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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $21,257,523 | $21,026,277 | $22,996,421 | $377,403,069 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 61% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGANDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $3,000,000 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| John M Erb | CHAIR AND CEO | 40.00 | $335,208 |
| Melissa Damaschke | PRESIDENT | 40.00 | $369,458 |
| Deborah D Erb | TRUSTEE | 0.20 | $0 |
| Leslie Erb Liedtke | TRUSTEE |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $364,646,764 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $17,647,921 | $21,861,682 | $21,569,343 | $363,118,936 | $346,253,436 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $9,986,071 | $25,505,821 | $20,117,174 | $342,348,054 | $326,630,823 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $16,148,869 | $22,901,996 | $16,367,801 | $329,525,987 | $319,417,924 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $14,319,746 | $15,465,652 | $14,375,595 | $367,107,126 | $360,481,562 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $13,535,888 | $14,564,924 | $15,153,511 | $295,394,682 | $289,692,161 |
| PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| $2,600,000 |
| 2025 |
| THE HENRY FORDMatched to this organization because 5 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DEARBORN, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $2,600,000 | 2024 |
| DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCYINCDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $2,000,000 | 2022 |
| DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAMatched to this organization because 19 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $1,420,000 | 2022 |
| CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITYBLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $1,362,000 | 2023 |
| NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONMatched to this organization because 5 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ANN ARBOR, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $1,300,000 | 2025 |
| DETROIT PUBLIC MEDIAWIXOM, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $1,125,000 | 2025 |
| MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INCDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $1,000,000 | 2023 |
| SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SPACESDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $1,000,000 | 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANANN ARBOR, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $893,230 | 2025 |
| CHRIST CHURCH CRANBROOKBLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $879,575 | 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANANN ARBOR, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $771,230 | 2023 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDER ASSOCIATION INCCHICAGO, IL | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $750,000 | 2020 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANANN ARBOR, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $733,000 | 2024 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGANDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $700,000 | 2023 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCMatched to this organization because 12 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.CHICAGO, IL | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $655,000 | 2025 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDER ASSOCIATION INCCHICAGO, IL | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $655,000 | 2023 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDER ASSOCIATION INCCHICAGO, IL | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $655,000 | 2024 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGANDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $625,000 | 2022 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANANN ARBOR, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $600,000 | 2023 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDER ASSOCIATION INCCHICAGO, IL | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $600,000 | 2021 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDER ASSOCIATION INCCHICAGO, IL | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $600,000 | 2022 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGANDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SUPPORT | $550,000 | 2020 |
| FOUNDATION FOR DETROITS FUTUREDETROIT, MI | GRANT | $500,000 | 2020 |
| 0.20 |
| $0 |
| Douglas Ebert | TRUSTEE | 0.20 | $0 |
| Lawrence Garcia | TRUSTEE | 0.20 | $0 |
| Rhonda D Welburn | TRUSTEE | 0.20 | $0 |
| Tara Tuomaala | VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS | 40.00 | $244,792 |
| Mary Lyons-Richards | VICE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATION | 40.00 | $198,833 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Jun 30, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202501349349104735
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Jun 30, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202441359349102509
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Jun 30, 2022
Filing id 202321149349100422
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Jun 30, 2021
Filing id 202220389349100762
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Jun 30, 2020
Filing id 202141309349101609
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.