Funding search · EIN 381675780 · Detroit, MI
The Skillman Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 1,168
- grants reported
- $63.2M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $11,575
- 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.
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1 grant matching “medc” · $6,300
- $6,300
Michigan Municipal League Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
In support of michigan economic development corporation (medc)
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Allied Media Projects20 grants · $1.7M
- Urban Neighborhood Initiatives8 grants · $1.5M
- Teach for America5 grants · $1.4M
- Council of Michigan Foundations15 grants · $1.4M
- Detroit Children'S Fund8 grants · $1.2M
- Black Male Educators Alliance5 grants · $1.1M
- Warren Conner Development Coalition Inc Dba Eastside Community Network11 grants · $1.1M
- New Paradigm for Education8 grants · $1.0M
- Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit4 grants · $1.0M
- Detroit Public Schools Foundation6 grants · $970,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 1,168 grants.
- $750,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
Teach for america detroit/michigan, general operational support
- $600,000
Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Bipoc fund
- $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
- $500,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2023
Support for joe louis greenway and detroit riverfront through the unified greenway campaign
- $500,000
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Grow detroit's young talent program 2022
- $500,000
The Forum for Youth Investment · Washington, DC · 2022
Youth development resource center
- $475,000
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives · Detroit, MI · 2022
Every school day counts detroit (esdcd): partnering with community to build a school-going culture in detroit through multilayered systems of support purpose statement
- $450,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2023
Support for detroit youth development resource center (ydrc)
- $450,000
Community Development Advocates of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Building power, connections, and influence in detroit's community development ecosystem
- $405,000
Community Development Advocates of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Building neighborhood power through youth and neighborhood voice
- $400,000
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2023
Grow detroit's young talent (gdyt)
- $400,000
Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
Strategic neighborhood fund 2.0
- $380,000
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives · Detroit, MI · 2023
Support for every school day counts
- $375,000
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2024
Support for detroit youth development resource center (ydrc)
- $375,000
Black Male Educators Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2024
Activate: transforming education through collective action
- $375,000
Black Male Educators Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2022
Principal wellness professional learning community
- $366,705
Council of Michigan Foundations · Detroit, MI · 2023
Support for skillman fellows program
- $360,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
Tfa detroit teachmichigan, general operating support
- $350,000
Developing Kingdoms in Different Stages · Detroit, MI · 2022
The evolution of developing kids
- $327,000
Detroit Public Schools Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Detroit perspectives project: equipping students to leverage the power of literacy and their own voice
- $325,000
Bme Networks · Hollywood, FL · 2023
2023 skillman bme vanguard
- $325,000
Detroit Children'S Fund · Detroit, MI · 2023
General operating support
- $325,000
Detroit Children'S Fund · Detroit, MI · 2022
General operating support
- $325,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support for trails program
- $300,000
Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2024
Michigan after school partnership
- $300,000
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Michigan central station childrens endowment campaign
- $300,000
Black Male Educators Alliance · Detroit, MI · 2023
Bmea's programming and policy initiatives/general operating support
- $300,000
Detroit Public Schools Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
Dpscd out-of-school time strategic plan
- $300,000
Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2023
Michigan after school partnership
- $300,000
Bme Networks · Hollywood, FL · 2022
2022 skillman bme vanguard
- $278,000
Metro Solutions · Southfield, MI · 2024
Youth power pooled fund
- $275,000
Metro Solutions · Southfield, MI · 2024
Support for sankofa scholarship collective
- $275,000
482forward · Detroit, MI · 2023
Post-pandemic parent and student power building in detroit and beyond
- $260,000
Michigan Association of United Ways · Lansing, MI · 2022
Afterschool system
- $250,000
Bfdi Educational Services · Detroit, MI · 2024
Hope academy visionary leadership
- $250,000
Detroit 9090 · Detroit, MI · 2024
University prep schools visionary leadership
- $250,000
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences · Detroit, MI · 2024
Detroit academy for arts and sciences visionary leadership
- $250,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Rx kids
- $250,000
New Paradigm for Education · Detroit, MI · 2024
New paradigm for education visionary leadership
- $250,000
Bfdi Educational Services · Detroit, MI · 2023
Hope academy visionary leadership
- $250,000
Detroit 9090 · Detroit, MI · 2023
University prep schools visionary leadership
- $250,000
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit academy for arts and sciences visionary leadership
- $250,000
New Paradigm for Education · Detroit, MI · 2023
New paradigm for education visionary leadership
- $250,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Teach for america detroit, general operating support
- $250,000
Bfdi Educational Services · Detroit, MI · 2022
Black school leader excellence -hope academy visionary leadership
- $250,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
313reads collective learning for impact on early literacy and grade level reading
- $250,000
Detroit 9090 · Detroit, MI · 2022
Black school leader excellence -university prep schools visionary leadership
- $250,000
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences · Detroit, MI · 2022
Black school leader excellence - detroit academy for arts and sciences visionary leadership
- $250,000
New Paradigm for Education · Detroit, MI · 2022
Black school leader excellence - new paradigm for education visionary leadership
- $250,000
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives · Detroit, MI · 2022
Uni out-of-school time programming
- $245,552
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroit education research partnership
- $245,173
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2022
Detroit education research partnership
- $235,000
Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Support for co.act detroit & well fund
- $225,000
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Connecting youth safety and school discipline in and around detroit public schools community district high schools.
