
Disaster response
$150,000
Lulac Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Education for the future of work
$150,000
The Salvation Army · Southfield, MI · 2025
Essential services
$150,000
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Other services
$150,000
Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Education for the future of work
$150,000
Fair Food Network · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$147,000
Harvesters - the Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Essential services
$140,000
Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$125,000
Pope Francis Center · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$125,000
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$120,000
Feedmore Western New York · Buffalo, NY · 2025
Essential services
$107,000
Metro United Way · Louisville, KY · 2025
Essential services
$106,100
United Negro College Fund - Uncf · Detroit, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$105,000
The Children'S Center of Wayne County · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Disaster response
$100,000
Naacp Empowerment Programs · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Education for the future of work
$100,000
Springboard To Success · Chicago, IL · 2025
Mobility
$100,000
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities · San Antonio, TX · 2025
Scholarship
$100,000
Michigan Science Center · Detroit, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$100,000
South Michigan Food Bank · Battle Creek, MI · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Urban Growers Collective · Chicago, IL · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Detroit Police Athletic League · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$100,000
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services · Dearborn, MI · 2025
Essential services
$85,000
Accelerate4 Kids Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services
$85,000
Ruth Ellis Center · Highland Park, MI · 2025
Essential services
$83,000
San Antonio Food Bank · San Antonio, TX · 2025
Disaster response
$80,000
Ser Jobs for Progress National · Irving, TX · 2025
Other services
$75,000
Lahc- Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities · Dearborn, MI · 2025
Essential services
$75,000
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars · Washington, DC · 2025
Scholarship
$75,000
Henry Ford Health · Detroit, MI · 2025
Mobility
$75,000
Affirmations Community Center · Ferndale, MI · 2025
Essential services
$75,000
City of Refuge · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Education for the future of work
$70,000
Country Music Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
Other services
$65,000
Urban League of Detroit & Southeastern Mi · Detroit, MI · 2025
Education for the future of work
$60,000
Tides Foundation · San Fransico, CA · 2025
Other services
$60,000
Southwest Economic Solutions · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$60,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Detroit, MI · 2025
Other services
$60,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2025
Other services
$50,000
Citizenship Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$50,000
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House · Grosse Pointe Shores, MI · 2025
Museums and cultural inst.
$50,000
National Society of Black Engineers (Nsbe) · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Education for the future of work
$50,000
Detroit Food & Entrepreneurship Academy · Detroit, MI · 2025
Ford community centers
$50,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
Scholarship
$50,000
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Scholarship
$50,000
Blue Star Families · Encinitas, CA · 2025
Other services
$50,000
Community Kitchen · New York, NY · 2025
Essential services
$50,000
Stanton Health Center (Hardeman Community Health Center) · Stanton, TN · 2025
Ford community centers
$50,000
Teen Street Skills · Detroit, MI · 2025
Mobility
$50,000
Cass Community Social Services · Detroit, MI · 2025
Essential services

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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.