Funding search · EIN 381675780 · Detroit, MI

The Skillman Foundation

$63.2M
in grants paid: 1,168
grants: 498
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$500,000
Detroit Children'S Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
Dcf investment strategy
$500,000
Michigan'S Thanksgiving Parade · Detroit, MI · 2024
The parade company
$500,000
Warren Conner Development Coalition Inc Dba Eastside Community Network · Detroit, MI · 2024
The marlowe stoudamire wellness center
$405,000
Community Development Advocates of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Building neighborhood power through youth and neighborhood voice
$375,000
Black Male Educators Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024
Activate: transforming education through collective action
$375,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support for detroit youth development resource center (ydrc)
$360,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
Tfa detroit teachmichigan, general operating support
$300,000
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Michigan central station childrens endowment campaign
$300,000
Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2024
Michigan after school partnership
$278,000
Metro Solutions · Southfield, MI · 2024
Youth power pooled fund
$275,000
Metro Solutions · Southfield, MI · 2024
Support for sankofa scholarship collective
$250,000
Bfdi Educational Services · Detroit, MI · 2024
Hope academy visionary leadership
$250,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Rx kids
$250,000
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences · Detroit, MI · 2024
Detroit academy for arts and sciences visionary leadership
$250,000
New Paradigm for Education · Detroit, MI · 2024
New paradigm for education visionary leadership
$250,000
Detroit 9090 · Detroit, MI · 2024
University prep schools visionary leadership
$220,000
482forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Back to basics: building people power to transform our schools
$200,000
Autism Alliance of Michigan · Southfield, MI · 2024
Support for autism alliance of michigan
$200,000
Launch Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2024
Launch michigan general operating support grant
$200,000
Teach Plus Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2024
Teach plus michiganleveraging catalytic teacher leadership
$180,984
Ser Metro Detroit-Jobs for Progress · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$180,000
Data Driven Detroit L3c · Detroit, MI · 2024
Community data activities - 2025 project support
$180,000
Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Advancing an agenda for educational equity and excellence in metropolitan detroit and throughout michigan
$175,000
Detroit Parent Network · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support 313reads
$175,000
Detroit Parent Network · Detroit, MI · 2024
Parents powered for change
$175,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2024
This grant will provide support to the foundation for detroit's future to be used to make grants to the city of detroit.
$175,000
Michigan Future · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Rising income for all agenda project
$175,000
Michigan League for Public Policy · Lansing, MI · 2024
An initiative to ensure that all children, youth and families in detroit and michigan have their needs met and are thriving, through policy change and state budget investments
$172,941
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$169,575
Atlantic Impact · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$152,500
Congress of Communities · Detroit, MI · 2024
Coc youth programming
$152,500
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Poder - neighborhood power building
$152,500
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives · Detroit, MI · 2024
Building capacity to build collective power
$152,500
Warren Conner Development Coalition Inc Dba Eastside Community Network · Detroit, MI · 2024
Eastside education equity initiative
$150,000
New Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support for blueprint project
$150,000
Afterschool Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
America after 3pm - detroit, southeast michigan, and michigan data collection and analysis
$150,000
Michigan Roundtable for Just Communities · Detroit, MI · 2024
Beloved community fellowship
$150,000
Michigan'S Children · Lansing, MI · 2024
Investment in children and families
$150,000
Detroit Future City · Detroit, MI · 2024
Educational gains for detroit's future
$150,000
Michigan Nonprofit Association · Lansing, MI · 2024
2024 voter engagement & capacity building project
$150,000
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support for economic equity and inclusion work and detroit drives degrees
$150,000
Outlier Media · Detroit, MI · 2024
Outlier media & detroit documenters
$150,000
Catchafire Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Build capacity of service providers and change agents
$130,000
Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
$130,000
Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Fiscal sponsor for engage detroit
$122,500
Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024
People powered education
$120,000
Student Advocacy Center of Michigan · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Youth organizing
$115,000
