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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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Apr, 2010 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. This grant will enhance our current investments in creating an early child development and quality rating system that improves the quality of early childcare available in our six targeted neighborhoods. $50,000
Apr, 2010 Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. 2010 Membership Dues and Annual Conference Support $15,000
Apr, 2010 Grantmakers for Education 2010 Institutional Membership Dues $5,000
Apr, 2010 Grantmakers for Effective Organizations 2010 Institutional Membership Dues $5,750
Apr, 2010 Independent Sector 2010 Institutional Membership Dues $10,000
Apr, 2010 Mercy Education Project Doorway to the Future Dinner on May 13, 2010 $2,500
Apr, 2010 Michigan League for Human Services This grant will support the 2010 Kids Count in Michigan Data Book which provides timely information on the well-being of children in Detroit. Credible information helps policymakers and local communities identify children at greatest risk. $85,000
Apr, 2010 Michigan Nonprofit Association 2010 Institutional Membership Dues $2,500
Apr, 2010 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Detroit Branch This grant will support engaging a broader constituency around education in Detroit. Through strategic conversations with community residents and stakeholders, this grant will help to build the public will needed to advance the citywide education plan. $150,000
Apr, 2010 National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy 2010 Membership dues $5,000
Apr, 2010 National Community Development Institute This grant establishes six new resident-stakeholder partnerships, chosen by the community, in each of the six targeted Good Neighborhoods. It also helps the entities stabilize and become fully operational in six months. $300,000
Apr, 2010 Neighborhood Funders Group 2010 general operating support $4,000
Apr, 2010 New Detroit, Inc. This grant will provide general operating support for New Detroit's continued leadership in advancing regional economic and social equity. $85,000
Apr, 2010 Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit This grant will support the "No Kiddie without a Christmas" program that distributes holiday gift boxes to children ages 4 through 13 during the holiday season. The program provides 36,000 children with warm clothing, toys, books, games and candy $10,000
Apr, 2010 Teach for America, Inc. This grant will establish Teach for America in Detroit, bringing 100 outstanding college graduates annually to teach in public and charter schools. It will also recruit Teach for America alumni to become school leaders in new and existing schools. $1,500,000
Apr, 2010 The Brookings Institution This grant will support a major summit, "The Next Economy:Advancing Public-Private Partnerships to Rebuild the Nation's Auto Communities" on April 12, 2010 in Washington, to discuss and plan the economic future of the Great Lakes region's auto communities $50,000
Apr, 2010 The Communications Network 2010 Institutional Membership Dues $5,000
Apr, 2010 The Foundation Center 2010 general operating support $5,000
Apr, 2010 The Heat and Warmth Fund This grant will provide emergency heating assistance for low-income households in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. $150,000
Apr, 2010 The Philanthropy Roundtable This grant will fund a convening of local and national K-12 education funders and business leaders in Detroit in order to spur interest in investing in the city's education reform efforts. $27,000