· Community foundation
Albion Community Foundation
Strengthen the greater albion area by cultivating community assets to enhance the quality of life.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $91k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KIDS N STUFF | $24,500 |
| CITY OF ALBION | $23,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE BOHM THEATRE | $18,900 |
| DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY | $14,745 |
| SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| FAMILIES FIRST LEARNING CENTER | $9,745 |
| ALBION HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE | $7,750 |
| THERE'S ENOUGH | $6,003 |
| MICHIGAN CROSSROADS COUNCIL | $5,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFRIENDS OF THE BOHM THEATRE8× · 2017–2024 · $476k · revenue +92% · 61% of their budget
- K'KIDS 'N' STUFF AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS3× · 2022–2024 · $57k · revenue +70%
- IAInnovate Albion Inc2× · 2022–2023 · $53k · revenue +314%
Funded once
- CCCALHOUN COUNTY LAND BANK AUTHORITYone grant, 2019 · $21k
- AUALBION-HOMER UNITED WAYone grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +13%
STARR COMMONWEALTHone grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue -63%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To combat community deterioration in the downtown business district of the city of albion, michigan and surrounding areas by using all effective means.
Strengthen the greater albion area by cultivating community assets to enhance the quality of life.
To provide a safe, fun place where youth are inspired to make healthy, responsible choices.
Annual Agricultural Fair.
Programs for local youth
To foster greater regional economic success, community prosperity, and improved quality of life by advocating for, and supporting, the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti business community.
The mission of the albany area chamber of commerce is to advocate for business success through leadership and economic development for the albany area.
The mission of the akron-canton regional foodbank is to lead a collaborative network that empowers people to experience healthy and hunger-free lives. we distribute food to feed people and we advocate, engage and convene our community in…
To faciliatate and collaborate on programs that support a thriving community and economic growth in bay county and the great lakes bay region.
The formation of an alliance between educators and business leaders to prepare students and community members to become a productive part of an effective workforce with the skills employers need by promoting business leadership and…
The battle creek area association of realtors (bcaar) empowers realtors and partners by enhancing the proficiency of our members, enforcing ethical standards, and fostering cooperation within our industry, so we can serve our community by…
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE BOHM THEATRE ↗
- Who funds Albion Volunteer Service Organization ↗
- Who funds KIDS 'N' STUFF AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds Innovate Albion Inc ↗
- Who funds ALBION COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds CHARITABLE UNION ↗
- Who funds ALBION HEALTH CARE ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALBION-HOMER UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds STARR COMMONWEALTH ↗
- Who funds SAFE PLACE ↗
- Who funds PLAY RIGHT SPORTS ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER ALBION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds Y-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK ↗
- Who funds Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Battle Creek Community Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · William and Karen Dobbins Family Foundation · Cronin Foundation · Feldpausch Foundation · Miller Foundation · Santo Maria Frank & John Zanetti Foundation · Guido a Binda and Elizabeth H Binda Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Albion Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Albion Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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