- KRESGE FOUNDATION Assets: $3,130,801,054
- SKILLMAN FOUNDATION Assets: $457,234,856
- WILLIAM M DAVIDSON STOCK GRAT DTD 1-2-09 Assets: $384,912,387
- MAX M & MARJORIE S FISHER FOUNDATION INC Assets: $237,206,127
- GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDATION INC Assets: $157,666,694
- HUDSON-WEBBER FOUNDATION Assets: $150,553,592
- MCGREGOR FUND Assets: $140,703,167
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HERRICK FOUNDATION Assets: $134,750,486
- Funds Various schools
- Aquaculture research
- Aviation safety
- Detroit Public TV Foundation
- Carls Foundation Assets: $103,060,613
- FRED A AND BARBARA M ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION Assets: $97,079,085
- EDSEL AND ELEANOR FORD HOUSE Assets: $93,045,715
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Thompson Foundation Assets: $91,270,537
- Funding a science and math charter school in Detroit
- MANOOGIAN SIMONE FOUNDATION Assets: $89,494,805
- JOHN C LASKO FOUNDATION
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ALEX AND MARIE MANOOGIAN FOUNDATION Assets: $61,541,162
- Armenian focus
- ETHEL AND JAMES FLINN FOUNDATION Assets: $55,368,771
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DEROY TESTAMENTARY FOUNDATION Assets: $42,513,567
- Wide variety of support
