Funding search · EIN 205966333 · Royal Oak, MI

The Fred a & Barbara M Erb Family

Name: The Fred a & Barbara M Erb Family grants, 2021–2024
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.

530
grants reported: $65.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
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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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.

The Henry Ford4 grants · $5.5M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan4 grants · $4.3M
Detroit Riverfront Conservancyinc3 grants · $2.5M
University of Michigan4 grants · $2.4M
Foundation for Detroit'S Future4 grants · $2.0M
Detroit Symphony Orchestra5 grants · $2.0M
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorder Association3 grants · $1.9M
Cranbrook Educational Community5 grants · $1.9M
National Wildlife Federation4 grants · $1.9M
Huron River Watershed Council5 grants · $1.6M

Giving over time

$14.0M

2021

$16.1M

2022

$17.7M

2023

$17.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 530 grants.

$3.0M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$2.6M
The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2024
Program support
$2.6M
The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2023
Program support
$2.0M
Detroit Riverfront Conservancyinc · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$1.4M
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$1.4M
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Program support
$1.3M
National Wildlife Federation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Program support
$1.1M
Detroit Public Media · Wixom, MI · 2024
Program support
$1.0M
Southeast Michigan Foundation for Public Spaces · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$1.0M
Motown Historical Museum · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$893,230
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Program support
$879,575
Christ Church Cranbrook · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Program support
$771,230
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$733,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Program support
$700,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$655,000
Alzheimer'S Disease & Related Disorders Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$655,000
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorder Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$655,000
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorder Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Program support
$625,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$600,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$600,000
Alzheimer'S Disease and Related Disorder Association · Chicago, IL · 2021
Program support
$500,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$500,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$500,000
Detroit Educational Television Foundation · Wixom, MI · 2022
Program support
$500,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$500,000
Foundation for Detroit'S Future · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$500,000
The Nature Conservancy · Lansing, MI · 2021
Program support
$480,202
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Program support
$460,000
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Program support
$455,000
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Program support
$425,000
Michigan Opera Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$385,000
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Program support
$379,250
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Program support
$379,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2024
Program support
$362,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$360,720
Michigan State University · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$350,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2022
Program support
$335,000
Friends of the Rouge · Plymouth, MI · 2024
Program support
$317,500
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$312,000
Inforum · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$311,000
Inforum · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$300,700
Inforum · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$300,000
Clinton River Watershed Council · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024
Program support
$300,000
Michigan Opera Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$300,000
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$300,000
Michigan Opera Theatre · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$300,000
Cranbrook Educational Community · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2021
Program support
$290,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2023
Program support
$289,000
Arts League of Michigan Inc (Carr Center) · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$272,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$271,000
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$265,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2024
Program support
$262,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$258,750
Arts League of Michigan Inc (Carr Center) · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$257,000
Inforum · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$255,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2022
Program support
$254,500
Friends of the Rouge · Plymouth, MI · 2022
Program support
$254,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support
$253,000
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies · Cambridge, MD · 2021
Program support
$250,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Metropolitan Affairs Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Michigan Voices · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Promote the Vote Fund · Lansing, MI · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancyinc · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$250,000
Metropolitan Affairs Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Lansing, MI · 2023
Program support
$250,000
Detroit Riverfront Conservancyinc · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$250,000
Midtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$250,000
Midtown Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$248,610
Michigan State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$243,000
Council of Michigan Foundations · Grand Haven, MI · 2023
Program support
$240,000
Michigan Environmental Council · Lansing, MI · 2021
Program support
$233,000
The Greening of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$228,250
Clinton River Watershed Council · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
Program support
$225,000
Detriot Public Media Wixom · Wixom, MI · 2023
Program support
$225,000
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$225,000
American Forests · Washington, DC · 2021
Program support
$222,000
Alliance of Rouge · Canton, MI · 2023
Program support
$217,000
The Greening of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$200,000
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$200,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$200,000
The Cranbrook Project · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Program support
$200,000
Cranbrook Project · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Program support
$200,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$200,000
National Wildlife Federation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Program support
$200,000
Council of the Great Lakes Region Foundation · 2022
Program support
$200,000
Cranbrook Project · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Program support
$200,000
Detroit Zoological Society · Royal Oak, MI · 2022
Program support
$200,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$200,000
National Wildlife Federation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$200,000
The Henry Ford · Dearborn, MI · 2022
Program support
$200,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
Program support
$197,250
Friends of the Rouge · Plymouth, MI · 2023
Program support
$193,440
Michigan State University · Detroit, MI · 2021
Program support
$190,000
Friends of the Detroit River · Taylor, MI · 2024
Program support
$184,000
Michigan Association Conservation Districts Add · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Program support
$183,750
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings · Southfield, MI · 2022
Program support
$183,000
Michigan Association Conservation Districts (Macd) · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Program support
$183,000
Michigan Association Conservation Districts Add · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Program support
$177,500
Ecology Center · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Program support

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