Funding search · EIN 386091368 · Reston, VA
Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 232
- grants reported
- $39.8M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Top recipients
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- Henry Ford Health System4 grants · $14.0M
- The Henry Ford (Edison Institute)4 grants · $7.2M
- The Children'S Foundation3 grants · $5.3M
- Kipp Whole Child Center Dba Kipp Michigan2 grants · $2.6M
- College for Creative Studies2 grants · $2.0M
- Detroit Opera2 grants · $1.0M
- Pilot Light Foundation4 grants · $775,000
- Kipp Detroit1 grant · $600,000
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit3 grants · $530,000
- Brilliant Detroit3 grants · $450,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 232 grants.
- $8.0M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2021
Pancreatic cancer center
- $2.7M
The Henry Ford (Edison Institute) · Dearborn, MI · 2021
Innovation project campaign, youth & family engagement, educator professional development, positions to coordinate, support and manage programs, related detroit youth and student learning initiatives
- $2.6M
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2022
Healthy body-healthy minds endowment and program children illness
- $2.5M
The Henry Ford (Edison Institute) · Dearborn, MI · 2022
General support
- $2.0M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2024
Lung cancer research innovation fund
- $2.0M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2023
Lung cancer research innovation fund
- $2.0M
Henry Ford Health System · Detroit, MI · 2022
Pancreatic cancer center
- $2.0M
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2021
For the "linda dresner endowed chair of fashion design"
- $1.6M
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Healthy body - healthy minds endowment, michigan central station children's endowment, support programs that utilize alternative methods with children coping with the effects of illness including cancer and the treatmen… read allHealthy body - healthy minds endowment, michigan central station children's endowment, support programs that utilize alternative methods with children coping with the effects of illness including cancer and the treatments for those illnesses less
- $1.4M
Kipp Whole Child Center Dba Kipp Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
For the acquisition of land for kipp detroit: imani academy k-8 facility
- $1.2M
Kipp Whole Child Center Dba Kipp Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
For the acquisition of land for kipp detroit: imani academy k-8 facility
- $1.1M
The Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2023
Healthy body - healthy minds endowment
- $1.0M
The Henry Ford (Edison Institute) · Dearborn, MI · 2024
General support
- $1.0M
The Henry Ford (Edison Institute) · Dearborn, MI · 2023
General support
- $600,000
Kipp Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2021
To support launching its operations in detroit this school year
- $500,000
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $500,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $500,000
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $250,000
Msu Foundation · East Lansing, MI · 2024
The jewish studies program
- $250,000
Pilot Light Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Pilot Light Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
- $250,000
Beaumont Health Foundation · Southfield, MI · 2022
To support the emergency center at beaumont hospital, royal oaks
- $250,000
Pilot Light Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Green Light Fund · Boston, MA · 2021
Green light fund detroit
- $240,000
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $175,000
Michigan Opera Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $150,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $150,000
Brilliant Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $143,000
Children'S Hospital of Michigan Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $126,000
American Isreal Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $125,000
American Israel Education Foundation (Aief) · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Aief - American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $125,000
Aief - American Israel Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $122,505
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $105,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2022
General support
- $100,500
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $100,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
Israel advocacy
- $100,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Elnet - US · Skokie, IL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2021
General support
- $75,000
Impact Israel · Needham, MA · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Impact Israel · Needham, MA · 2023
General support
- $60,396
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Friends of Elnet · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $53,000
Beyond Basics · Southfield, MI · 2022
Be the solution campaign and general support
- $51,000
Impact Israel · Bethesda, MD · 2021
General support
- $50,000
Detroit Public Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
Israel advocacy
- $50,000
Detroit Children'S Fund · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Detroit Public Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Israel Center for Excellence Through Education · Homer Glen, IL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Care House of Oakland County · Pontiac, MI · 2022
In support of care night 2022
- $50,000
Detroit Public Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Friends of Elnet · Skokie, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Israel Center for Excellence Through Education · Homer Glen, IL · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Care House of Oakland County · Pontiac, MD · 2021
General support
- $50,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2021
Israel advocacy
- $50,000
Israel Center for Excellence Through Education · Willowbrook, IL · 2021
General support
- $40,000
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2023
General support
- $30,000
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022
General support
- $25,178
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Care House of Oakland County · Pontiac, MI · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Kidsread2kids · Bingham Farms, MI · 2024
General support
- $25,000
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Yad Ezra · Berkley, MI · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Care House of Oakland County · Pontiac, MI · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Kidsread2kids · Bingham Farms, MI · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $25,000
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $25,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $25,000
American Friends of Tel Aviv University · New York, NY · 2021
Inss contribution
- $25,000
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $25,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $25,000
Pilot Light Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
- $25,000
Yad Ezra · Berkley, MI · 2021
General support
- $24,975
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
- $20,000
Hillel of Metro Detroit - Wsu · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Farber Hebrew Day School · Southfield, MI · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Oakland University · Rochester, MI · 2022
Environmental health safety
- $20,000
Southwest Solutions · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Oakland University · Rochester, MI · 2021
Environmental health safety
- $15,516
Karmanos Cancer Institute · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
- $15,000
Child Safe Michigan (Judson Center) · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $15,000
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Israel21c · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Child Safe Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
General support
- $15,000
The Heat and Warmth Fund · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $15,000
Cranbrook Educational Community · Detroit, MI · 2021
General support
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