Funding search · EIN 611422011 · Ferndale, MI

Ferndale Community Foundation

Name: Ferndale Community Foundation grants, 2020–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

62
grants reported: $135,660
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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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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.

Top recipients

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

Affirmations Lgbtq Community Center3 grants · $10,500
Ferndale Housing Commission4 grants · $10,000
Southeast Oakland Coalition3 grants · $9,500
Ferndale Community Concert Band3 grants · $9,471
Ferncare Free Clinic2 grants · $8,000
Michigan Stage2 grants · $8,000
Transgender Michigan5 grants · $7,600
Transgender Detroit5 grants · $7,600
Matrix Human Services5 grants · $7,050
Affirmations Lgbtq Community Cntr1 grant · $7,000

Giving over time

$21,971

2020

$24,500

2021

$10,000

2022

$44,075

2023

$35,114

2024

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$7,000
Affirmations Lgbtq Community Cntr · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$5,500
Ferncare Free Clinic · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$5,500
Michigan Stage · Southfield, MI · 2023
Charitable
$5,500
Southeast Oakland Coalition · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Ferndale Community Concert Band · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Affirmations Lgbtq Community Center · Ferndale, MI · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Affirmations Lgbtq Community Center · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Affirmations Lgbtq Community Center · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Ferndale Seniors · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Ferncare Free Clinic · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$3,000
Ferndale Housing Commission · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$2,500
Ferncare Free Clinic · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Ferndale Community Concert Band · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Ferndale Housing Commission · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Michigan Stage · Southfield, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Ringwald Theater · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Southeast Oakland Coalition · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Ferndale Cat Shelter · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Ferndale Housing Commission · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Ferndale Public Schools · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$2,250
Friends of the Ferndale Library · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,112
Renaissance Vineyard Church · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,075
Renaissance Vineyard Church · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$2,054
Sing Out Detroit · Southfield, MI · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Ferndale Seniors Group · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$2,000
Rignwald Theatre · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$2,000
Affirmations Lgbt Community Cntr · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Ferncare Free Clinic · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Ferndale Housing Commission · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Friends of Royal Oak Twp · Oak Park, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Gender Identify Network · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Lifelab Kids · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Matrix Human Services · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Ringwald Theatre · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Transgender Detroit · Redford, MI · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
Transgender Michigan · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$1,971
Ferndale Community Concert Band · Ferndale, MI · 2020
Charitable
$1,500
Gender Identity Network · Ferndale, MI · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Transgender Detroit · Redford, MI · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Transgender Michigan · Ferndale, MI · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Gender Identity Network · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$1,500
Matrix Human Services · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$1,500
Southeast Oakland Coalition · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$1,500
Transgender Detroit · Redford, MI · 2021
Charitable
$1,500
Transgender Michigan · Ferndale, MI · 2021
Charitable
$1,400
Gender Identity Network · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,400
Matrix Human Services · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,400
Access Ferndale · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,400
Gender Identity Network · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,400
Matrix Human Services · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,400
Transgender Detroit · Redford, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,400
Transgender Michigan · Ferndale, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,300
Access Ferndale · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,250
Disability Network of Eastern Michigan · Troy, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,250
Ferndale Schools Fine Arts Boosters · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,200
Transgender Detroit · Redford, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,200
Transgender Michigan · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,198
Ferndale Public Schools · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$750
Access Ferndale · Ferndale, MI · 2022
Charitable
$750
Matrix Human Services · Ferndale, MI · 2022
Charitable
$0
Ferndale Cat Shelter · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable
$0
Ferndale Seniors · Ferndale, MI · 2024
Charitable

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