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Bbch Community Partners

BBCH COMMUNITY PARTNERS program activities include the responsible investment of funds, and the use of those funds in grantmaking activities that promote the delivery of health care at bronson battle creek hospital, or the wellbeing and health of the battle creek community, including all geographic areas served by bronson battle creek…

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$4.1MHuman Services$938kHousing & Shelter$260kEducation$203kPhilanthropy$162kRecreation & Sports$130kCivil Rights$125kFood & Nutrition$124kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $408k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$112,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL$1,000,000
SUMMIT POINTE$150,000
BATTLE CREEK YMCA$112,500
BATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER$75,000
SPROUT UBRAN FARMS$70,000
BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION$12,000
02The need
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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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OLIVET COLLEGE: $50k → 9%BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL: $1.0M → 14%OLIVET COLLEGE: $50k → 9%BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%SUMMIT POINTE: $750k → 14%BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $75k → 12%BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL: $450k → 14%BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $75k → 12%BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL: $210k → 14%BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $55k → 12%POPULATION HEALTH ALLIANCE: $170k → 14%BRONSON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%BATTLE CREEK FAMILY YMCA: $156k → 14%BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL: $150k → 14%BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL: $150k → 14%BATTLE CREEK YMCA: $113k → 14%BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $110k → 14%BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL: $110k → 14%BATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $100k → 14%BATTLE CREEK FAMILY YMCA: $100k → 14%BATTLE CREEK FAMILY YMCA: $100k → 14%WMU HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $55k → 12%BATTLE CREEK VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM: $80k → 14%BATTLE CREEK FAMILY YMCA: $75k → 14%NORTHPOINTE WOODS: $75k → 14%BATTLE CREEK FAMILY YMCA: $75k → 14%GRACE HEALTH: $75k → 14%COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION: $70k → 14%POPULATION HEALTH ALLIANCE: $70k → 14%REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $62k → 14%BATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $50k → 14%POPULATION HEALTH ALLIANCE: $50k → 14%BC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM: $42k → 14%GRACE HEALTH: $35k → 14%BC VISION: $35k → 14%BATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $35k → 14%BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $34k → 14%REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND: $34k → 14%POPULATION HEALTH ALLIANCE: $30k → 14%SUMMIT POINTE: $50k → 14%BATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER: $75k → 14%CALHOUN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $32k → 14%SUMMIT POINTE: $150k → 14%GRACE HEALTH: $150k → 14%BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE: $125k → 14%LIFECARE AMBULANCE: $48k → 14%SPROUT URBAN FARMS: $30k → 14%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Bbch Community Partners’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Bbch Community Partnerslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 9 repeat orgs$488k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$4.4M
$413k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+27%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BB
    Bronson Battle Creek Hospital
    4× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +52%
  • GRACE HEALTH INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $260k · revenue +111%
  • ENCOURAGE BC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $185k · revenue +195%

Funded once

  • BURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $125k · revenue -16%
  • NORTHPOINTE WOODS
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +11%
  • CS
    COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $70k · revenue +27%
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
Barton Creek Senior Living Center Inc

Creating communities celebrating the lives of seniors. lifespace recognizes that its mission can only be fulfilled through the dedicated efforts of its employees, therefore, included in our mission is the ability to provide disaster relief…

Housing & Shelter
2
Summit Community Care Clinic Inc

Provide exceptional, integrated, patient-centered health care services designed to meet the needs of all patients, particularly those who experience barriers to accessing care, regardless of their ability to pay.

Health
3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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5
Brooke County Committee On Aging

The purpose of the brooke county committee on aging is to promote services that will enhance the health, safety, and welfare of the senior population in its planning and service area, and serve as the primary agency within the local…

Human Services
6
Bronson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Together, we advance the health of our communities.

Health
7
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
8
Bronson Properties Corp

Together we advance the health of our communities.

Health
9
Aging and Disability Resource Center of Brown County Inc

The adrc of brown county supports older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers through education, advocacy, and resources. we connect people to answers, in our center, by phone, or at home, so everyone can live with diginity and…

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10
Mclaren Port Huron

Mclaren healthcare, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
11
Christian Care Surprise Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.

Housing & Shelter
12
Berrien County Cancer Services Inc

To provide compassionate in-home skilled nursing care and supportive resources for those affected by cancer and related illnesses in southwest michigan.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Battle Creek Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bronson Battle Creek Hospital: $2,100,000 · HealthBronson Battle Creek HospitalBronson Health Foundation: $567,250 · HealthBronson Health FoundationGRACE HEALTH INC: $260,000 · HealthGRACE HEALTH INC+3 more: $124,500 · HealthSUMMIT POINTE: $950,000 · OtherSUMMIT POINTEBATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $75,000 · OtherBATTLE CREEK HOMELESS…COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION: $70,000 · OtherCOMPREHENSIVE SENIOR …+4 more: $97,402 · Other+4 moreBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $735,666 · PhilanthropyBATTLE CREEK …Y-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $645,000 · Recreation & SportsY-CENTER OF…ENCOURAGE BC: $185,000 · Community ImprovementALBION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $28,000 · Community ImprovementOLIVET COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $65,000 · EducationLEGACY SCHOLARS: $34,000 · EducationBURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureSPROUT URBAN FARMS INC: $100,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$3,051,750Other$1,192,402Philanthropy$735,666Recreation & Sports$645,000Community Improvement$213,000Education$199,000Arts & Culture$125,000Food & Nutrition$100,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBronson Battle Creek Hospital: $2,100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $735,666 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetY-CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK: $645,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetBronson Health Foundation: $567,250 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetGRACE HEALTH INC: $260,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetENCOURAGE BC: $185,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetBURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $125,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSPROUT URBAN FARMS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetOLIVET COLLEGE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHPOINTE WOODS: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBATTLE CREEK HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFECARE AMBULANCE: $48,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEGACY SCHOLARS: $34,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetALBION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Battle Creek Communit…WK Kellogg FoundationMiller FoundationUnited Way of South C…Feldpausch FoundationMichigan Health Endow…Amazonsmile Foundation
Battle Creek Community FoundationMI36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Battle Creek Community Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Miller Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Feldpausch Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Bbch Community Partners funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bbch Community Partners. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%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 · 0–30%
    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 22 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, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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