Grants awarded
Who does William Davidson Foundation fund?
William Davidson Foundation has awarded $231 million across 379 grants to 174 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in community development. Its typical grant is $300,000, with most between $110,000 and $750,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $315,000 versus $262,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$231.0M
Typical grant
$300K
Grantees
174
Grants
379
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| C Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | $14.1M | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | $13.4M | 7 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Jewish Federation of Detroit | $9.1M | 5 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Afsnc INC | $7.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$7.0M | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| S Sefaria INC | $5.6M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$5.6M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Foundation for Detroit's Future | $5.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
United Jewish Foundation
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$4.8M | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
The Detroit Institute of Arts
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$4.7M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$4.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| T The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter | $4.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$4.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$4.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| T The Schechter Institutes INC C/O the Lapin Group LLC | $3.9M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| J Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $3.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Momentum Unlimited INC
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$3.5M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| D Detroit Opera DBA Michigan Opera Theatre | $3.5M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy INC
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$3.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| J Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit | $3.4M | 3 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$3.1M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Idi Foundation INC | $3.0M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Holocaust Memorial Center DBA Holocaust Memorial Ctr Zekelman Family Campus | $3.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall INC | $3.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $2.9M | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Beit Hatfutsot - the Museum of the Jewish People | $2.8M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Friends of the Israel Museum | $2.5M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Start-Up Nation Central INC | $2.5M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Midtown Detroit INC
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$2.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall INC
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$2.4M | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Eastern Market Corporatioin
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$2.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| T The Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority INC | $2.1M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Jewish Federations of North America INC
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$2.1M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | $2.1M | 4 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$2.0M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| F Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority INC | $2.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| J Jerusalem Botanical Gardens | $2.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.9M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| V Venture for America INC | $1.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| M Mechon Hadar | $1.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| D Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall INC | $1.8M | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Congregation Shaarey Zedek | $1.6M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| O Onetable | $1.6M | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.6M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in | $1.5M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation
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$1.5M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| H Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $1.5M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee INC | $1.5M | 4 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Invest Detroit Foundation
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$1.5M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
Endeavor Detroit
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$1.4M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| S Shabbat Project INC DBA Onetable | $1.4M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Ogen - Free Loan Fund | $1.4M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit | $1.4M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue | $1.3M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$1.2M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Onward Israel USA INC
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$1.2M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| T The Jewish People Policy Institute | $1.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
| F Friends of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Designs INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| M Maoz-Seal INC | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Shalem College | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Chabad on Campus International INC
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Upstart Bay Area
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$975K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Congregation Shaarey Zedek | $915K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (hillel International) | $860K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $825K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Global Detroit
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$800K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| A American Friends of the Israel Democracy Institute INC | $750K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Downtown Detroit Partnership INC
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$740K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
Repair the World INC
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$725K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$675K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| F Farber Hebrew Day School - Yeshivat Akiva | $650K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Foundation for the Defense of Democracies INC | $630K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee INC | $625K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Michigan Israel Business Accelerator Foundation
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$625K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| I Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center | $600K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Congregation B'Nai B'Rith Hillel | $600K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jewish Agency for Israel- North American Counsel | $600K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Fresh Air Society
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$575K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MI | |
American Jewish Committee
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$575K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| W Wayne State University Research & Technology Park in the City of Detroit | $570K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wayne State Univ Research & Technology Park the City of Detroit | $550K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$550K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
Adamah INC
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$525K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| F Fjc - a Foundation of Donor Advised Funds | $525K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Maoz-Seal INC | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| S Shabbat Project INC DBA One Table | $500K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$500K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| W Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit | $475K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit | $475K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Reboot | $450K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lawrence Technology University | $450K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$442K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| A American Friends of the Israel Museum | $425K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Michigan Founders Fund
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$425K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
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$400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI |
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