Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation
Detroit, MI · EIN 27-2677218. Reported 132 grants totalling $1,966,559 to 53 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $263,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, MI | $1,064,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dea Survivors Benefit Fund | Roswell, GA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Children's Foundation | Detroit, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Masters School | Dobbs Ferry, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation | Grosse Pointe, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center Line Public School | Center Line, MI | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center Line Public Schools | Center Line, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Neighborhood Club | Grosse Pointe, MI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Racing for Kids | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $34,532 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Detroit Institute for Children | Walled Lake, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grosse Pointe Chamber Foundation | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Utica Community Schools | Sterling Heights, MI | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Racing for Kids to the Hill | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $24,027 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sigma Gamma Association | Royal Oak, MI | $21,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| College for Creative Studies | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Humane | Bingham Farms, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shake-a-Leg Miami | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Paul on the Lake Catholic Church | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Detroit Zoological Society | Royal Oak, MI | $15,800 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fair Lane | Dearborn, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Henry Ford Estate - Fair Lane | Dearborn, MI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grosse Pointe Historical Society | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christ Church Grosse Pointe | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum | Mystic, CT | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Masters Fund | Dobbs Ferry, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Paul Catholic Church | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veterans Legacy Health Alliance | Houston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Holley Institute | Detroit, MI | $9,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ascension St John & Providence | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ascension St John and Providence Foundations | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boldli (detroit Institute for Children) | Commerce Twp, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Detroit Historical Society | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gp Chamber Foundation | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St John Foundation | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Belle Isle Conservancy | Detroit, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mistletoe Magic | Grosse Pointe Park, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Garden Club of America | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Soc | Harper Woods, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | Harper Woods, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pewabic Pottery | Detroit, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pewabic Society Inc | Detroit, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Family Center | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public | Grosse Pointe, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grosse Pointe Foundations for Public Education | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grosse Pointe Library | Grosse Ponte Library, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Grosse Pointe Improvement Foundation | Grosse Pointe Shores, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The War Memorial | Grosse Pointe, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grosse Pointe Shores Improvement | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Warm Memorial | Grosse Pointe Farms, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Henry Ford | Deaborn, MI | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
34 of 53 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Henry Ford Health System
1st Install HF Mac Tower Fund - Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation
Final Install Perf Arts Pledge - Center Line Public School
EDUCATNL FNDTN/BLESSINGS BP - Utica Community Schools
Foundation for Educ Excellence - Ascension St John & Providence
ASCENSION ST. JOHN HOSPITAL - Detroit Zoological Society
R. KAGAN ENDOW. AMINAL WELFARE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $520,314 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $457,618 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $462,527 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $526,100 | $5,000 |
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. Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation has 2 of them, worth $1,000,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | Detroit, MI | $750,000 |
| Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, MI | $250,000 |
Where its money goes
89% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 1901 St Antoine 6TH Floor, Detroit, MI, 48226. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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