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Allegan County United Way

Mission: to increase the impact of people's caring in allegan county, michigan.vision: all individuals in allegan county achieve their full human potential.

$182k
Granted FY2020
7
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$335kHuman Services$251kCrime & Legal$160kYouth Development$139kPublic Safety & Disaster$45kHousing & Shelter$19kReligion$12kArts & Culture$12kOther$0
02FY2020 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $57,067, the rows itemized in this filing. The $181,790 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $124,723 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k5 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$8,332
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAFE HARBOR$10,480
SYLVIA'S PLACE$10,059
WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE$9,178
WINGS HOME$8,332
CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE$8,212
ALLEGAN COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER$5,653
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KALAMAZOO$5,153
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $491k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MARTIN RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 10%CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $32k → 12%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $31k → 8%MARTIN RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 10%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $31k → 8%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $49k → 10%CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $26k → 12%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $12k → 8%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $38k → 10%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $12k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KALAMAZOO: $15k → 12%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $7k → 8%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $27k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KALAMAZOO: $5k → 12%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $27k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $21k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION ALLEGAN COUNTY: $20k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $19k → 10%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $10k → 10%WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: $9k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION ALLEGAN: $6k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $26k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $25k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $16k → 10%CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $8k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$940k · 20 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
6

Total granted

$940k
$47k

Still filing today

90%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • WO
    WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $124k · revenue +103%
  • SH
    SAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER
    4× · 2017–2020 · $95k · revenue +161%
  • CF
    CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES
    4× · 2017–2020 · $79k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $12k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF HOLLAND
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Caring House Inc

To promote a violence free atmosphere from domestic and sexual violence in which survivors can recognize their options to have the opportunity to continue living violence free and regain their sense of self-worth; to educate and raise…

Human Services
2
Catholic Human Services Inc

Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.

Human Services
3
Housing Services of Mid Michigan

To assist people with low or moderate income to obtain safe and affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
4
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
5
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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6
Harcum House

Our mission is to reduce trauma and enhance healing by providing advocacy, education and outreach.

Human Services
7
Choices of Manistee County Inc

Choices of manistee county, inc. provides emergency shelter, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and education to survivors of domestic violence in manistee county, empowering survivors to achieve safety and self-determination.

Human Services
8
Kalamazoo Area Christian Retir Asso

To operate and manage according to law and applicable regulations, a certified home for the ages for qualified residents of Kalamazoo county and its surrounding counties.

Human Services
9
A Safe Place

Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence.

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10
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
11
Community & Home Supports Inc

Community & home supports, inc. was founded to help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we strive to fulfill our purpose by developing, leading, and participating in collaborative and innovative efforts that support…

Human Services
12
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Action House; the most unlike its peers is Mitten Childrens Museum. 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

19 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. 19 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $124,420 · Human ServicesWINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INCCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $78,645 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICESSYLVIA'S PLACE: $76,866 · Human ServicesSYLVIA'S PLACECHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $75,013 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SERESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $73,502 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCEALLEGAN COUNTY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE INC: $25,755 · Human ServicesBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $18,943 · Human ServicesMARTIN AREA RESOURCE CENTER: $17,893 · Human ServicesARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTY: $52,565 · OtherARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTYBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $41,741 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS …PATHWAYS: $31,161 · OtherPATHWAYSAMERICAN RED CROSS-ALLEGAN COUNTY: $27,396 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS-ALLEGA…COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $18,860 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSEST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $11,987 · OtherST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCHAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $8,570 · Other+4 more: $26,102 · Other+4 moreSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $94,693 · Crime & LegalSAFE HARBOR CHILDR…CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES: $33,874 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR DISPUTE…ALLEGAN COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE CTR: $31,354 · Crime & LegalALLEGAN COUNTY LEG…WINGS HOME: $64,426 · HealthWINGS HOMEREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $26,732 · HealthREACH FOR RE…ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $14,086 · HealthASSOCIATION …MITTEN CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $11,714 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$491,037Other$218,382Crime & Legal$159,921Health$105,244Arts & Culture$11,714

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWINGS OF HOPE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $124,420 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $94,693 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $78,645 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSYLVIA'S PLACE: $76,866 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetCHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE: $75,013 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $73,502 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWINGS HOME: $64,426 over 4y, 13% of budgetARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTY: $52,565 over 3y, 33% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $41,741 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES: $33,874 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetREACH FOR RECOVERY INC: $26,732 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $18,943 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $18,860 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARTIN AREA RESOURCE CENTER: $17,893 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $14,086 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMITTEN CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $11,714 over 2y, 10% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Ottawa County…The Allegan County Co…Perrigo Company Chari…Heart of West Michiga…The Mignon Sherwood D…The Community Foundat…Grand Haven Area Comm…Douglas & Sandra Deko…Great Lakes Energy Pe…Woodward Governor Cha…The Pfizer Foundation…Feeding America West …
Greater Ottawa County United WayMI32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Ottawa County United Way · The Allegan County Community Foundation · Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Mignon Sherwood Delano Fund · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · Great Lakes Energy People Fund · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Feeding America West Michigan

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allegan County United Way funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allegan County United Way. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    8report 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, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Allegan County United Way?

    Find your warmest path to Allegan County United Way 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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