Funding search · EIN 382530980 · Detroit, MI

Community Foundation for Southeast

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

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,871
grants reported: $275.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
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

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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 arts and culture institutions: DSO, DIA, Wright Museum, Detroit Opera
Higher education and scholarships at MSU, U-M, Wayne State
Jewish community organizations, federations, day schools, synagogues
Detroit community improvement, riverfront, parks, blight and small business lending
Human services, housing and shelter across Southeast Michigan
Civic advocacy, voter engagement and criminal legal policy

Typical grant

Median grant is $25,000, with the middle half falling between roughly $10,600 and $75,000. The seven-figure checks go to anchor institutions the foundation and its donor-advised funds already sustain (Michigan State, Jewish Federation of Detroit, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Marygrove), while most of the 2,871 grants are modest awards spread across 1,702 recipients. Many recipients appear repeatedly across 2022-2024, so giving looks renewal-heavy rather than one-off.

Their words

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

“COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING”
“SCHOLARSHIP & EDUCATION”
“ARTS AND CULTURE”
“PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM & GRANTMAKING FOUNDATIONS”
“YOUTH DEVELOPMENT”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie work to Detroit place-based revitalization: riverfront, parks, Midtown, Eastern Market, blight removal.
Ask in the $25,000 to $75,000 range unless you are an anchor institution already on their list.
University-based researchers should route through MSU, U-M, or Wayne State, all heavily funded.
Frame research as scholarship and education or capacity building, their two most repeated category labels.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so a large share of dollars moves through donor-advised funds; the giving reflects individual donor relationships more than a staff-set research agenda, which is why Schwab Charitable and Jewish Federation appear near the top. Michigan takes 2,082 of 2,871 grants and Detroit-area institutions dominate, so out-of-state or non-Michigan-serving work is a long shot without a local partner.

3 grants matching “accent” · $77,000

$25,000
Accent Pontiac · Pontiac, MI · 2024
Arts and culture
$45,000
Accent Pontiac · Pontiac, MI · 2023
Arts
$7,000
Accent Pontiac · Pontiac, MI · 2022
Arts capacity building/general operations

Top recipients

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

Detroit Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $9.2M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund2 grants · $8.8M
Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation3 grants · $7.7M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit2 grants · $7.6M
Regents of the University of Michigan6 grants · $7.4M
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy3 grants · $6.5M
Marygrove Conservancy3 grants · $6.1M
Michigan State University5 grants · $5.8M
Jewish Federation of Detroit1 grant · $4.4M
Schwab Charitable Fund1 grant · $4.2M

Giving over time

$77.4M

2022

$93.3M

2023

$105.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,871 grants.

