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Battle Creek, MI · Community foundation

Battle Creek Community Foundation

We promote giving, build endowment, and provide leadership to improve quality of life.

$7.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
96
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$686k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$7.4MEducation$6.7MHuman Services$5.0MArts & Culture$3.4MPhilanthropy$2.8MAnimals$2.4MRecreation & Sports$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.6MOther$0
02beneath the categories

What the grant descriptions say

Themes read from the grant descriptions, beneath the NTEE codes.

Each cell is that theme’s share of the year’s giving · ⚡ ringed cells mark a flagged jump.

03FY2025 · 96 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 96 grants below total $5,011,256, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,597,698 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,586,442 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.

Grant-size mix · FY2016–FY2024

FY16
12%
43%
31%
14%
$4.3M
FY17
10%
43%
30%
17%
$3.9M
FY18
38%
47%
9%
$5.0M
FY20
23%
27%
45%
$4.4M
FY21
26%
47%
23%
$4.7M
FY22
30%
41%
24%
$3.8M
FY23
37%
46%
12%
$2.9M
FY24
23%
41%
33%
$5.0M
Under $10k$10k–50k$50k–250k$250k+

In FY2016, 14% of its dollars went out in $250k+ checks; by FY2024, 33%. Each bar is that year’s mix, not its total.

$18,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$130M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENCOURAGE BC OPERATING (INTERNAL) COMMUNITY PROJECT FUND$685,888
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$536,446
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION$425,000
BATTLE CREEK FAMILY YMCA$194,860
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$185,785
BRASS BAND OF BATTLE CREEK$183,600
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$171,184
BINDER PARK ZOO$159,447
KAPPA ALPHA PSI FOUNDATION INC$150,000
THE MUSIC CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$133,360
HAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES$130,740
BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION$124,208
CALHOUN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT$104,429
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$100,040
BATTLE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOLS$77,829
02The need
04

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 (FY17–25, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $12k → 11%ALANO CLUB OF BATTLE CREEK: $13k → 16%Charitable Union: $17k → 16%Carewell Services Southwest: $13k → 16%Family & Children-BC: $100k → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $14k → 17%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $21k → 20%Carewell Services Southwest: $15k → 16%Sherman Lake YMCA Ou: $10k → 7%CAREWELL SERVICES SOUTHWEST: $44k → 16%Young Child Associates DBA Stars and StripesPaws: $60k → 21%VOCES: $11k → 16%CHARITABLE UNION: $28k → 16%CHARITABLE UNION: $20k → 16%SHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $40k → 7%DISABILITY NETWORK SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $14k → 20%WOMEN'S NETWORK INC WOMAN'S CO-OP: $21k → 13%WASHINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND COMMUNITY (MAIN ORG PROFILE: $72k → 21%Carewell Services Southwest: $28k → 16%UNIVERSAL DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS: $30k → 7%SHARE CENTER: $14k → 21%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $34k → 11%SHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $50k → 7%Sherman Lake YMCA Ou: $18k → 7%WOMEN'S NETWORK INC WOMAN'S CO-OP: $19k → 13%SHARE CENTER: $19k → 21%CHARITABLE UNION: $47k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN URBAN LEAGUE: $24k → 16%CAREWELL SERVICES SOUTHWEST: $14k → 16%HEALTHY HOUSE: $15k → 28%SHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $10k → 7%FAMILY ENRICHMENT CENTER: $14k → 16%WASHINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND COMMUNITY (MAIN ORG PROFILE: $88k → 21%BATTLE CREEK PRIDE: $12k → 16%VOCES: $33k → 16%Voces: $16k → 21%SHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $40k → 7%MARIAN E BURCH ADULT DAY CARE & REHAB CENTER: $50k → 13%Disability Network Southwest Michigan: $15k → 20%CHARITABLE UNION: $29k → 16%CHARITABLE UNION: $65k → 16%SHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $285k → 7%CAREWELL SERVICES SOUTHWEST: $20k → 16%VOCES: $18k → 21%Charitable Union: $75k → 16%Disability Network Southwest Michigan: $15k → 20%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $16k → 17%CHARITABLE UNION: $51k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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The hardship those neighborhoods carry, beyond income:

  • Adults without health insurance:reaches 14.5% in some neighborhoods (typically 7.3%)(CDC, modeled)
  • Food access:14 of 39 neighborhoods are USDA-designated food deserts(USDA, 2019)
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 160 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

160 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2025, 81 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

Of its 150 multi-year relationships, 23 repeat the same amount every year (3% of multi-year dollars), the pattern of a standing commitment.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

160
114

Total granted

$33M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+1%

Still filing today

63%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $219k 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 ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • ENCOURAGE BC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +144% · 46% of their budget

    Encourage BC has grown steadily from its origins as a BCCF supporting organization into a fiscal sponsor serving more than 60 community initiatives across Battle Creek, removing operational barriers so local changemakers can focus on their missions.

