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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 three-to-one ratio, to support the charitable giving of its Staff and active and retired Trustees.

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Jul, 2009 Affirmations Lesbian Gay Community Center, Inc. To support the youth program designed to provide social and supportive services to at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth $10,000
Jul, 2009 Alkebu-lan Village This grant will increase the capacity to sustain children's programming on the lower eastside through revenue generation and decreased energy expenses through weatherization and conservation efforts. $75,000
Jul, 2009 Community Development Advocates of Detroit To support the Detroit Community Development Futures Task Force $7,500
Jul, 2009 Council of Michigan Foundations Joint conference convened by Independent Sector and Council of Michigan Foundations in Detroit on November 4-6, 2009 $25,000
Jul, 2009 Detroit Parent Network This grant will fund a citizen engagement campaign to help Detroit parents voice their opinions about policy and practices that impact children. The campaign will use social media and electronic communication efforts to call on Detroit's mayor to develop $150,000
Jul, 2009 Detroit Youth Foundation To support a community-based awareness campaign designed to inform North End residents of middle and high school options in the North End $5,500
Jul, 2009 Detroit Youth Foundation This grant will develop a new business model for a full-service youth center and multi-tenant facility in the Northend neighborhood. This grant pays for strategic turnaround assistance to help them devise a realistic sustainability model. $30,000
Jul, 2009 M.O.O.R.E. Community Council, Inc. To support the After School Computer Tutorial Skills Program $10,000
Jul, 2009 Mercy Education Project To sponsor the annual Doorway to the Future Dinner on May 14, 2009 $2,500
Jul, 2009 Michigan Nonprofit Association 2009 Nonprofit SuperConference Shared Dialogue Plenary on May 4-6, 2009 $2,500
Jul, 2009 Michigan State University To support one young person to participate with the OsteoCHAMPS program for the 2009-2010 session $2,000
Jul, 2009 Michigan's Children Sixth Annual Heroes Night on May 5, 2009 $2,500
Jul, 2009 Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit To support the Mosaic Gala "An Evening of Magic" on March 21, 2009 $1,500
Jul, 2009 Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. General operating support $20,000
Jul, 2009 New Detroit, Inc. Annual Closing the Gap awards dinner on June 11, 2009 $10,000
Jul, 2009 Real Life 101 Scholarship Fund To support one student from Cody or Osborn High School at the Awards Ceremony on June 6, 2009 $1,500
Jul, 2009 School District of the City of Detroit To support two day training for 40 pre-K teachers by the High/Scope Foundation $5,000
Jul, 2009 The Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance To support the expense of outsourcing two of five van transportation routes to Checkered Cab to transport Detroit Cristo Rey High School students $10,000
Jul, 2009 University of Detroit Mercy To support an additional collage for the Brightmoor neighborhood $3,000
Jul, 2009 Wayne County Community College District To support the Middle College Multicultural Educational Exchange Program $10,000