A Alfred Taubman Foundation
Bloomfield Hills, MI · EIN 27-1366308. Reported 331 grants totalling $22.3M to 148 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". A Alfred Taubman Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations A Alfred Taubman Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 21 grants totalling $5,770,400 to them. That is 34% of the $17.1M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Detroit | federated giving programme | Michigan | $5,175,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $255,400 | 6 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $220,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $120,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,050,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $5,175,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $2,209,500 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI | $1,575,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $1,298,000 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, MD | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palm Beach Day Academy | Palm Beach, FL | $980,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $876,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $501,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Mind Institute | New York, NY | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $469,666 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Synagogue | Palm Beach, FL | $451,000 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | $450,000 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $315,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $255,400 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| Weill Cornell Medicine - Office of External Affairs | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $220,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cobalt Foundation | Denver, CO | $217,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | Detroit, MI | $155,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Bonai Shalom | Boulder, CO | $123,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louis Armstrong House Museum | Queens, NY | $120,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way | Palm Beach, FL | $120,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Recreation | Palm Beach, FL | $112,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue | New York, NY | $108,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Celebration Church | Montrose, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Collegiate School | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy | Miami Beach, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kode With Klossy | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Des Moines, IA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | West Bloomfield Townsh, MI | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Arts and Design | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nyu Langone Health | New York, NY | $68,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nf Forward Detroit | Detroit, MI | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Creative Time | New York, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barrow Street Nursery School | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Art Research and Alliances | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Detroit Public Theatre | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus | Farmington Hills, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Launch Michigan | Lansing, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| More Perfect Union Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nyu Langone Medical Center | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the Unviersity of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trust for the National Mall | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Urban Land Institute | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Whiney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yeshiva Beth Yehudah | Southfield, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dairy Arts Center | Boulder, CO | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad of Tribeca | New York, NY | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit | West Bloomfield, MI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Child Safe Michigan | Royal Oak, MI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorado Trout Unlimited | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Lubavitch | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Partners for College Match | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton | East Hampton, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation | Agawam, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit | Farmington Hills, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tate Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Performa Inc | New York, NY | $20,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Basblue Foundation | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chabad House at Harvard | Cambridge, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | Rancho Mirage, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Latet Humanitarian Aid Inc | White Plains, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Shaarey Zedek | Southfield, MI | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Haifa Foundation of North America | Roslyn, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jfamily Programs | West Bloomfield, MI | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Roundtable for Diversity & Inclusion | Detroit, MI | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morselife Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | Chicago, IL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Detroit | Detroit, MI | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Federation of Arts | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blood Cancer Foundation of Michigan | Farmington Hills, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cap and Conquer | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grey Art Gallerynyu | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minds Matter Detroit | Detroit, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Our House Grief Support Center | Woodland Hills, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brown Risd Hillel | Providence, RI | $13,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | Pontiac, MI | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Venetian Heritage Inc | New York, NY | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Rabin Medical Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Angels Bark Dog Rescue | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bard Graduate Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boulder Fish and Game Club | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boulder Valley Women's Health Center | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boulder Valley Womens Health Center | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington DC Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Jewish History | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewbelong | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lacasa Center | Howell, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lakeland Health Foundation Benton Harbor - St Joseph | St Joseph, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Hilel | Ann Arbor, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open House New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Orchards Children's Services Inc | Southfield, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $6,620 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ali Forney Center | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| America-Israel Democracy Coalition | Wynnewood, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Family Development Inc | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brilliant Detroit | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caring Kind | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cobalt Foundation (cobalt Af) | Lakewood, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of Michigan | Lansing, MI | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Concord Academy | Concord, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus Points Family Resource Center | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the High Line | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jazz House Kids | Montclair, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Israel Forever Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trovanow | Red Hook, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Hill PTA | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University Settlement | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Land Institute Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Next for Autism | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Skin Cancer Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Israel Forever Foundation | Washington, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Family Place | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cots (coalition on Temporary Shelter) | Detroit, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cutchogue Free Library | Cutchogue, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Vernon Ladies' Association | Mount Vernon, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Archives Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Purple | Seymour, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of the Cincinnati | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United States Capitol Historical Society | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
61 of 148 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
2022 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN & 2022 TAUBER FAMILY CHALLENGE FUND - Harvard University
GRAHAM T. ALLISON JR. PLAZA FUND - Brooklyn Museum
THE ELLEN & BILL TAUBMAN FUND - Georgetown University
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE CENTER FOR JEWISH CIVILIZATION DIRECTOR'S LEADERSHIP FUND - Detroit Institute of Arts
DIA NOW ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN - Palm Beach Day Academy
FACILITY IMPROVEMENT & ANNUAL FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 229 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 41 | $2,217,833 | $25,000 |
| 2021 | 66 | $4,204,203 | $21,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $2,780,500 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 91 | $5,755,400 | $18,000 |
| 2024 | 101 | $7,343,800 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. A Alfred Taubman Foundation has 15 of them, worth $9,533,333. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI | $3,150,000 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | Detroit, MI | $2,350,000 |
| Palm Beach Day Academy | Palm Beach, FL | $1,200,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $1,000,000 |
| Palm Beach Synagogue | Palm Beach, FL | $400,000 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $400,000 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $200,000 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $200,000 |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | $150,000 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | West Bloomfield Townsh, MI | $75,000 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $50,000 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $33,333 |
| Dairy Arts Center | Boulder, CO | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
42% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from A Alfred Taubman Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 East Long Lake Road 190, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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