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The Skillman Foundation awards several types of grants. Its main grantmaking is made to nonprofit organizations with federal tax-exempt status (501C3) that implement programs in the Foundation’s three program areas: Good Schools, Good Neighborhoods and Good Opportunities.

The Foundation offers a limited number of President’s Discretionary grants. These are grants up to $40,000, approved by the Foundation’s President and CEO, and awarded primarily for fundraising events, conferences, task forces, policy briefings, press conferences, public release of data or short-term ad hoc purposes that further the Foundation’s primary work. These grants are highly competitive.

The Foundation makes a limited number of scholarship grants to graduated high school students of the Foundation’s Skillman Scholars program, who are enrolled in college or university.

The Foundation also makes matching gifts to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations on a two-to-one ratio, to support the charitable giving of its Staff and active and retired Trustees.

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Jul, 2010 Regents of the University of Michigan Community Building Partnership for Selected Detroit Communities $800,000
Jul, 2010 Southeastern Michigan Health Association This grant supports the development of a pilot program to eliminate environmental hazards in the homes of children in the Northend. The pilot will be implemented by local partner, ClearCorps, and is part of the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative. $70,000
Jul, 2010 Southwest Counseling and Development Services Community Organizing and Capacity Building Program $135,000
Jul, 2010 Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Project Clean Neighborhoods Initiative $80,000
Jul, 2010 The Center for Leadership Innovation The Michigan Latino Nonprofit Leadership Academy $25,000
Jul, 2010 The Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc. This grant will support the Excellent Schools Detroit coalition by helping to build a broad base of community support to implement key strategies identified in the citywide education plan. $200,000
Jul, 2010 United Way for Southeastern Michigan This grant is for consultant support needed to develop the implementation work plan for Excellent Schools Detroit. $144,500
Jul, 2010 United Way for Southeastern Michigan To support the Greater Detroit Education Venture Fund in their planning to start a teacher-run school in Detroit $5,000
Jul, 2010 Vanguard Community Development Corporation To support the summer youth work of the Northend Youth Improvement Council $4,500
Jul, 2010 VSA arts of Michigan To support the artsJAM Percussion Ensemble's participation in the 2010 International VSA arts Festival $5,000
Jul, 2010 Wellspring This grant will increase math and reading skills of Brightmoor youth - 60 percent will be African-American males - through academic enrichment and structured recreation $40,000
Jul, 2010 YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit To support the YMCA in providing college prep and internship programs to Detroit area teens $2,010
Jun, 2010 Kettering University 2010 Matching Gift $2,000
May, 2010 The Skillman Foundation Test 2 $250,000
May, 2010 Orchard Ridge Church of the Nazarene 2010 Matching Gift $5,000
Apr, 2010 Alternatives for Girls This grant will continue to support general operation for the agency's core programs of shelter, outreach and prevention to serve homeless and high-risk girls and young women in Detroit. $35,000
Apr, 2010 Association of Black Foundation Executives 2010 Institutional Membership Dues $5,000
Apr, 2010 Black Family Development, Inc. Funding to support a Project Manager to support the Osborn Community in preparation for the Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant $25,000
Apr, 2010 Black Family Development, Inc. This grant will support continued community engagement development through block club development, leadership training and community policing in the Osborn neighborhood $200,000
Apr, 2010 Black Family Development, Inc. This grant will support planning, program development and implementation that will prepare the Osborn neighborhood to compete for a federal Promise Neighborhoods grant $250,000