  • BB
    Bronson Battle Creek Hospital
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +52%
  • UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • MN
    MICHIGAN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $270k · revenue -58%
  • A
    AnchoRRagraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $153k · revenue +249% · 89% of their budget
  • AM
    AEQUITAS MOBILITY SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $108k
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.

Grant terms aren’t stated in the filing; a standing commitment is inferred from a level payment pattern.

What its grantees report

Each stalk is one grantee, graded by how far its own reporting goes: an activity counted, a stated aim, or a change shown.

they say it reaches here……few show it gets hereALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANLegacy ScholarsOlivet CollegeKellogg Community CollegeIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS MICHIGANNATIONAL GUARD YOUTH FOUNDATIONCHICAGO FAIR TRADEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOWoodlawn PreschoolWillard Public LibraryCalhoun Christian SchoolEducation0/12 flowerAlbion Community FoundationBURNHAM BROOK TITLE HOLDING COBATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INCAlbion Reinvestment CorporationENCOURAGE BCCommunity Improvement0/5 flowerUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGANKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONSSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA COLLABORATORYBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONNORTHVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONVOLUNTEER CENTER SOUTH BAY - HARBOR - LONG BEACHPhilanthropy1/7 flowerWhat A Do TheatreIRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVALSECOND'S NEW VISION AND OUTREACH MINISTRIESBrass Band of Battle CreekKingman Museum IncART CENTER OF BATTLE CREEKTHE MUSIC CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGANBURMA CENTER (BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE)MASA CENTERFRACTURED ATLAS INCGrand Teton Music FestivalArts & Culture0/11 flowerAll Species KinshipBinder Park Zoological Society IncTHE HORSE PROTECTION LEAGUEHumane Society of South Central MichiganAnimals0/4 flower

Of 39 organizations, 1 show a change. The rest report activities or aims.

Click an area to read it, and step through its organizations.

How this is measured
Read from 39 of the 48 organizations it funds across these 5 areas (the most heavily funded), in their own program-service reporting. Achievements are the organizations’ own.
case studies

Two relationships, up close

One grantee funded repeatedly and one funded once, each traced through its own filings.

ENCOURAGE BC

Conviction

Homegrown backbone, compounding community reach

Incorporated in 2014 as a supporting organization of the Battle Creek Community Foundation itself, Encourage BC has grown into a backbone resource for grassroots activity across the region. Over five grants totaling $1,958,840, at times representing the majority of its annual budget, revenue has compounded at 24% annually and net assets have grown 9.1x, even as recurring deficits reflect the real costs of sustaining fiscal sponsorship infrastructure.

5× · 2021–2025
Funded
$2.0M
Granted in total
46%
Peak share of budget
+144%
Their revenue since
BC

BATTLE CREEK WHITEWATER INC

Funded once

Seed grant preceded $13M public investment

When Battle Creek Whitewater Inc. was working to naturalize a stretch of the Kalamazoo River through downtown Battle Creek, a single $15,000 grant from the Battle Creek Community Foundation in 2016, representing 64% of its budget at the time, helped fund a critical preliminary hydrology study. Years later, Michigan's state budget included a $13 million appropriation to Battle Creek Unlimited to jumpstart the very river naturalization project Battle Creek Whitewater has long championed.

once (2017)
Funded
$15k
Granted in total
—
Peak share of budget
+72%
Their revenue since
How this is measured
Trajectories are each organization’s own subsequent IRS filings; milestones are from the public record, linked to source. Revenue is the organization’s whole income from every source. We date what happened after a grant and do not claim the grant caused it.
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
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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2
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
3
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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4
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
5
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

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

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6
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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7
Kalamazoo College

The mission of kalamazoo college is to prepare its graduates to better understand, live sucessfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world. as a highly selective, nationally renowened…

