The kitchen of a community center, with a serving counter and a folding chair

Grant recipient EIN 37-1746399Human services

Who funds Higher Hopes?

16 private foundations gave Higher Hopes in Commerce, MI $457,965 across 57 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

57 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Fetter Family FoundationFarmington Hills, MI 2025

    General fund

    $25,000
  2. The Thomas FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI 2025

    Social

    $11,000
  3. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $15,000
  4. The Thomas FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI 2024

    Social

    $10,000
  5. Helen L Kay Charitable TrustCincinnati, OH 2024

    Support of daily operations

    $5,000
  6. The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik FoundationTroy, MI 2024

    General fund

    $1,500
  7. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2024

    Fund charitable mission

    $500
  8. The D Dan and Betty Kahn FoundationTroy, MI 2023

    General charitable purpose

    $25,000
  9. The Fetter Family FoundationFarmington Hills, MI 2023

    General fund

    $20,000
  10. The Eugene Applebaum Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2023

    Education & research

    $10,000
  11. The Thomas FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI 2023

    Social

    $6,000
  12. The Jeffrey Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  13. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  14. The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik FoundationTroy, MI 2023

    General fund

    $1,500
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $17
  16. The D Dan and Betty Kahn FoundationTroy, MI 2022

    1,000 turkeys / 1,000 smiles project

    $25,000
  17. The Fetter Family FoundationFarmington Hills, MI 2022

    General fund

    $20,000
  18. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $15,000
  19. The Eugene Applebaum Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2022

    Education & research

    $10,000
  20. The Thomas FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI 2022

    Social

    $6,000
  21. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2022

    Fund charitable mission

    $2,500
  22. The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik FoundationTroy, MI 2022

    General fund

    $1,500
  23. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $11
  24. The D Dan and Betty Kahn FoundationTroy, MI 2021

    General charitable purpose

    $25,000
  25. The Carls FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI 2021

    Food program

    $25,000
  26. The Fetter Family FoundationFarmington Hills, MI 2021

    General fund

    $15,000
  27. The Eugene Applebaum Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2021

    Education & research

    $10,000
  28. The Thomas FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI 2021

    Social

    $6,000
  29. Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation DBA Dresner FoundationDetroit, MI 2021

    Program support

    $5,000
  30. The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family FoundationTroy, MI 2021

    To support charitable purpose

    $5,000
  31. The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik FoundationTroy, MI 2021

    General fund

    $1,500
  32. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2021

    Fund charitable mission

    $1,000
  33. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2021

    Fund charitable mission

    $1,000
  34. The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family FoundationWest Bloomfield, MI 2021

    Feeding the hungry

    $282
  35. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $5
  36. The D Dan and Betty Kahn FoundationTroy, MI 2020

    General charitable purpose

    $25,000
  37. The Carls FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI 2020

    Meal kits for families program

    $25,000
  38. The Eugene Applebaum Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2020

    Education & research

    $15,000
  39. The Fetter Family FoundationFarmington Hills, MI 2020

    General fund

    $13,150
  40. The D Dan and Betty Kahn FoundationTroy, MI 2020

    1,000 turkeys / 1,000 smiles project

    $5,000
  41. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2020

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  42. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2020

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  43. The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family FoundationTroy, MI 2020

    To support charitable purpose

    $2,500
  44. Barron Family FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI 2020

    Gift to general fund

    $1,000
  45. The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik FoundationTroy, MI 2020

    General fund

    $1,000
  46. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2020

    Fund charitable mission

    $500
  47. The Carls FoundationBloomfield Hills, MI 2019

    Expansion of food distribution to early headstart families

    $25,000
  48. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2019

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  49. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2019

    Battle hunger campaign

    $2,500
  50. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2019

    Fund charitable mission

    $1,000
  51. The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family FoundationTroy, MI 2019

    To support charitable purpose

    $500
  52. Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey FoundationBirmingham, MI 2019

    General support

    $500
  53. JK Farber Family FoundationBirmingham, MI 2018

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  54. Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey FoundationBirmingham, MI 2018

    General support

    $2,000
  55. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2018

    Fund charitable mission

    $1,000
  56. Faith & James Knight FoundationincHolmdel, NJ 2018

    Fund charitable mission

    $1,000
  57. Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey FoundationBirmingham, MI 2017

    General support

    $1,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other human services organizations in Michigan and are not among Higher Hopes’s funders above.

  1. Consumers Energy FoundationJackson, MI 400 grants Accepts applications $3,852,910 to similar organizations
  2. Dte Energy FoundationDetroit, MI 417 grants Accepts applications $5,576,648 to similar organizations
  3. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 296 grants Preselected only $248,720 to similar organizations
  4. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 428 grants Accepts applications $2,065,893 to similar organizations
  5. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 367 grants Accepts applications $59,219,961 to similar organizations
  6. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 184 grants Preselected only $1,436,046 to similar organizations
  7. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationFlint, MI 134 grants Preselected only $11,239,497 to similar organizations
  8. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 57 grants Accepts applications $283,241 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 37-1746399 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.