- $225,000
Ser Metro Detroit-Jobs for Progress · Detroit, MI · 2022
Creating a pipeline to self-sufficiency
- $220,150
Developing Kingdoms in Different Stages · Detroit, MI · 2023
Ost transition support
- $220,000
482forward · Detroit, MI · 2024
Back to basics: building people power to transform our schools
- $220,000
Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program · Detroit, MI · 2022
Downtown boxing gym: supporting safe spaces for detroit children and youth
- $215,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
Boys & girls clubs of southeastern michigan: safe spaces: voices from and for detroit youth
- $214,200
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Ost transition support
- $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
- $200,000
Bend the Arc-a Jewish Partnership for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Funders collaborative on youth organizing
- $200,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
313reads
- $200,000
City Year · Boston, MA · 2023
City year - chronic absence, climate & culture, and literacy supports
- $200,000
Institute for Afrourbanism · Detroit, MI · 2023
General operating support
- $200,000
Kipp Detroit Imani Academy · Detroit, MI · 2023
Kipp detroit imani academy operating & transportation initiatives
- $200,000
New Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
A blueprint to advance regional racial & economic equity
- $200,000
Soar Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Soar detroit literacy programming
- $200,000
Strategic Community Partners · Detroit, MI · 2023
Leading well for transformative equity and justice in detroit schools
- $200,000
Teen Hype · Detroit, MI · 2023
Detroits youth action plan
- $200,000
826 Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Amplifying student voice: 826michigan detroit school partnerships
- $200,000
Athlete Transition Services Corp · Canton, MI · 2022
Athlete transition services: capacity building to enable student athlete excellence (2nd year)
- $200,000
Catchafire Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Scaling organizational capacity building to detroit nonprofits
- $200,000
City Year · Boston, MA · 2022
City year - chronic absence, climate & culture, and literacy supports
- $200,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Detroit, MI · 2022
Launch michigan
- $200,000
Grand Valley State University · Allendale, MI · 2022
Targeted reading internship program
- $200,000
Institute for Afrourbanism · Detroit, MI · 2022
Black thriving index
- $200,000
Muckrock Foundation Incorporated · Somerville, MA · 2022
Support for outlier media
- $200,000
Soar Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Soar detroit literacy programming
- $200,000
Warren Conner Development Coalition Inc Dba Eastside Community Network · Detroit, MI · 2022
Vaulted youth
- $200,000
Wellspring · Detroit, MI · 2022
Advancing academic & leadership development
- $197,500
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives · Detroit, MI · 2023
Learning and leading in springwells
- $192,500
University of Detroit Mercy · Detroit, MI · 2022
Institute for afrourbanism: a pathway to thriving for black detroiters
- $190,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Detroit, MI · 2023
Support for launch michigan
- $190,000
Atlantic Impact · Detroit, MI · 2022
Our town training school
- $185,000
Developing Kingdoms in Different Stages · Detroit, MI · 2023
Creative & thriving developing kids
- $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
- $180,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Deepening give merit's impact
- $180,000
Center for Success Network · Detroit, MI · 2022
Connected community literacy
- $180,000
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Urban arts academy
- $180,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Deepening give merit's impact
- $178,500
Athlete Transition Services Corp · Canton, MI · 2023
Ost transition support
- $177,000
Detroit Public Schools Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Detroit perspectives project: equipping students to leverage the power of literacy and their own voice
- $175,000
Detroit Parent Network · Detroit, MI · 2024
Parents powered for change
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