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Coordination with Corporate and Foundations Relations

Centrally Managed Foundations | Centrally Coordinated Foundations | See also: Key Corporations

Centrally Managed Foundations

Those requiring a signature by the President of the University of Michigan on a letter of institutional endorsement or that limit the number of proposals.

If you are planning to seek support from any of the following foundations, you MUST contact the University of Michigan Corporate and Foundation Relations office. Call 647-6000 or Maureen Martin, director at martinms@umich.edu

Cooke Foundation, Jack Kent
Dow Foundation, Herbert H. & Grace A.
Gates Foundation, Bill & Melinda
Hearst Foundations, William Randolph and Hearst
Herrick Foundation
Keck Foundation, W. M.
Knight Foundation, John S. & James L.
Kresge Foundation
Luce Foundation, Henry
McGregor Fund
Mott Foundation, Charles Stewart
Skillman Foundation
Towsley Foundation, Harry and Margaret D.

Centrally Coordinated Foundations

Other interdisciplinary, large foundations with a strong Michigan history

If you are planning to seek support from any of the following foundations, please contact the Corporate and Foundation Relations office by calling 647-6000, or Maureen Martin, director at martinms@umich.edu, to discuss coordination issues and receive any recent information relating to this funding source.

Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
William T. Grant Foundation
Hewlett Foundation, William & Flora
Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Lumina Foundation
MacArthur Foundation, John D. & Catherine T.
Mellon Foundation, Andrew W.
Moore Foundation, Gordon and Betty
Packard Foundation, The David & Lucile
Pew Charitable Trusts
Rockefeller Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Spencer Foundation

Please keep Corporate & Foundation Relations informed of any serious grant conversations, proposals and foundation responses so that we may keep other UM staff and faculty informed about our relationships.

Last reviewed: May 2007