Funding search · EIN 452577667 · Southfield, MI
Esther Gordy Bullock Edwards 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.
- 42
- grants reported
- $445,833
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $4,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Motown Historical Museum4 grants · $279,000
- Glenelg Country School2 grants · $20,000
- Black United Fund of Michigan4 grants · $16,500
- Pontiac Kappa Foundation3 grants · $12,000
- 100 Black Men Las Vegas1 grant · $10,000
- Glenelg Country School1 grant · $10,000
- Skillz Finest Tnl1 grant · $10,000
- Mastering Mindsets Las Vegas3 grants · $9,000
- Aiken (Sc) Chapter of the Links2 grants · $9,000
- Hannah Brown Community Development Corp1 grant · $7,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 42 reported grants, largest first.
- $100,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $54,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Glenelg Country School · Ellicott City, MD · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Skillz Finest Tnl · Detroit, MI · 2025
General support
- $10,000
100 Black Men Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Glenelg Country School · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Glenelg Country School · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
General support
- $7,000
Hannah Brown Community Development Corp · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
- $5,500
Black United Fund of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $5,000
100 Black Men of Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Black United Fund of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Aiken (Sc) Chapter of the Links · Aiken, SC · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Las Vegas Urban League · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Pontiac Kappa Foundation · Pontiac, MI · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Semaj J Morgan Foundation · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Black United Fund of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Nevada Partners · North Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
- $5,000
Pontiac Kappa Foundation · Pontiac, MI · 2022
General support
- $4,000
Aiken (Sc) Chapter of the Links · Aiken, SC · 2022
General support
- $3,500
Aiken Sc Chapter of the Links · Aiken, SC · 2025
General support
- $3,500
Mastering Mindsets Las Vegas · North Las Vegas, NV · 2025
General support
- $3,500
Omega Hope Incorporated · Saint Johns, FL · 2025
General support
- $3,500
Tulips · North Las Vegas, NV · 2025
General support
- $3,500
Mastering Mindsets Las Vegas · North Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
- $3,500
Teaching & Uniting Ladies To Inspired Positive Success (Tulips) · North Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
- $3,500
Janie Bradford Hal Scholarship Fund · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General support
- $2,500
American Odyssey · Birmingham, MI · 2024
Hip hop evolution
- $2,500
Joyce Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Ascend Foundation · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Midnight Golf Program · Bingham Farms, MI · 2022
General support
- $2,333
Vista Maria · Dearborn Heights, MI · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Bison in Vegas Hbcu Alumni Group · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
General support
- $2,000
Pontiac Kappa Foundation · Auburn Hills, MI · 2025
General support
- $2,000
Bison in Vegas Hbcu Alumni · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Mastering Mindsets Las Vegas · North Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Teaching & Uniting Ladies To Inspired Positive Success (Tulips) · North Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Wayne County Sherriff'S Youth Education Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Black United Fund of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Vista Maria · Dearborn Heights, MI · 2022
General support
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