Education
8
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
9
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
10
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
11
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
12
Michigan State Afl-Cio Workforce Development Institute

To apply the principles of workforce development to grow michigan's economy while improving the lives of michigan workers.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Local Initiatives Support Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Davids Hope. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

193 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 193 of the 300 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)
54
Early backer (in before they grew)
182/193
Grantees still filing
119/193
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUMMIT POINTE: $1,139,749 · OtherSUMMIT POINTECOMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION: $551,392 · OtherBinder Park Zoological Society Inc: $1,460,712 · OtherBinder Park Zoological Society IncHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI: $686,993 · OtherY-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $1,216,845 · OtherY-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK+114 more: $11,031,624 · Other+114 moreBronson Health Foundation: $2,092,490 · HealthBronson Health Fou…Bronson Battle Creek Hospital: $1,892,190 · HealthBronson Battle Cre…NORTHPOINTE WOODS: $707,000 · HealthNORTHPOINTE WOODSGRACE HEALTH INC: $624,866 · HealthGRACE HEALTH INC+13 more: $702,721 · Health+13 moreLEGACY SCHOLARS: $1,183,326 · EducationLEGACY SCHO…SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $846,800 · EducationSOUTHERN UN…WILLARD LIBRARY: $490,729 · EducationWILLARD LIB…KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $461,945 · EducationKELLOGG COM…OLIVET COLLEGE: $130,000 · Education+12 more: $705,842 · Education+12 moreMUSIC CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI: $928,431 · Arts & CultureMUSIC CEN…Brass Band of Battle Creek: $724,505 · Arts & CultureBrass Ban…ART CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $487,182 · Arts & CultureART CENTE…KINGMAN MUSEUM INC: $303,228 · Arts & CultureKINGMAN M…BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $294,205 · Arts & CultureBURMESE A…WHAT A DO THEATRE: $163,853 · Arts & CultureBATTLE CREEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERITAGE BATTLE CREEK: $149,480 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $148,319 · Arts & CultureENCOURAGE BC: $1,958,840 · Community ImprovementENCOURAGE…BURNHAM BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER TITLE HOLDING COMPANY: $685,469 · Community ImprovementBURNHAM B…BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $230,000 · Community ImprovementBATTLE CR…AnchoRRa: $153,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $94,832 · Community ImprovementUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $1,704,329 · PhilanthropyBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $462,072 · PhilanthropyKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $311,785 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $139,150 · Philanthropy+3 more: $177,579 · PhilanthropySherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center: $548,510 · Human ServicesCHARITABLE UNION: $389,388 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE: $342,156 · Human ServicesREGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $178,423 · Human ServicesWashington Heights United Methodist Church: $169,838 · Human ServicesSTARR COMMONWEALTH: $157,900 · Human ServicesMARIAN E BURCH ADULT DAY CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER: $132,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG CHILD ASSOCIATES: $125,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $111,734 · Human ServicesVOCES: $101,938 · Human Services+11 more: $472,144 · Human Services
Other$16,087,315Health$6,019,267Education$3,818,642Arts & Culture$3,199,203Community Improvement$3,122,141Philanthropy$2,794,915Human Services$2,729,531

