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Real Estate One Charitable Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Southfield, MI EIN: 38-3486582 Website

Support of qualified charitable organizations.

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation at a glance

In short: Real Estate One Charitable Foundation gave $107K across 2 grants in 2024 (avg $54K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$107,334
-38.8% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
2
-60.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$53,667
+53.1% vs 2023
Median grant
$53,667
Total assets
$125,797
+107.5% vs 2023
Primary geography
Michigan (84% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Real Estate One Charitable Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2024

Special Olympics of Michigan: $90KSpecial Olympics of Michigan$90KMultiple Sclerosis Society: $17KMultiple Sclerosis Society$17K

The largest 2024 recipient was Special Olympics of Michigan ($90K). Together the top 2 received $107K.

Grant Size Distribution

53 grants across all recorded years

48<$50K2$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 48 grants of 53 (91%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

Traverse CityAnn ArborMount PleasantSouthfieldNew YorkOak ParkKalamazooRochesterYpsiliantiAcmeBingham FarmsDetroitEllsworthFrankfortGrosse Pointe WoodsNew BaltimoreSalineStaten IslandTroyYpsilanti

How Real Estate One Charitable Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 73% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K11 grants2020 16 grants2021 19 grants2022 5 grants2023 2 grants2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $107K (2024) to $487K (2022). In 2024 it made 2 grants totaling $107K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Special Olympics of Michigan Mount Pleasant, MIPublic Support$90,261
Multiple Sclerosis Society New York, NYPublic Support$17,073
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2024$125,797$214,229$150,296$107,3342
2023$60,614$242,898$245,299$175,3045
2022$63,016$551,549$667,932$487,27719
2021$179,399$616,018$529,624$393,69616
2020$93,005$288,763$321,908$241,71311

About Real Estate One Charitable Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation is a public charity, based in Southfield, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $126K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 2 grants totaling $107K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation is led by Stuart M. Elsea, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 5 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Stuart M. Elsea

    President

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • C. Renea Butler

    Trustee

    Trustee → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel S. C. Elsea

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Dunivin

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Essary

    Vice President

    On filings since 2021

    35 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Ellen M. Tickner (2020) — Secretary

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Real Estate One Charitable Foundation

How much does Real Estate One Charitable Foundation give each year?

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation gave $107K across 2 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $175K across 5 grants.

How large is Real Estate One Charitable Foundation?

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation reported $126K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $214K.

Where does Real Estate One Charitable Foundation operate?

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation has awarded grants in Michigan, New York.

What is Real Estate One Charitable Foundation's EIN?

Real Estate One Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-3486582. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 14, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 14, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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