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Boutell Memorial Fund at a glance

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Boutell Memorial Fund

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$850k
Granted FY2026still arriving
16
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$175k
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.

Education$1.3MAnimals$800kHuman Services$434kArts & Culture$258kEmployment$256kYouth Development$195kCommunity Improvement$190kHealth$184kOther$0
02FY2026 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $730k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAGINAW COMMUNITY FOOD CLUB$175,000
FIRST WARD COMMUNITY CENTER$100,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MI$100,000
RESCUE MINISTRIES OF MID-MICHIGAN$80,000
FRANKENMUTH GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT FDN$75,000
SAGINAW FUTURE INC$75,000
SAGINAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$75,000
HIDDEN HARVEST$50,000
FAMILIES & CHILDREN TOGETHER INC$30,000
CAN COUNCIL OF SAGINAW$25,000
SAGINAW MUSEUM DBA TEMPLE ARTS$25,000
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
SAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY$10,000
AHSRAT CO$10,000
ANTIQUE TOY & FIREHOUSE MUSEUM$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%YMCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $15k → 14%THE DIAPER ALLIANCE: $20k → 9%SELF LOVE BEAUTY: $10k → 9%CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE OF SAGINAW CNTY: $10k → 18%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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 19 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
30

Total granted

$2.3M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+32%

Still filing today

68%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $530k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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

  • SV
    SAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $750k · revenue +22%
  • HH
    HIDDEN HARVEST
    3× · 2017–2026 · $78k · revenue +360%
  • LC
    LIFECLINIC COMMUNITY RESOURCES
    2× · 2019–2025 · $48k · revenue +262%

Funded once

  • CM
    CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M
  • HL
    HOYT LIBRARY
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • SC
    SAGINAW CO YOUTH PROTECTION
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
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
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

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

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2
Saginaw County Youth Protection Council

To empower and support children and families in reaching their full potential and becoming self-sufficient, saving lives and creating futures through educational enrichment and shelter services.

Human Services
3
Saginaw Society for Crippled Children
Health
4
Saginaw Public Libraries Foundation

Support library activities through materials and services

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5
Saginaw County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Promotion of conventions & tourism in saginaw county

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6
Historical Society of Saginaw County

The historical society of saginaw county is committed to serve the community by telling the continuing story of the people of the saginaw region through exploration, preservation and presentation of their historical and cultural heritage.

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7
Saginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen

To address and improve food equity by providing access to healthy foods and nutritional resources to individuals and communities.

Food & Nutrition
8
Saginaw County Community Action Committee Inc

The mission of the saginaw county community action committee, inc. is to serve as a proactive and dedicated community hub providing information, programs and services to low-income individuals and families helping them to achieve a more…

Human Services
9
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
10
Shared Pregnancy Womens Center

To offer education, assistance and resources to women and families in the greater lansing area.

Civil Rights
11
Samaritan's Hand Inc

Hope for the hopeless & healing for the hurting. the hopelessness from addiction & healing from the hurt stemming from the addiction.

Public Benefit
12
Greater Sandusky Partnership

To improve the region's quality of life and economic competitiveness in order to position it as the greatest destination on the great lakes to live, work, and invest.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Abuse & Neglect Council Great Lakes Bay Region; the most unlike its peers is Antique Toy and Firehouse 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

34 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. 34 of the 60 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · OtherCENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYYMCA OF SAGINAW: $260,000 · OtherYMCA OF SAGINAWHOYT LIBRARY: $200,000 · OtherHOYT LIBRARYSAGINAW COMMUNITY FOOD CLUB: $175,000 · OtherSAGINAW COMMUNITY FOOD CLUBFIRST WARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $164,500 · OtherSAGINAW CO YOUTH PROTECTION: $150,000 · OtherTEMPLE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $143,500 · Other+35 more: $1,036,000 · Other+35 moreSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $750,000 · AnimalsSAGINAW VALLEY Z…SAGINAW FUTURE INC: $265,000 · EducationREAD Association of Saginaw County: $35,658 · EducationSAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationSVRC Industries Inc: $256,000 · EmploymentSaginaw Community Foundation: $135,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY: $75,000 · PhilanthropyGreat Lakes Bay Health Centers: $100,000 · HealthLIFECLINIC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $48,000 · HealthFAMILIES AND CHILDREN TOGETHER INC: $30,000 · HealthFIELD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE: $18,186 · Health+1 more: $3,000 · HealthHIDDEN HARVEST: $77,500 · Human ServicesTHE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesYWCA GREAT LAKES BAY REGION: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $14,048 · Human ServicesChild & Family Service of Saginaw: $10,000 · Human ServicesSELF LOVE BEAUTY: $9,960 · Human Services
Other$3,129,000Animals$750,000Education$315,658Employment$256,000Philanthropy$210,000Health$199,186Human Services$146,508

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 budgetSAGINAW VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $750,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetSAGINAW FUTURE INC: $265,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSVRC Industries Inc: $256,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTEMPLE THEATRE FOUNDATION: $143,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation: $135,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGreat Lakes Bay Health Centers: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEMPLEARTS: $100,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST: $77,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSAGINAW BASIN LAND CONSERVANCY: $65,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLIFECLINIC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $48,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC: $40,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetREAD Association of Saginaw County: $35,658 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAGINAW CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTHE DIAPER ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetEast Side Soup Kitchen: $19,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetFIELD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE: $18,186 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetMichigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeen Challenge of Saginaw Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetChild & Family Service of Saginaw: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSELF LOVE BEAUTY: $9,960 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetLIONS VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH CAMP: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 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.

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.

Saginaw Community Fou…Allen E & Marie A Nic…Wickson-Link Memorial…Morley FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…Wm McNally Family Fou…Wallace & Irene Bronn…Harvey Randall Wickes…Alice E Turner Memori…Frank N Andersen Foun…Bierlein Companies Fo…Bay Area Community Fo…
Saginaw Community FoundationMI47.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saginaw Community Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Morley Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Bay Area Community 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 Boutell Memorial Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boutell Memorial Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    12report 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.

    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 60 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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