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Investment in children and families
$110,000
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Supporting the bedad progression for systematic impact
$110,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support for people in education (pie)
$100,000
Michigan Center for Youth Justice · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$100,000
Michigan Afterschool Partnership · Lansing, MI · 2024
Support for burness communications campaign
$100,000
Detroit Phoenix Center · Detroit, MI · 2024
Youth action board
$100,000
Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Greenlight fund detroit - fund ii
$100,000
Detroit Horse Power · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$100,000
Civic News Company · New York, NY · 2024
Chalkbeat detroit
$100,000
National Parents Union · Malden, MA · 2024
Campaigns to elevate authentic community voice 2024-2026
$100,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Education policy innovation collaborative (epic)
$100,000
482forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Michigan education justice coalition
$100,000
Force Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Creating a freer, safer detroit
$100,000
Michigan Nonprofit Association · Lansing, MI · 2024
Neighborhood vitality index - 2024/2025 project support
$100,000
Teen Hype · Detroit, MI · 2024
Pilot phase of the detroit youth action plan (dyap)
$100,000
Playworks Education Energized · Detroit, MI · 2024
The state of play in detroit
$100,000
The Institute for College Access and Success · Oakland, CA · 2024
Community power building for improved diversity of state policy decision making
$100,000
Michigan College Access Network · Lansing, MI · 2024
Support for detroit college access network
$90,000
Joe Louis Greenway Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024
Jlgp youth leadership advisory
$89,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Voices of detroit youth 2024
$85,000
Center for Evaluation Innovation · Washington, DC · 2024
Dreaming forward: intergenerational visions for detroit by freedom dreams in philanthropy
$85,000
Michigan'S Thanksgiving Parade · Detroit, MI · 2024
Skillman foundation float design contest
$84,500
482forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Local circles transition to 482forward
$83,300
Wellspring · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$75,000
The Center for Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support for bridgedetroit and bridge michigan
$75,000
Citizens Research Council of Michigan · Livonia, MI · 2024
Sustain and enhance the citizens research council of michigan (crc) detroit bureau
$75,000
Michigan Central Center for Mobility and Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Michigan central young disruptors program
$75,000
The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative · Detroit, MI · 2024
La prxima generacin
$73,000
Henry Ford Learning Institute · Dearborn, MI · 2024
Support to extend program time and develop community of practice experiences
$60,000
The Center for Effective Philanthropy · Cambridge, MA · 2024
2025 grantee perception report
$56,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024
Youth organizing and base building
$55,125
Southwest Economic Solutions · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$55,000
Institute for Afrourbanism · Detroit, MI · 2024
Bti insights lab: collaborative analysis and strategy session
$55,000
Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Origin movie screening and discussion for dpscd students
$54,000
Poise Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
The yvac fund
$50,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support for the office of foundation liaison, the office of foundation liaison research and opportunity fund supporting the ofl population study, the early childhood funders collaborative and the leadership fund.
$50,000
Alkebu-Lan Village · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$50,000
Black Leaders Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Silver Danielle Moore · Detroit, MI · 2024
Skillman visionary award
$50,000
Heat and Warmth Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
Special grant
$50,000
Basblue · Detroit, MI · 2024
Investing in tomorrows leaders: basblues gen z engagement
$50,000
Last Mile Education Fund · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Detroit area talent fund
$50,000
Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2024
Learning just in time: simple principles and practices to support learning and adaptation in people powered education in detroit
$50,000
Detroit Heals Detroit · Eastpointe, MI · 2024
The education liberation youth organizing project
$50,000
Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating to support thriving detroit neighborhoods
$50,000
Jenell Mansfield · Detroit, MI · 2024
Skillman visionary award
$50,000
Center for Black Educator Development · Elkins Park, PA · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Marisol Teachworth · Detroit, MI · 2024
Skillman visionary award
$50,000
Grace in Action Collectives · Detroit, MI · 2024
Ost transition support
$50,000
Jerjuan Howard · Detroit, MI · 2024
Skillman visionary award
$50,000
Sirrita Darby · Detroit, MI · 2024
Skillman visionary award
$50,000
Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
General operating 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.