Funding search · EIN 205838578 · Detroit, MI

Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation

Name: Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

228
grants reported: $11.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Gleaners Community Food Bank2 grants · $875,000
Forgotten Harvest3 grants · $779,000
City of Hope2 grants · $500,000
University of Washington Foundation2 grants · $500,000
The Empowerment Plan2 grants · $460,000
Lighthouse Michigan3 grants · $350,000
Midnight Golf Program3 grants · $339,800
Michigan Humane Society3 grants · $302,500
The Friendship Circle3 grants · $300,000
Racquet Up Detroit3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$5.3M

2022

$3.5M

2023

$3.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 228 grants.

$475,000
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$400,000
Gleaners Community Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$265,000
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2023
Program support
$262,500
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2024
Program support
$251,500
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2022
Program support
$250,000
Oregon Health and Science Univ Fou · Portland, OR · 2024
Research grant
$250,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Research grant
$250,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2023
Research grant
$250,000
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2023
Research grant
$250,000
City of Hope · Duarte, CA · 2022
Research grant
$250,000
Detroit Employment Solutions Corp · Detroit, MI · 2022
Youth employment program
$250,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$250,000
The Friendship Circle · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022
General support
$250,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Research grant
$250,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Research grant
$210,000
The Empowerment Plan · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$194,800
Midnight Golf Program · Bingham Farms, MI · 2022
Program support
$150,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$150,000
Lighthouse Michigan · Pontiac, MI · 2023
Program support
$150,000
Detroit Food and Entrepreneurship · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$150,000
Lighthouse Michigan · Pontiac, MI · 2022
Program support
$130,000
Gary Burnstein Community Health · Pontiac, MI · 2022
Program support
$125,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2024
Research grant
$125,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research · Seattle, WA · 2024
Research grant
$125,000
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Research grant
$125,000
University of Colorado Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Research grant
$125,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2023
Research grant
$125,000
Childrens Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Research grant
$125,000
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Research grant
$125,000
The General Hospital Corp · Boston, MA · 2023
Research grant
$125,000
Childrens Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Research grant
$125,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research · Seattle, WA · 2022
Research grant
$125,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Research grant
$125,000
The General Hospital Corp · Boston, MA · 2022
Research grant
$124,981
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Research grant
$124,973
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2023
Research grant
$120,000
Racquet Up Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$116,322
University of Texas Md Anderson Can · Houston, TX · 2022
Research grant
$110,000
Midnight Golf Program · Bingham Farms, MI · 2024
Program support
$104,400
Math Corps · Birmingham, MI · 2022
Program support
$102,500
Michigan Humane Society · Bingham Farms, MI · 2023
Program support
$100,000
Michigan Humane Society · Bingham Farms, MI · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Racquet Up Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Autism Alliance of Michigan · Bingham Farms, MI · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Food Gatherers · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Michigan Humane Society · Bingham Farms, MI · 2022
Program support
$100,000
Winning Futures · Warren, MI · 2022
Program support
$95,000
Mile High United Way · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$80,000
Racquet Up Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$78,934
Detroit Police Athletic League · Detroit, MI · 2022
Capital campaign
$77,500
Atlantic Impact · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$77,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Program support
$70,000
Msu Music Program · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Program support
$66,667
Community Foundation of Se Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022
Pontiac funders group
$65,045
Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Program support
$65,000
Macomb County Rotating Emerg Shelt · Mount Clemens, MI · 2024
Program support
$60,000
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2022
Program support
$59,317
Accounting Aid Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$57,500
Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$57,300
Jewish Federation of Detroit · Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Program support
$54,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
Programmatic support
$51,000
Evans Scholar Foundation · Golf, IL · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Detroit Food and Entrepreneurship · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Florence Crittenton Services of Co · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Lighthouse Michigan · Pontiac, MI · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Music Hall Center for Performing Ar · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$50,000
The Society of St Vincet Depaul · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Detroit Horse Power · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Samaritas · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$50,000
The Society of St Vincet Depaul · Detroit, MI · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Ypsilanti Meals On Wheels · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Program support
$50,000
Give Merit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$50,000
McRest · Roseville, MI · 2022
Program support
$49,500
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$48,000
Prodigy Apprentice Program · Denver, CO · 2023
Program support
$47,500
Jewish Family Services of Co · Denver, CO · 2022
Programmatic support
$43,000
Ser Metro Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$43,000
Ser Metro Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$42,010
Detroit Institute of Arts · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$40,000
Jewish Family Services of Co · Denver, CO · 2024
Programmatic support
$40,000
Winning Futures · Warren, MI · 2024
Program support
$35,000
Catholic Charities of Se Michigan · Southfield, MI · 2024
Program support
$35,000
Midnight Golf Program · Bingham Farms, MI · 2023
Program support
$35,000
Detroit Horse Power · Detroit, MI · 2022
Program support
$34,780
Denver Art Museum · Denver, CO · 2024
Program support
$33,500
Growing Hope · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Program support
$33,333
Community Foundation of Se Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023
Pontiac funders group
$31,773
Covenent House Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$30,000
The Rocket Giving Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Program support
$28,500
Zaman International · Inkster, MI · 2023
Program support
$27,800
Jewish Federation of Detroit · Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Program support
$25,500
Jewish Family Services of Co · Denver, CO · 2023
Programmatic support
$25,000
Children'S Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Figure Skating Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Food Gatherers · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Se Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2024
Program support
$25,000
The Friendship Circle · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
General support
$25,000
Carbondale Clay Center · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Program 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.