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 20222025. 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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  • 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

$142,500
2022
$89,333
2023
$112,000
2024
$102,000
2025

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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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.