Private foundation
WILLIAM & MARTHA FORD FUND
DETROIT, MIEIN
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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Private foundation
DETROIT, MIEIN
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 FY2024 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.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $3,622,919 | $3,192,346 | $3,176,858 | $671,923 |
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 55% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY FORD ESTATEGROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI | CAMPAIGN FOR FAIRLANE | $50,000 | 2019 | |
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.
| $671,923 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $198,102 | $669,917 | $658,207 | $241,350 | $241,350 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $178,948 | $676,636 | $659,470 | $713,220 | $713,165 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $109,668 | $564,365 | $554,197 | $1,210,853 | $1,210,853 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $253,584 | $492,681 | $484,966 | $1,668,407 | $1,665,550 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $15,564 | $527,249 | $521,632 | $1,904,647 | $1,904,647 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $84,819 | $467,950 | $461,190 | $2,415,832 | $2,415,832 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $205,509 | $621,021 | $610,539 | $2,801,285 | $2,798,963 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $36,444 | $578,410 | $567,780 | $3,214,817 | $3,214,500 |
| PROGRAM SERVICES |
| $50,000 |
| 2024 |
| THE GARDEN CLUB OF MICHIGANGROSSE POINTE, MI | OUDOLF GARDEN PROJECT | $50,000 | 2017 |
| THE HENRY FORD ESTATE FAIR LANEGROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $50,000 | 2016 |
| HENRY FORD ESTATEGROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI | CAMPAIGN FOR FAIRLANE | $50,000 | 2017 |
| SCHAAP CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTSGrosse Pointe Farms, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2022 |
| OUR LADY OF THE ELMS SCHOOLAKRON, OH | ELMS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE | $25,000 | 2022 |
| DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTSDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2022 |
| THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIESWASHINGTON, DC | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2019 |
| FREEDOM INSTITUTENEW YORK, NY | SPRING GALA | $25,000 | 2017 |
| UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOLGROSSE POINTE WOODS, MI | ANNUAL FUND | $25,000 | 2016 |
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITALSOUTHFIELD, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2024 |
| FREEDOM INSTITUTENEW YORK, NY | 2016 SPRING GALA | $25,000 | 2016 |
| DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTSDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2023 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITYPRINCETON, NJ | PARENTS ANNUAL GIVING | $25,000 | 2021 |
| CHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTEGROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI | SOARING SOUNDS | $25,000 | 2019 |
| OUR LADY OF THE ELMS SCHOOLAKRON, OH | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2023 |
| DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTSDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2023 |
| DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTSDETROIT, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $25,000 | 2022 |
| CHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTEGROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI | PROGRAM SERVICES | $23,427 | 2020 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITYPRINCETON, NJ | PROGRAM SERVICES | $20,000 | 2023 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOODANN ARBOR, MI | NAVIGATING UNCHARTERED WATERS CAMPAIGN | $20,000 | 2021 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGANANN ARBOR, MI | NAVIGATING UNCHARTED WATERS | $20,000 | 2019 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGANANN ARBOR, MI | NAVIGATING UNCHARTED WATERS | $20,000 | 2017 |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITYPRINCETON, NJ | PROGRAM SERVICES | $20,000 | 2024 |
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202433169349101443
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202333189349100523
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202233089349101908
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202133169349102768
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202043219349103754
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201921359349101107
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201833199349102483
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201743149349100749
Form 990-PF · FY2015 · period ending Dec 31, 2015
Filing id 201633209349100348
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.