American Red Cross
Washington, DC
$450KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Disaster Relief
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Denso North America Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 38-3547055 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Denso North America Foundation
- Phone
- (248) 372-8120
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- A one-page concept statement that tells how funding will advance student development & training, demonstrated principals of innovation, or trains for workplace efficiency gains. Proposals for these education grants are considered by invitation only. Disaster relief and covid relief grants are provided to communities where denso operates in.
- Restrictions
- The grant will advance engineering & business programs. Grants are provided for equipment, lab equipment, technological advances, & building campaigns for university-sanctioned projects & competitions. Grants for disaster relief are made in response to natural disaster occurring in communities where denso operates. The covid-relief grants were used to support non-profits in their response to covid-19's disastrous impact on the communities denso operates in. Top 50 and diversity grants are intended to support diversity and inclusion groups and organizations at the top 50 schools in the us as part of denso's efforts to improve diversity and inclusion in the automotive industry.
Original filing text
- Contact
- DENSO NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION
- Address
- 24777 DENSO DRIVE SOUTHFIELD, MI, 48033
- Phone
- 2483728120
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- A ONE-PAGE CONCEPT STATEMENT THAT TELLS HOW FUNDING WILL ADVANCE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING, DEMONSTRATED PRINCIPALS OF INNOVATION, OR TRAINS FOR WORKPLACE EFFICIENCY GAINS. PROPOSALS FOR THESE EDUCATION GRANTS ARE CONSIDERED BY INVITATION ONLY. DISASTER RELIEF AND COVID RELIEF GRANTS ARE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITIES WHERE DENSO OPERATES IN.
- Restrictions
- THE GRANT WILL ADVANCE ENGINEERING & BUSINESS PROGRAMS. GRANTS ARE PROVIDED FOR EQUIPMENT, LAB EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, & BUILDING CAMPAIGNS FOR UNIVERSITY-SANCTIONED PROJECTS & COMPETITIONS. GRANTS FOR DISASTER RELIEF ARE MADE IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTER OCCURRING IN COMMUNITIES WHERE DENSO OPERATES. THE COVID-RELIEF GRANTS WERE USED TO SUPPORT NON-PROFITS IN THEIR RESPONSE TO COVID-19'S DISASTROUS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES DENSO OPERATES IN. TOP 50 AND DIVERSITY GRANTS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT THE TOP 50 SCHOOLS IN THE US AS PART OF DENSO'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY.
Reported organization name: DENSO NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | $1.4M |
| 2024 | 23 | $3.3M |
Where Denso North America Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
American Red Cross
Detroit, MI
$250KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Disaster relief
Burma Center
Springfield, MI
$250KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Property Improvement
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
$200KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Research
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$200KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Research
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Figures are aggregated from Denso North America Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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