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Alice E Turner Memorial Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$34k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Housing & Shelter$78kHuman Services$64kArts & Culture$49kFood & Nutrition$40kYouth Development$37kEducation$35kPhilanthropy$33kHealth$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Well of Saginaw$5,000
Boys & Girls Club GLBR$4,000
Emmaus House$3,500
United Way of Saginaw$2,500
1 Week 1 Street$2,500
READ$2,250
CAN Council$2,030
Saginaw Community Foundation$2,000
Hospitality House$2,000
Saginaw Promise Zone Authority$2,000
Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,520
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%DIAPER ALLIANCE: $2k → 9%DIAPER ALLIANCE: $2k → 9%Underground Railroad Inc: $4k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $2k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $2k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $2k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $2k → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $750 → 18%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $500 → 18%SAGINAW COUNTY YOUTH PROTECTION COU: $2k → 18%Hospitality House: $2k → 18%SAMARITAS: $3k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $2k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $2k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $2k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $2k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $500 → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$302k · 40 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

40 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
32

Total granted

$302k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

45%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EH
    EMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +4%
  • MC
    MAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS
    5× · 2017–2022 · $16k · revenue +25%
  • MC
    MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    2× · 2020–2022 · $13k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • SC
    SAGINAW COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • CM
    CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Saginaw Public Libraries Foundation

Support library activities through materials and services

2
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

3
Saginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen

To address and improve food equity by providing access to healthy foods and nutritional resources to individuals and communities.

Food & Nutrition
4
Historical Society of Saginaw County

The historical society of saginaw county is committed to serve the community by telling the continuing story of the people of the saginaw region through exploration, preservation and presentation of their historical and cultural heritage.

5
Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc

Our mission is to assist our affiliates to increase capacity to build simple decent homes in partnership with people in need in the State of Michigan.

Housing & Shelter
6
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
7
Great Lakes Bay Health Centers

To provide high quality health care to individuals and community groups in Saginaw, Bay, and other nearby counties. Services are provided without regard to race, beliefs or ability to pay.

Health
8
Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

9
The Samaritan Well Inc

To provide charitable transitional housing for homeless adults and children

Human Services
10
Habitat for Humanity of Lapeer - Tuscola

To eliminate sub-standard housing and homelessness from lapeer county.

11
211 Northeast Michigan

To provide Northeast Michigan with referrals and information to assist with essential needs.

Community Improvement
12
St Johns Community Center

to provide food and shelter for the homeless of Detroit

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saginaw Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Power of Dad Ministries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 23. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%7%<5yr11%7%5–10yr19%7%10–20yr13%23%20–35yr16%29%35–55yr23%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%3%<5yr11%3%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr13%35%20–35yr16%39%35–55yr23%17%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
11%
99/914

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OLD TOWN SOUP KITCHEN — $12,500 · OtherOLD TOWN SOUP KITCHENSAGINAW HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $11,500 · OtherEast Side Soup Kitchen — $10,500 · OtherSAGINAW COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherYMCA — $10,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTER — $9,000 · OtherBOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $8,000 · Other+50 more — $146,425 · Other+50 moreEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC — $46,500 · Housing & ShelterEMMAUS HOUSE OF S…Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterRescue Ministries…WELL OF SAGINAW — $7,000 · Housing & ShelterWELL OF SAGINAWHABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $2,500 · Housing & ShelterMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS — $16,000 · Arts & CultureMAJOR CHOR…MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $12,500 · Arts & CultureMID-MICHIG…PIT & BALCONY INC — $7,300 · Arts & CulturePIT & BALC…TEMPLEARTS — $3,000 · Arts & CultureTEMPLEARTSUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC — $12,350 · Human ServicesHIDDEN HARVEST — $8,500 · Human ServicesTHE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC — $4,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAS — $3,000 · Human ServicesSaginaw County Youth Protection Council — $2,000 · Human ServicesHOSPITALITY HOUSE — $2,000 · Human ServicesSaginaw Community Foundation — $27,100 · PhilanthropyREAD Association of Saginaw County — $14,263 · EducationHoyt Trust — $4,000 · EducationSAGINAW FUTURE INC — $1,000 · EducationFood Bank of Eastern Michigan — $6,000 · Food & NutritionPARTNERSHIP CENTER — $4,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$227,925Housing & Shelter$63,500Arts & Culture$38,800Human Services$31,850Philanthropy$27,100Education$19,263Food & Nutrition$10,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC — $46,500 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation — $27,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS — $16,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetREAD Association of Saginaw County — $14,263 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetMID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $12,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC — $12,350 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEast Side Soup Kitchen — $10,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST — $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan — $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPIT & BALCONY INC — $7,300 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWELL OF SAGINAW — $7,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP CENTER — $4,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN — $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT COUNCIL GREAT LAKES BAY REGION — $4,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC — $4,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetHoyt Trust — $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEMPLEARTS — $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSAMARITAS — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSVRC Industries Inc — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPower of Dad Ministries — $2,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSaginaw County Youth Protection Council — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAGINAW BASIN LAND CONSERVANCY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAGINAW FUTURE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds EMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC
  • Who funds Saginaw Community Foundation
  • Who funds MAJOR CHORDS FOR MINORS
  • Who funds READ Association of Saginaw County
  • Who funds MID-MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
  • Who funds UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC
  • Who funds East Side Soup Kitchen
  • Who funds HIDDEN HARVEST
  • Who funds Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan
  • Who funds PIT & BALCONY INC
  • Who funds WELL OF SAGINAW
  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP CENTER
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN
  • Who funds CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT COUNCIL GREAT LAKES BAY REGION
  • Who funds SAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • Who funds THE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC
  • Who funds Hoyt Trust

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial FoundationMI56× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Saginaw Community Foundation · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Morley Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Boutell Memorial Fund · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Charles F& Adeline Barth Charitable Foundation · Yeo Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Alice E Turner Memorial Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Alice E Turner Memorial Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Alice E Turner Memorial Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 78 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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