$8.8M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$6.6M
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$6.1M
Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation · Grosse Pointe Farms, MI · 2024
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$5.2M
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Scholarship & education
$4.4M
Jewish Federation of Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$4.2M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Orlando, FL · 2024
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$3.7M
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2022
Arts endowments/arts program/general operations
$3.2M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Community improvement & capacity building
$3.1M
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024
Recreation & sports
$3.1M
Marygrove Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024
Education
$3.0M
Temple Israel of Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Religion-related
$3.0M
Marygrove Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2023
Education
$2.8M
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts and culture
$2.7M
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023
Arts
$2.7M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Scholarship & education
$2.4M
Ave Maria University · Ave Maria, FL · 2023
Education
$2.4M
The Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts and culture
$2.0M
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2022
Arts endowments/arts program/general operations
$1.8M
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2023
Arts
$1.6M
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Scholarship & education
$1.5M
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022
Capital campaign/community improvement & capacity building program/environment program/general operations
$1.4M
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
Arts
$1.4M
Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2023
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$1.3M
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2022
Conferences/seminars/education endowments/education program/education research/emergency funds/general operations/scholarship funds
$1.2M
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Building/renovation
$1.1M
V'Hechzakta Bo · Detroit, MI · 2024
Education
$1.1M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Education endowments/education program/education research/general operations/scholarship funds/student aid
$1.1M
V'Hechzakta Bo · Detroit, MI · 2023
Education
$1.1M
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah · Southfield, MI · 2024
Religion-related
$1.1M
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council · New York, NY · 2023
International, foreign affairs & national security
$1.1M
Safe & Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2023
Crime & legal-related
$1.1M
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General operations/health care program
$1.0M
Invest Detroit Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Community improvement & capacity building
$1.0M
The City Rescue Mission of Lansing Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2024
Housing & shelter
$998,468
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Emergency funds/general operations/religion-related program
$989,461
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2022
Public & societal support program
$957,694
Literacy and Beyond · Port Huron, MI · 2022
General operations/youth development program
$948,200
Detroit Parks Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024
Recreation & sports
$883,074
The Christian Community Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Religion-related
$830,490
Detroit Zoological Society · Royal Oak, MI · 2022
Animal-related program/building/renovation/capital campaign/general operations
$814,200
Oakland University · Rochester Hills, MI · 2022
Education endowments/education program/general operations/scholarship funds
$802,894
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah · Southfield, MI · 2023
Education
$784,189
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Community improvement & capacity building program/general operations/scholarship funds
$779,815
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Health care
$750,000
Metro Detroit Youth Clubs · Royal Oak, MI · 2023
Youth development
$742,010
Charles H Wright Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts and culture
$716,908
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
Community improvement & capacity building
$715,824
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Conferences/seminars/education endowments/education program/education research/emergency
$700,000
Key Development Center · Brighton, MI · 2023
Human services
$690,783
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2023
Arts
$662,500
Detroit Blight Busters · Detroit, MI · 2023
Community improvement & capacity building
$660,629
Southwest Housing Solutions Corporation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Housing & shelter
$656,937
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Community improvement & capacity building
$637,050
Oakland University · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
Public & societal support program
$620,752
The Detroit Zoological Society · Royal Oak, MI · 2024
Education
$617,381
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2022
General operations/health care program
$600,906
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2022
Arts program/general operations
$600,000
Metro Detroit Youth Clubs · Royal Oak, MI · 2024
Youth development
$600,000
Metro Detroit Youth Clubs · Royal Oak, MI · 2022
General operations/scholarship funds
$594,191
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts and culture
$575,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2023
Community improvement & capacity building/general operations
$575,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2022
Community improvement & capacity building/general operations
$568,516
The Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operations
$553,060
University Liggett School · Grosse Pointe Woods, MI · 2023
Education
$545,745
Oakland County · Waterford, MI · 2022
Equipment/public & societal support program
$521,707
Detroit Zoological Society · Royal Oak, MI · 2023
Animal-related
$515,000
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2024
Education
$509,958
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Education
$508,419
Detroit Historical Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts and culture
$500,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
Religion-related
$500,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2024
Community improvement & capacity building
$500,000
Michigan Kindness Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations
$500,000
Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2024
Voter education/registration
$500,000
Promote the Vote Fund · Lansing, MI · 2024
Community improvement & capacity building
$492,251
Cranbrook Educational Community · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts and culture
$491,165
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2023
Health care and state opioid response
$488,500
Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion · Detroit, MI · 2022
Civil rights, social action & advocacy program/general operations
$487,226
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
Health care
$485,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
International, foreign affairs & national security
$485,000
American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$478,769
Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2023
Community improvement & capacity building
$477,940
Beaumont Health Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2023
Health care and state opioid response
$475,000
Midtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Community improvement & capacity building program/general operations
$464,107
Trinity Health-Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Health care
$461,738
Jarc · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Human services
$458,368
Charles H Wright Museum of African American History · Detroit, MI · 2022
Education program/general operations
$450,648
The Nature Conservancy of Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2024
Environment
$450,342
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Advocacy
$437,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Conferences/seminars/emergency funds/general operations/human services program
$436,964
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (Access) · Dearborn, MI · 2022
General operations/human services program/scholarship funds
$427,810
Detroit Hispanic Development Corp · Detroit, MI · 2022
Community improvement & capacity building program/general operations
$425,000
The Servants of Jesus of the Divine Mercy · Clinton Township, MI · 2024
Religion-related
$422,568
Downtown Detroit Partnership · Detroit, MI · 2024
Community improvement & capacity building
$421,110
Livingston County Catholic Charities · Howell, MI · 2024
Human services
$416,692
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (Access) · Dearborn, MI · 2023
Arts
$413,112
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah · Southfield, MI · 2022
General operations/religion-related program
$408,310
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2024
Public & societal support
$407,560
United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
General operations/public & societal support program/public safety, disaster preparedness & relief program
$404,450
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Education program/general operations/scholarship funds
$402,500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Advocacy

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.