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Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2018
1
Grants FY2018
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2018.

Arts & Culture$105kHuman Services$27kEducation$20kPhilanthropy$16kYouth Development$15kRecreation & Sports$13kReligion$10kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2018 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$7,204
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSSROADS OF MICHIGAN$7,204
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 20%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 20%SERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC: $10k → 21%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 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.

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Grosse Pointe Housing Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education

The grosse pointe foundation for public education is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing private funding to support and enhance the academic and enrichment programs and activities for students and staff of the grosse pointe…

Education
3
Grosse Pointe Shores Improvement Foundation

To finance improvements and beautification projects for the village of grosse pointe shores, a michigan city.

Environment
4
Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra Society

Present five symphony orchestra concerts attended by approximately 1500 people. Provide musical education .

Arts & Culture
5
Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce Inc

The grosse pointe chamber of commerce promotes businesses and engages residents to create a thriving community.

Community Improvement
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Grosse Pointe Chamber Foundation

To receive and disburse charitable contributions for the promotion of commerce, education, economic growth, events and activites for the five grosse pointe communities.

Community Improvement
7
The Grosse Pointe Academy

The mission of the grosse pointe academy is to nurture, challenge and inspire the intellectual, creative and personal potential in each and every child.

Education
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Historical Society of Michigan

The Historical Society of Michigan will foster in citizens a deeper understanding of and appreciation for all Michigan history through programs and publications; preserve and promote Michigan history through conferences, publications,…

Arts & Culture
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Grosse Pointe Yacht Club

The club is a premier private yacht club, specializing in providing high-quality family and social programs to its members who are located in southeastern michigan.

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10
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
11
Grosse Pointe Yacht Club Foundation

Raising funds for the maintenance, repair, restoration and preservation of the historic grosse pointe yacht club clubhouse, managing and monitoring the investment of funds or other property received for such purpose, determining and…

Arts & Culture
12
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighborhood Club and the most unlike its peers is Grosse Pointe Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

17 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PUPPETART DETROIT PUPPET THEATER — $20,000 · OtherPUPPETART DETROIT PUPPET THEATERCROSSROADS OF MICHIGAN — $17,204 · OtherCROSSROADS OF MICHIGANGROSSE POINTE ARTIST ASSOCIATION — $15,000 · OtherGROSSE POINTE ARTIST ASSOCIATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEASTERN — $10,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEASTERNCHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTE — $10,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH GROSSE POINTECOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH — $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHTHE GROSSE POINTE COMMUNITY CHORUS — $5,000 · OtherGROSSE POINTE SYPHONY ORCHESTRA — $5,000 · OtherTHE DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS — $5,000 · OtherMICHIGAN OPERA ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · Other+1 more — $3,000 · OtherGROSSE POINTE THEATRE INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureGROSSE POINTE THEATRE INCDetroit Historical Society — $10,000 · Arts & CultureDetroit Historical SocietyTHE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PEWABIC SOCIETY INCDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA I…GROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 · Arts & CultureGROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOC…THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART…COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — $10,000 · EducationGROSSE POINTE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationNEIGHBORHOOD CLUB — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsRACQUET UP DETROIT — $5,000 · Recreation & SportsSERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesCity of Grosse Pointe Foundation — $3,000 · PhilanthropyGROSSE POINTE PARK FOUNDATION — $3,000 · PhilanthropyGROSSE POINTE WOODS FOUNDATION — $3,000 · PhilanthropyDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 · AnimalsGROSSE POINTE FARMS FOUNDATION — $3,000 · Environment
Other$105,204Arts & Culture$55,000Education$15,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Human Services$10,000Philanthropy$9,000Animals$5,000Environment$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGROSSE POINTE THEATRE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCROSSROADS OF MICHIGAN — $17,204 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDetroit Historical Society — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CLUB — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity of Grosse Pointe Foundation — $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE FARMS FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetGROSSE POINTE WOODS FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 5.3% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …William & Martha Ford…Raymond M & Jane E Cr…WK Kellogg FoundationDolores and Paul Lavi…Lynn & Paul Alandt Fo…Mary I McLeod Foundat…Elizabeth Allan & War…Richard and Jane Mano…S Gary Spicer Sr Foun…Wilkinson FoundationMcGregor Fund
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · William & Martha Ford Fund · Raymond M & Jane E Cracchiolo Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Dolores and Paul Lavins Foundation · Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation · Mary I McLeod Foundation · Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund · Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · S Gary Spicer Sr Foundation · Wilkinson Foundation · McGregor Fund

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 Kales Hartwick Foundation 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.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Alice Kales Hartwick Foundation 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 27 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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