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Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation at a glance

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Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$650k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$3.1MHuman Services$1.5MEducation$967kHousing & Shelter$925kInternational$666kCivil Rights$600kFood & Nutrition$281kHealth$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACTS XXIX$250,000
ALPHA WOMEN'S CENTER$200,000
CHRISTMAS OUTREACH OF ISABELLA COUNTY$100,000
REACH THE FORGOTTEN JAIL MINISTRY$50,000
ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE$50,000
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 (FY18–18, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%ENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $100k → 16%ST VINCENT AND SARAH FISHER CENTER: $10k → 21%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 21 repeat orgs$631k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +95% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
18

Total granted

$8.0M
$631k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+95%
+49%

Still filing today

57%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthReligionEducationInternationalFood & 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

  • AX
    ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +128% · 27% of their budget
  • AI
    Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
    6× · 2018–2024 · $600k · revenue +9%
  • MT
    MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES
    6× · 2018–2023 · $600k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • AR
    AMAZON RELIEFgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $101k · revenue +31%
  • HP
    HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -44%
  • EC
    ENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +75%
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
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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2
Faith Works Michigan

Provide volunteers to assist people in need (such as widows) and organizations in need (such as churches) with repairs and maintenance of homes and buildings.

Human Services
3
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
4
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan

Expressing God's love by reaching out to the hurting and homeless of the Great Lakes Bay Region by providing shelter and care, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and establishing Christian disciples among disadvantaged people.

Housing & Shelter
5
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Health
6
St Vincent Catholic Charities

The mission of the St. Vincent Catholic Charities is the work of the Catholic Church to share the love of Christ by performing corporal and spiritual works of Mercy.

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7
Isabella Community Soup Kitchen

Provide meals for the needy in isabella county, michigan.

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8
Franciscan Ministries Inc

Create positive change in the lives of those we serve.

Human Services
9
Christian Services Love Inc of Greater Lansing

Christian Services serves as a resource center and clearinghouse matching resources of over 200 Lansing, MI area churches to needs from local indigent people. Coordination of Thanksgiving food baskets, clothes closets, and transitional…

Human Services
10
Midland's Open Door

Midland's Open Door (MOD) operates two crisis shelters, one for women and children and one for men. MOD's programs are designed to meet the immediate needs of homeless individuals by providing a safe and loving environment where each…

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11
Christian Community Response Team

Catholic Community Response Team provides direct support and referral services to those in crisis needing emergency assistance to meet their basic needs. We do it in a manner inspired by the Gospel of Jesus. Our focus is to keep families…

Human Services
12
Mariners Inn

To provide 24-hour residential substance abuse treatment for adult homeless men in a professional, compassionate, and therapeutic environment conducive to reducing drug and alcohol addiction and promoting their return to health,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mel Trotter Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 39 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALPHA WOMEN'S CENTER: $925,000 · OtherALPHA WOMEN'S CENTERMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $600,000 · OtherMEL TROTTER MINISTRIESCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · OtherCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYSACRED HEART PARISH: $300,000 · OtherSACRED HEART PARISHCATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGHSCHOOL: $266,782 · OtherCATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGHSCHOOLST THOMAS THE APOSTLE: $259,200 · OtherST THOMAS THE APOSTLEANGELS OF ACTION INC: $276,000 · OtherANGELS OF ACTION INCFORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES: $185,000 · Other+19 more: $695,000 · Other+19 moreACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission: $2,100,000 · ReligionACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mi…Faith Weavers of St Mary: $173,125 · ReligionFaith Weavers of St MaryHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $565,000 · InternationalAMAZON RELIEF: $101,000 · InternationalActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $600,000 · Civil RightsHARMEL ACADEMY OF THE TRADES: $400,000 · EducationBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $140,000 · EducationCHRISTMAS OUTREACH OF ISABELLA COUNTY: $300,000 · Human ServicesENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesWILLIAM AND JANET STRICKLER NONPROFIT CENTER: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesHospitality In the Name of Christ: $325,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,806,982Religion$2,273,125International$666,000Civil Rights$600,000Education$540,000Human Services$460,000Housing & Shelter$325,000

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 budgetACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission: $2,100,000 over 7y, 27% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $600,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $600,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $565,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHARMEL ACADEMY OF THE TRADES: $400,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetHospitality In the Name of Christ: $325,000 over 6y, 65% of budgetCHRISTMAS OUTREACH OF ISABELLA COUNTY: $300,000 over 5y, 91% of budgetANGELS OF ACTION INC: $276,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetFORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES: $185,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetFaith Weavers of St Mary: $173,125 over 4y, 30% of budgetBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $140,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWILLIAM AND JANET STRICKLER NONPROFIT CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCATHERINES HEALTH CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJOHN BALL ZOO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST VINCENT & SARAH FISHER CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMICHIGAN DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission ↗
  • Who funds Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds HARMEL ACADEMY OF THE TRADES ↗
  • Who funds Hospitality In the Name of Christ ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTMAS OUTREACH OF ISABELLA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS OF ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN MAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Faith Weavers of St Mary ↗
  • Who funds BLANDFORD NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMAZON RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc ↗
  • Who funds ENNIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM AND JANET STRICKLER NONPROFIT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINES HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ADELANTE NYC INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BALL ZOO ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT & SARAH FISHER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LEOS SOUP KITCHEN ↗

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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Consumers Energy Foun…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…Renaissance Charitabl…Natl Christian Charit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard J and Camille Cebelak Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Bernard J and Camille Cebelak 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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