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Private foundation (trust)EIN 381675780Est. 2023-04

THE SKILLMAN FOUNDATION

DETROIT, MI 48207

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$568.4M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$23.8M

FY 2023

Grants Made

359

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$66K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$50–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

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Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$21.9M

Total Expenses

$29.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$30.7M

Distributable Amount

$27.7M

Min. Investment Return

$27.6M

Undistributed Income

$8.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

359 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $50 through median $13K to maximum $500K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2023. Peak $23.8M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND
$1.3M
5 grants
URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES INC
$1.3M
5 grants
COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS INC
$1.3M
10 grants
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT
$1.1M
5 grants
ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS INC
$1.1M
7 grants
TEACH FOR AMERICA INC
$1.0M
3 grants
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
$971K
6 grants
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
$916K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
170
grants
$10–50K
82
grants
$50–250K
221
grants
$250K–1M
27
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

18 states

Michigan
$36.9M
84% of total
New York
$2.3M
5% of total
California
$1.6M
4% of total
District of Columbia
$1.3M
3% of total
Massachusetts
$1.1M
2% of total
Florida
$630K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$139K
0% of total
Illinois
$117K
0% of total
Colorado
$100K
0% of total
Georgia
$35K
0% of total

+8 more states

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