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Kemp Klein Umphrey Endelman & May

Troy, MI · EIN 38-3169464. Reported 69 grants totalling $128,831 to 44 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$250median grant
$128,831granted, 2021-2024
44organizations funded
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$10,133assets, 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. Kemp Klein Umphrey Endelman & May 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 $250. Half of everything it gave fell between $150 and $500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $33,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
57 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
5 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
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
Forgotten HarvestOak Park, MI$59,000442024
Common Ground SanctuaryBloomfield Hills, MI$26,456442024
Say DetroitSouthfield, MI$24,500112023
Oakland LiteracyPontiac, MI$4,000222024
Capuchin Soup KitchenDetroit, MI$1,750332023
Toys for TotsTriangle, VA$1,750442024
Kimberly Anne Gillary FoundationTroy, MI$1,500332023
Ilitch CharitiesDetroit, MI$1,000222022
Leader Dogs for the BlindBloomfield Hills, MI$1,000442024
ThawDetroit, MI$1,000222023
Accounting Aid SocietyDetroit, MI$500112022
Gleaners Food BankDetroit, MI$500222024
Ukranian Orthodox ChurchSouth Bound Brook, NJ$500112022
Make a Wish FoundationBrighton, MI$450222024
Waterworks Theater CompanyRoyal Oak, MI$450112024
American Cancer SocietySouthfield, MI$400332023
Troy Nature SocietyTroy, MI$300222024
World VisionTacoma, WA$300222023
Charles H Wright MuseumDetroit, MI$250112022
Corewell Health FoundationSouthfield, MI$200112024
Cap & ConquerBloomfield Hills, MI$150112023
Clinton County Humane SocietyWilmington, OH$150112022
Cpl Christopher K Willis FoundationKalamazoo, MI$150112021
Dutton FarmRochester, MI$150112021
Farmington YMCAFarmington Hills, MI$150112024
Game on CancerDetroit, MI$150112024
Henry Ford Game on CancerDetroit, MI$150112023
Odin's Heart FoundationBelding, MI$150112022
Regina Sports ClubWarren, MI$150112021
Rip Medical DebtBoston, MA$150112024
St Anne ChurchOrtonville, MI$150112021
Turtle Effect FoundationColorado Springs, CO$150112024
YMCA Cipriano ClassicFarmington Hills, MI$150112023
UcareTroy, MI$125112024
Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationSouthfield, MI$100112022
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyMadison Heights, MI$100112024
Michigan Humane SocietyBingham Farms, MI$100112023
Pleasant Ridge FoundationPleasant Ridge, MI$100112023
Royal Oak Civic FoundationRoyal Oak, MI$100112023
Royal Oak First United Methodist ChurchRoyal Oak, MI$100112024
Royal Oak SymphonyRoyal Oak, MI$100112023
Shelby Township Public LibraryShelby Township, MI$100112022
St John Paul II Liturgical CenterOrchard Lake, MI$100112024
Northfield Baptist ChurchTroy, MI$50112023

14 of 44 (32%) 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 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

Plus 1 grants to individuals totalling $100 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 30 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
International Affairs
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants
Environment
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202113$15,735$500
202217$32,950$250
202321$36,731$150
202418$43,415$175

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. 98% 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
$126K
Virginia
$2K
New Jersey
$500
Washington
$300
Massachusetts
$150
Colorado
$150
Ohio
$150

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund13 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation for Southeast11 shared recipientsUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan9 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $250. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Kemp Klein Umphrey Endelman & May'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: 201 West Big Beaver 600, Troy, MI, 48084. 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 38-3169464 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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