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBronson Health Foundation: $2,092,490 over 9y, 12% of budgetENCOURAGE BC: $1,958,840 over 5y, 46% of budgetBronson Battle Creek Hospital: $1,892,190 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $1,704,329 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetBinder Park Zoological Society Inc: $1,460,712 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetY-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $1,216,845 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetLEGACY SCHOLARS: $1,183,326 over 5y, 98% of budgetMUSIC CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI: $928,431 over 9y, 23% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM: $846,800 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetBrass Band of Battle Creek: $724,505 over 9y, 41% of budgetNORTHPOINTE WOODS: $707,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI: $686,993 over 9y, 13% of budgetBURNHAM BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER TITLE HOLDING COMPANY: $685,469 over 5y, 65% of budgetGRACE HEALTH INC: $624,866 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION: $551,392 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center: $548,510 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetBATTLE CREEK AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $535,402 over 9y, 12% of budgetWILLARD LIBRARY: $490,729 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetART CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $487,182 over 9y, 48% of budgetBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $462,072 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetKELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $461,945 over 9y, 12% of budgetCHARITABLE UNION: $389,388 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetLEILA ARBORETUM SOCIETY INC: $344,437 over 9y, 22% of budgetSAFE PLACE: $342,156 over 5y, 10% of budgetKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $311,785 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKINGMAN MUSEUM INC: $303,228 over 6y, 48% of budgetKAPPA ALPHA PSI FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $294,205 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetCIR INC: $277,313 over 8y, 19% of budgetMICHIGAN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION: $270,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $242,669 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $230,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetALL SPECIES KINSHIP: $197,808 over 9y, 12% of budgetNEW LEVEL SPORTS: $185,435 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $183,190 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREGION 3B AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $178,423 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWashington Heights United Methodist Church: $169,838 over 3y, 18% of budgetWHAT A DO THEATRE: $163,853 over 7y, 25% of budgetSTARR COMMONWEALTH: $157,900 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAnchoRRa: $153,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetBATTLE CREEK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERITAGE BATTLE CREEK: $149,480 over 9y, 83% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $139,150 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $136,355 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPROUT URBAN FARMS INC: $134,420 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetMARIAN E BURCH ADULT DAY CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER: $132,500 over 3y, 58% of budgetOLIVET COLLEGE: $130,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG CHILD ASSOCIATES: $125,000 over 2y, 6.2% 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.

  • Who funds Bronson Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ENCOURAGE BC ↗
  • Who funds Bronson Battle Creek Hospital ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Binder Park Zoological Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds Y-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds Brass Band of Battle Creek ↗
  • Who funds NORTHPOINTE WOODS ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI ↗
  • Who funds BURNHAM BROOK COMMUNITY CENTER TITLE HOLDING COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds GRACE HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center ↗
  • Who funds BATTLE CREEK AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLARD LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ART CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK ↗
  • Who funds BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE UNION ↗
  • Who funds LEILA ARBORETUM SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KINGMAN MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds KAPPA ALPHA PSI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CIR INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK ↗
87 internal · 23 shared anchors

How its grantees work together

KCC partnered with Goodwill Industries as part of a workforce training initiative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It is one of 87 direct ties among 108 of its grantees, who also cluster around 23 shared regional anchors.

Inferred: ties are read by a model from news and organization websites, and each links to its source.

108
Grantees connected
87
Grantee↔grantee ties
23
Shared anchors (2+ grantees)
358
External links

Tap any organization to trace its collaborations; shared anchors pull toward the center

