Hamp Family Fund
Detroit, MI · EIN 27-2583722. Reported 142 grants totalling $989,000 to 55 organizations 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. Hamp Family Fund 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 $2,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chadtough Foundation | Saline, MI | $105,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fair Food Network | Detroit, MI | $75,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $66,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Detroit Lions Foundation | Detroit, MI | $60,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Autism Alliance of Michigan | Southfield, MI | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, MI | $42,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenhills School | Ann Arbor, MI | $38,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Detroit Riverfront Conservancy | Detroit, MI | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | $32,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Detroit Pistons Foundation | Detroit, MI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Huron Waterloo Pathways | Chelsea, MI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lone Star Paralysis Foundation | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Empowerment Plan | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Henry Ford | Dearborn, MI | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Gatherers | Ann Arbor, MI | $18,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Cons | Traverse City, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities | Traverse City, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative | Chelsea, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mike Utley Foundation | Orondo, WA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Michigan | Mount Pleasant, MI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation | Dearborn, MI | $13,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Early on Michigan Foundation | Dewitt, MI | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Just Imagine It | Austin, TX | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative | Chelsea, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood | Ann Arbor, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Purple Rose Theatre Company | Chelsea, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Base Blue Inc | Detroit, MI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $9,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forgotten Harvest | Oak Park, MI | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Michigan Office Development | Ann Arbor, MI | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado College Athletic Department | Colorado Springs, CO | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan | Detroit, MI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| After School Matters | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Flatwater Foundation | Austin, TX | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Racquet Up Detroit | Detroit, MI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Benzie Wellness & Aquatic Center | Frankfort, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Se Michigan | Farmington Hills, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Butler Fund | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Butler University | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College of Creative Studies | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garrets Space | Ann Arbor, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Groundwork Center for Resilent Communities | Traverse City, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stone Trust Corporation | New Haven, CT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Pediatric Foudation of Michigan | Lansing, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Purple Rose Theatre | Chelsea, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Garden Theater | Frankfort, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ozone House | Ypsilanti, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann Arbor Hands on Museum | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Austin Pets Alive | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Book & Snake | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Street Soccer USA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
29 of 55 (53%) 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 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- University of Michigan
MATTHAEI BOTANICAL GARDENS - Chadtough Foundation
CORNERSTONE CLUB-2ND PLEDGE - Henry Ford Health System
LINDSAY ANDERSON HEALING ARTS CURATOR - The Henry Ford
REACTIVATE THE HENRY FORD FUND - Colorado College
DEPT OF ECONOMICS/BUSINESS EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING FUND - Butler University
BUTLER FUND FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 78 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | $279,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $230,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $240,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $240,000 | $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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Michigan. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Hamp Family Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1901 St Antoine Street 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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