Our Grants
Our active grantees are listed below, updated monthly. We hope you will engage with and support these inspiring organizations.
Past Year of Giving
$300+M
Active Grants
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Annual giving numbers updated as of 12/31/24. New grants made in 2025 are added each month and shown below. Please note that we cannot accept unsolicited grant applications.
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Behavioral Health grants strengthen the systems within behavioral health care, providing scholarships and training to build the workforce necessary to meet increasing need, and integrating behavioral health into the education system so that more children, families, and communities can access high-quality mental health care.
Ballmer Group’s first grants centered on the child welfare system – a network of services whose purpose is to ensure child safety and to strengthen permanency in families. These grants continue to support affected families and kids and to transform systems in order to improve prevention and to reduce racial disparities in care.
Our Community Impact grants strengthen local Place-Based Partnerships, including building leadership pipelines, to help communities working to address complex issues and achieve measurable results.
Early Childhood & Families grants build systems of support and care for our littlest ones in the most critical point of their brain development by promoting equity in prenatal and maternal health, as well as helping all families access high quality childcare and early education.
K-12 Education grants seek to reduce and eliminate inequities that shortchange student achievement, by strengthening both the in-school academic experience as well as wrap-around and afterschool support. We believe that all neighborhoods deserve strong schools and a more representative, racially diverse workforce of teachers and school leaders.
Public Safety grants support leaders and organizations working to advocate for and scale effective public safety initiatives.
Region:
In the Ballmers’ home state of Washington, our grants focus on public systems transformation, with deep investments in child welfare, behavioral health, and education as levers for change.
In the home of the Clippers, the Los Angeles County grants support building more equitable public systems, focusing on education, criminal justice, and a community-led vision of safety.
The Southeast Michigan grants works across the tri-county area surrounding Steve Ballmer’s hometown, bringing philanthropy, government, and business together to tackle economic mobility, and focusing on education and community development.
Our National Impact grants focus on opportunities to strengthen impact across the country, and partners with regional teams to advance key issues.
Grantees
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Black Economic Alliance Foundation
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation, Inc.
The Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation’s Racial Justice and Economic Equity Initiative executes the Detroit Resident Voices 2023 survey that will help regional business, philanthropy, government, and non-profit leaders understand and respond collectively to the most critical equity issues affecting Detroiters. Our grant will provide support for survey execution, release of results, and facilitate resulting action.
Enterprise Community Partners
Enterprise Community Partners in Detroit leverages the city’s assets with capital, programs, and policy to advance racial equity and preserve affordable homes. Our grant supports the Community Development Organization Fund, to support the long-term capacity of community-based organizations in Detroit and their neighborhood residents.
Live6 Alliance
Live6 Alliance’s mission is to enhance the quality of life and economic opportunity in Northwest Detroit. Among its many services, Live6 helps to increase access to community health and human service resources, to provide assistance to entrepreneurs and small businesses, and to connect residents to job training and workforce opportunities – all working toward the vision of revitalized, sustainable neighborhoods.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
A program of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) offers local youth free instruments, comprehensive music instruction, and opportunities to perform on stages in their communities and around the world. Our grant enhances the YOLA Center in Inglewood to reach more students through its after-school program and broaden access for high school students in South LA and Inglewood.
New Hope Community Development
New Hope aims to improve the quality of life for resident’s businesses and institutions in the New Hope community of Detroit, Michigan. Specifically, the organization promotes homeownership, provides for revitalization and preservation of the New Hope neighborhood, and instills a sense of pride and ownership in the community.
Operation Refuge
Operation Refuge provides both essential family services and rich, engaging experiences for youth in and around Inkster, Michigan. Our grant will enable Operation Refuge to increase its reach and establish long-term sustainability for its emergency food assistance and youth development programs, promoting educational enrichment, career education, and community leadership.
The Children’s Foundation
Once a symbol of Detroit’s struggles, the renovated and reopened landmark Michigan Central Station now serves as a beacon to the city’s bright future. Michigan Central Station Children’s Endowment Initiative will build on this resurgence by helping secure the future of ten youth-serving organizations within 15 miles of the Station. Our grant will support funding and technical assistance to set these nonprofits on the pathway to sustainability.
The Milken Institute
The Milken Institute leads the Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship (IIE), which aims to break down barriers to capital for entrepreneurs of color and create a more inclusive economy. IIE is pivotal in bridging the gap between public and private funding to ensure that capital reaches small, BIPOC-owned businesses that need it most.
Urban Institute
Urban Institute provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity. Our grant supports its initiatives to expand federal funding for underserved populations and overcome barriers to build intergenerational wealth for Black middle-class families.