R Hugh Elliott Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation paid out $1,090,000 in its most recent filing, and the filing says family members choose causes rather than working to one field, so your fit depends on whether your work matches the health care, higher education, religious, memorial or other charitable areas it has funded.
- Its typical grant band runs from $2,500 to $1,000,000, but this is not a limit, and the median grant is $25,000, so a request of around that size is a sensible starting point.
- Most of its grant dollars to organisations go to groups it has funded before (92% in the most recent filing), so the giving looks relationship-led and a first request should stay modest, though a new applicant is not ruled out.
- The filing gives no deadlines, though it accepts applications, provides no form, and says information needs vary by proposal; the filing states no geographic focus, and while its grants are mainly in Florida and New York, that is not a stated limit.
- No exclusions or eligibility rules are stated, so the filing alone gives no reason to rule any organisation out.
Overview
R Hugh Elliott Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Auburn Hills, MI.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (jmcfoundation.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The family foundation is described as funding a number of causes. Its filings record grants to a medical centre, public-university programmes, a church, a memorial park and other charitable organisations. The stated purposes range from general-fund donations to support for a national-heroes cause, university and golf-programme support, and scholarship money for university students. The recorded giving spans health care, higher education, religious organisations, memorial activity and other charitable recipients. The donor account says that family members choose causes to fund, rather than identifying one overall field for the foundation.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida and New York.
How to apply
No application form is provided; information required varies by proposal.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 11 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 78% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations R Hugh Elliott Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Jupiter Medical Center · General fund donation$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Oakland University Golf Program · Provide support of public university-golf program$85,0002024 tax year
- Jupiter First Church · General fund donation$2,5002024 tax year
- Save the Giraffes Now · General fund donation$2,5002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Chad K Elliott — Director
- Nancy N Elliott — Director
- R Hugh Elliott — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $949,900 | $840,500 | $17,405,049 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,122,889 | $1,000,000 | $19,813,277 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,201,460 | $1,090,000 | $23,028,618 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Auburn Hills, MI

Applying to R Hugh Elliott Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (248) 475-2000
- Auburn Hills, MI