86 shown · 104 ties
MILK LIKE MINE COMMUNITY BIRTHING & BREASTFEEDING SERVICES: $30k granted · 3 linksCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $118k granted · 5 linksBrass Band of Battle Creek: $593k granted · 4 linksGirl Scouts Heart of Michigan: $148k granted · 3 linksNEIGHBORHOODS INC OF BATTLE CREEK: $72k granted · 6 linksAlbion Health Care Alliance: $29k granted · 8 linksKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $312k granted · 11 linksMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION: $7k granted · 10 linksUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $1.6M granted · 12 linksUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTR…BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $200k granted · 7 linksSPIRITUAL CARE CONSULTANTS OF WEST MICHIGAN: $5k granted · 3 linksYMCA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $7k granted · 4 linksSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $168k granted · 3 linksSHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $495k granted · 7 linksFoundation Fighting Blindness: $25k granted · 9 linksMarshall Community Foundation: $9k granted · 4 linksCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS MICHIGAN: $16k granted · 4 linksCheff Therapeutic Riding Center: $54k granted · 3 linksCharitable Union: $361k granted · 11 linksSprout Urban Farms: $134k granted · 7 linksGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN'S HEARTLAND: $20k granted · 5 linksVOCES: $77k granted · 8 linksZERO DAY: $63k granted · 8 linksPREMIER ATHLETICS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: $30k granted · 4 linksNew Level Sports Ministries: $175k granted · 3 linksNorthern Great Lakes Initiatives: $40k granted · 5 linksWillard Public Library: $449k granted · 3 linksWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $95k granted · 11 linksDisability Network Southwest Michigan: $65k granted · 9 linksMichigan Nonprofit Association: $270k granted · 5 linksNATIONAL GUARD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $10k granted · 3 linksBinder Park Zoological Society Inc: $1.3M granted · 3 linksBinder Park Zoological So…BURMA CENTER (BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE): $284k granted · 3 linksSOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVANCY: $6k granted · 3 linksSouthern University System Foundation: $842k granted · 6 linksSouthern University Syste…BURNHAM BROOK TITLE HOLDING CO: $685k granted · 3 linksBURNHAM BROOK TITLE HOLDI…Detroit Crime Commission: $40k granted · 15 linksKAPPA ALPHA PSI FOUNDATION INC: $300k granted · 9 linksENCOURAGE BC: $2.0M granted · 3 linksENCOURAGE BCCalhoun Christian School: $85k granted · 4 linksGrand Teton Music Festival: $6k granted · 7 linksUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $15k granted · 9 linksWhat A Do Theatre: $164k granted · 3 linksFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $112k granted · 9 linksSECOND'S NEW VISION AND OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $10k granted · 3 linksBATTLEGROUND SKATE HOUSE & YOUTH CENTER: $10k granted · 4 linksOlivet College: $80k granted · 7 linksHealthy House: $21k granted · 8 linksHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INC: $23k granted · 11 linksKellogg Community College: $362k granted · 15 linksHabitat for Humanity: $66k granted · 3 linksGRYPHON PLACE: $8k granted · 5 linksFRIENDS OF MAYBURY STATE PARK INC: $10k granted · 3 linksSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $227k granted · 8 linksWASHINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND COMMUNITY: $188k granted · 4 linksINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $28k granted · 5 linksGRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60k granted · 6 linksSOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN URBAN LEAGUE: $24k granted · 3 linksART CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $428k granted · 3 linksRISE: $10k granted · 9 linksKingman Museum Inc: $267k granted · 4 linksBattle Creek Whitewater Inc: $15k granted · 3 linksAlbion College: $19k granted · 13 linksIRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL: $12k granted · 4 linksGrace Health: $425k granted · 6 linksISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $10k granted · 3 linksTHE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY: $50k granted · 3 linksBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $462k granted · 33 linksLeila Arboretum Society: $311k granted · 4 linksAlbion Community Foundation: $37k granted · 6 linksTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MARTIN-ST LUCIE: $10k granted · 6 linksEARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $65k granted · 4 linksEASTEND STUDIO AND GALLERY: $5k granted · 4 linksKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: $7k granted · 4 linksHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $50k granted · 7 linksLegacy Scholars: $1.2M granted · 6 linksLegacy ScholarsBATTLE CREEK AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $7k granted · 5 linksStarr Commonwealth: $95k granted · 5 linksLakeview School District: named by 4 granteesLakeview School DistrictMichigan Works! Southwest: named by 3 granteesMichigan Works! SouthwestW.K. Kellogg Foundation: named by 3 granteesW.K. Kellogg FoundationSummit Pointe: named by 4 granteesSummit PointeMarshall Public Schools: named by 6 granteesMarshall Public SchoolsCalhoun County Land Bank Authority: named by 3 granteesCalhoun County Land Bank …Calhoun County Public Health Department: named by 3 granteesCalhoun County Public Hea…Haven of Rest Ministries: named by 3 granteesHaven of Rest Ministries
grantee external partner named by both stated inferred

Tap any organization in the graph to trace its collaborations, or start with the strongest ties below.

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Anchors several grantees share

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Joint program 257Affiliation 71Funding 48Coalition 36Referral network 20Merger / affiliation 7Shared facility 7Collaboration 3Fiscal sponsorship 1
How this is measured
Ties are extracted by a model from news and organization websites, not from tax filings, so they are directional rather than exhaustive. Corroborated ties were named independently by both organizations.
Cause groups: Animals, Arts & Culture, Community Improvement, Crime & Legal, Education, Employment, Environment, Food & Nutrition, Health, Housing & Shelter, Human Services, International, Philanthropy, Recreation & Sports, Unclassified, Youth Development

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.

United Way of South C…Miller FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationKalamazoo Community F…Harold and Grace Upjo…Guido a Binda and Eli…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Tyler-Little Family F…Feldpausch FoundationDorothy U Dalton Foun…John E Fetzer Institu…Consumers Energy Foun…
United Way of South Central MichiganMI120× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of South Central Michigan · Miller Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Guido a Binda and Elizabeth H Binda Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Feldpausch Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation

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 Battle Creek Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Battle Creek Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • International Youth Foundation: 17% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 300 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 2024 (period ending 2025-03-31), released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object 202502699349300800 · view filing · bccfoundation.org

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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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