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Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation

Accepts applications Detroit, Michigan · EIN 272677218

Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation is a private foundation in Detroit, Michigan. In tax year 2024 it gave $526,100 in 32 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $263,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $462,527 the year before.

31% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$462,52734$8.5 million
2024$526,10032$8.8 million

How to apply

ContactDavid P Larsen
1901 St Antoine St 6th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226
Phone or email(313) 259-7777
What to submitBrief letter, financial statement and copy of IRS determination letter.
RestrictionsAwards generally limited to charitable organizations already favorably known to, and of interest to, the substantial contributors of this foundation. No grants to individuals.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan29$495,100
Georgia1$20,000
New York1$10,000
Connecticut1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 32 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
Program services$263,000
The Children's Foundation
Detroit, MI
Program services$75,000
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, MI
Program services$30,000
Center Line Public Schools
Center Line, MI
Program services$20,000
Dea Survivors Benefit Fund
Roswell, GA
Program services$20,000
Grosse Pointe Chamber Foundation
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Program services$18,000
Neighborhood Club
Grosse Pointe, MI
Program services$10,000
St Paul on the Lake Catholic Church
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Program services$10,000
Masters Fund
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Program services$10,000
Grosse Pointe Historical Society
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Program services$8,000
Fair Lane
Dearborn, MI
Program services$7,500
Sigma Gamma Association
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Program services$5,000
College for Creative Studies
Detroit, MI
Program services$5,000
Boldli (Detroit Institute for Children)
Commerce Twp, MI
Program services$5,000
Michigan Humane
Detroit, MI
Program services$5,000
Utica Community Schools
Sterling Heights, MI
Program services$5,000
Racquet Up Detroit
Detroit, MI
Program services$5,000
St John Foundation
Detroit, MI
Program services$5,000
Detroit Zoological Society
Royal Oak, MI
Program services$4,700
Christ Church Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Program services$3,000
Detroit Historical Society
Detroit, MI
Program services$2,000
Grosse Pointe Library
Grosse Ponte Library, MI
Program services$1,000
Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society
Harper Woods, MI
Program services$1,000
The Holley Institute
Detroit, MI
Program services$1,000
Mistletoe Magic
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Program services$1,000
Belle Isle Conservancy
Detroit, MI
Program services$1,000
Pewabic Pottery
Detroit, MI
Program services$1,000
Grosse Pointe Foundations for Public Education
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Program services$1,000
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT
Program services$1,000
The Grosse Pointe Improvement Foundation
Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Program services$1,000
The Warm Memorial
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Program services$500
The Henry Ford
Deaborn, MI
Program services$400

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation give?

$526,100 in tax year 2024, across 32 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Lynn F Alandt (President/Director), Paul D Alandt (Director), David P Larsen (Secretary) and David M Hempstead (Director).

What does Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, arts and culture and education.

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