Organization · EIN 38-6027356 · Royal Oak, MI · Animal-related

Who funds Detroit Zoological Society?

49 private foundations reported paying Detroit Zoological Society $806,215 on returns for tax year 2023.

49 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 49

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Deroy Testamentary Foundation
Southfield, MI
$125,000 CHARITABLE Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Fred a & Barbara M Erb Family Foundation
Birmingham, MI
$100,000 PROGRAM SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Ralph L & Winifred E Polk Foundation
Birmingham, MI · Preselected only
$100,000 ZOOLOGICAL SERVICES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Duffy Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI · Preselected only
$75,000 USE CONSISTENT W/501(C)(3) STATUS Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Milner Hotels Foundation
Birmingham, MI · Preselected only
$50,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation
Southfield, MI · Preselected only
$40,000 NATURE TOTS EXO ARTISTS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Vaughan Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI · Preselected only
$40,000 USED CONSISTENT W/501(C)(3) STATUS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Karen & Drew Peslar Foundation
Birmingham, MI · Preselected only
$35,000 FOR PROGRAMMING Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Dte Energy Foundation
Detroit, MI
$25,000 COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund
Grosse Pointe, MI
$25,000 UNRESTRICTED Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
James and Lynelle Holden Fund
Northville, MI
$25,000 FUND FOR EDUCATION Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 10/2024
Burt Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI · Preselected only
$15,000 USED CONSISTENT W/ 501(C)(3) STATUS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Beatrice & Reymont Paul Foundation
West Bloomfield, MI · Preselected only
$15,000 FURTHERANCE OF RECIPIENTS PURPOSES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Hudson-Webber Foundation
Detroit, MI
$10,000 DETROIT ART SUPPORT 2022-2025 Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Matilda R Wilson Fund
Detroit, MI
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATIONS Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
William & Martha Ford Fund
Detroit, MI
$10,000 PROGRAM SERVICES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation
Troy, MI · Preselected only
$10,000 UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GIFT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation
Warren, MI · Preselected only
$10,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Edsel B Ford II Fund
Detroit, MI
$10,000 ANNUAL BOARD GIFT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
James and Catherine Rosenthal Foundation
Bloomfield Hills, MI · Preselected only
$7,900 DZS CAMPAIGN Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Detroit Zoological Society

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Detroit Zoological Society, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation Detroit, MI
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $10.2M to them
  2. The Gilbert Family Foundation Detroit, MI
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $1.16M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  3. Ford Motor Company Fund Dearborn, MI
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $3.09M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation Reston, VA
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $726K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Cliff & Marilyn Weisberg Family Foundation Southfield, MI
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $1,150 to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. The Wetsman Foundation Birmingham, MI
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $36.7K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Benson & Edith Ford Fund Detroit, MI
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $128K to them
  8. William Davidson Foundation Birmingham, MI
    Paid 8 of the 25 closest peers · $16.2M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI
    25 shared funders · 92 funders in all
  2. Forgotten Harvest Oak Park, MI
    27 shared funders · 125 funders in all
  3. Detroit Symphony Orchestra Detroit, MI
    25 shared funders · 83 funders in all
  4. Detroit Historical Society Detroit, MI
    16 shared funders · 34 funders in all
  5. Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan Detroit, MI
    18 shared funders · 74 funders in all
  6. Michigan Humane Society Detroit, MI
    13 shared funders · 54 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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