Michigan · Public charity
Battle Creek Unlimited Inc
Build a strong community by driving strategic investment and job creation.
- $319k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $261k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $77,363
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $146,328
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $99M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Battle Creek Unlimited Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $261k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $45k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.4M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $914k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $928k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $102k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stream 2 LLC | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Simply Sensational Berries | $419,574 | 2 | n/a |
| Jay Andrew Development Co | $360,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sprout Urban Farms Inc | $324,122 | 4 | 8% |
| New Level Church | $240,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Torti Taco LLC | $215,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Burmese American Initiative Inc | $212,600 | 4 | 6% |
| Hexx Design Co | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brilliant Minds Family Counseling | $198,900 | 2 | n/a |
| The Elizabeth Building Partners | $171,200 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stream 2 LLC | $450,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Simply Sensational Berries | $419,574 | 2 | n/a |
| Jay Andrew Development Co | $360,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sprout Urban Farms Inc | $324,122 | 4 | 8% |
| New Level Church | $240,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Torti Taco LLC | $215,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Burmese American Initiative Inc | $212,600 | 4 | 6% |
| Hexx Design Co | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brilliant Minds Family Counseling | $198,900 | 2 | n/a |
| The Elizabeth Building Partners | $171,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Umami Ramen LLC | $153,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smith-Cotton Funeral Home LLC | $147,926 | 1 | n/a |
| Lkv Ventures LLC | $96,203 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunlight Gardens | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cives Corporation | $77,363 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Michigan University | $49,649 | 3 | n/a |
| Penetrator Events LLC | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Snackwerks of Michigan | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cereal City Tattoo & Piercing | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arc of Calhoun County | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| New Level Sports | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Battle Creek Hot Air Balloon Championships Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cir Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Neighborhoods Inc of Battle Creek | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Charitable Union | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Michigan Urban League | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Triple J Endeavors LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Center of South Central Mi | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Voces | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Woodlawn Preschool | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bread and Basket LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools of Michigan | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Battle Creekcalhoun County Convention and Visitors Bureau | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Battle Creek Unlimited Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · Miller Foundation · W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation · Guido a Binda and Elizabeth H Binda Foundation · Feldpausch Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Battle Creek Unlimited Inc
- How much does Battle Creek Unlimited Inc give?
- Battle Creek Unlimited Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $260,728, out of $318,520 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Battle Creek Unlimited Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Battle Creek Unlimited Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Stream 2 LLC ($450k), Simply Sensational Berries ($420k), Jay Andrew Development Co ($360k).
- Does Battle Creek Unlimited Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Battle Creek Unlimited Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Battle Creek Community Foundation, United Way of South Central Michigan, WK Kellogg Foundation.
- Where is Battle Creek Unlimited Inc based?
- Battle Creek Unlimited Inc is based in MI.
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