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Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer Foundation

Bloomfield Hills, MI · EIN 26-2377296. Reported 127 grants totalling $906,309 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$906,309granted, 2021-2024
48organizations funded
79%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,524,171assets, latest filing

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. Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $106,159. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
79 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Hazel Park Promise ZoneHazel Park, MI$274,000442024
City of Hazel ParkHazel Park, MI$146,159222023
Livonia Symphony OrchestraLivonia, MI$55,000442024
Farmington Family YMCAFarmington Hills, MI$47,500442024
Ukranian American Archives & MuseumHamtramck, MI$40,000442024
Pine Street InnBoston, MA$30,000442024
Rosies PlaceBoston, MA$25,000442024
House of ProvidenceOxford, MI$22,500442024
Sos Community ServicesYpsilanti, MI$20,000112021
Birmingham NextBirmingham, MI$19,700442024
Project Healthy CommunityWest Bloomfield, MI$17,000442024
Kresge FoundationSan Francisco, CA$15,000332024
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStanten Island, NY$15,000442024
Ukrainian National MuseumChicago, IL$15,000222023
Chabad of Puerto VallartaBrooklyn, NY$10,000442024
Semper Fi America's FundCamp Pendleton, CA$10,000442024
St Viator Elementary SchoolChicago, IL$10,000112022
Fisher House FoundationRockville, MD$8,500442024
Hspva FriendsHouston, TX$8,500332024
Operation Second ChanceSan Antonia, TX$8,250442024
Belding Parent GroupChicago, IL$7,500112021
Chabad of Bloomfield HillsBloomfield Hills, MI$7,500332023
Albion CollegeAlbion, MI$6,500442024
Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC$6,500442024
Life HoustonHouston, TX$6,500442024
Dress for SuccessHouston, TX$6,000442024
Grace After FireHouston, TX$6,000442024
Warrior Foundation Freedom StationSan Diego, CA$6,000332023
The Gary Sinise FoundationNashville, TN$5,500222024
Chinese Community CenterHouston, TX$5,000442024
Glaucoma Research FoundationSan Francisco, CA$5,000112021
Huda ClinicDetroit, MI$5,000112024
The Gary Sinise FoundationWoodland Hills, CA$5,000222022
Special Operations Warrior FoundatiTampa Bay, FL$4,250442024
US Ukraine FoundationFalls Church, VA$3,500112022
Hope SheltersPontiac, MI$2,500112024
Iu HillelBloomington, IN$2,500112022
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI$2,500222024
Meals on Wheels HoustonHouston, TX$2,450222024
Houston Food BankHouston, TX$2,000112021
Liberty Ukraine FoundationAustin, TX$2,000222023
New England Center & Home for VetsBoston, MA$2,000222022
St Andrew Ukranian Orthodox ChurchBloomingdale, IL$2,000112021
Awy International SchoolHouston, TX$1,500112021
HTX4UKRAINEHouston, TX$1,500112023
Lanier Middle School PTOHouston, TX$1,500112021
Birmingham Benevolent SocietyBirmingham, MI$500112023
Medical Bridges IncHouston, TX$500112022

33 of 48 (69%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 68 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
21 grants
Education
16 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Mental Health
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Religion
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202132$213,500$2,500
202234$296,159$2,500
202333$218,700$2,500
202428$177,950$2,875

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. 74% 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.

Michigan
$666K
Massachusetts
$57K
Texas
$52K
California
$41K
Illinois
$34K
New York
$25K
Maryland
$8K
District of Columbia
$6K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Michigan.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Sutar-Sutaruk-Meyer Foundation'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: 3707 West Maple Road Suite 302, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48301. 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.

EIN 26-2377296 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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