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Branch County Community Foundation
We promote and inspire community generosity and giving, by bringing together passionate people and resources in our collective efforts to make an enduring difference in the community we love.
- $350k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $110k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $39,155
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Branch County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 9 | $110k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $138k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $201k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $156k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $111k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $186k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $170k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $655k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Hillsdale St Joseph Cha | $352,531 | 2 | n/a |
| Colon Community Schools | $170,132 | 8 | n/a |
| Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $160,326 | 7 | 4% |
| Coldwater Township Sunrise Rotary Foundation | $153,500 | 5 | 19% |
| City of Coldwater | $92,701 | 5 | n/a |
| Village of Union City | $80,025 | 2 | n/a |
| Quincy Community Schools | $68,885 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Unlimited Inc | $54,531 | 1 | 3% |
| Coldwater Community Schools | $53,074 | 4 | n/a |
| The Coldwater Lake Association Inc | $46,034 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Hillsdale St Joseph Cha | $352,531 | 2 | n/a |
| Colon Community Schools | $170,132 | 8 | n/a |
| Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $160,326 | 7 | 4% |
| Coldwater Township Sunrise Rotary Foundation | $153,500 | 5 | 19% |
| City of Coldwater | $92,701 | 5 | n/a |
| Village of Union City | $80,025 | 2 | n/a |
| Quincy Community Schools | $68,885 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Unlimited Inc | $54,531 | 1 | 3% |
| Coldwater Community Schools | $53,074 | 4 | n/a |
| The Coldwater Lake Association Inc | $46,034 | 1 | n/a |
| Coldwater Noon Foundation Inc | $43,659 | 1 | 42% |
| Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority | $35,946 | 1 | n/a |
| Lenawee United Way | $35,946 | 1 | n/a |
| Lenawee County Department on Aging | $35,946 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action Agency | $35,946 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Medical Center of | $35,946 | 1 | 0% |
| Promedica Foundation | $35,946 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel | $29,050 | 5 | 1% |
| Branch County United Way Inc | $27,100 | 3 | 5% |
| Branch Intermediate School District | $26,610 | 3 | n/a |
| Union Church of Quincy | $26,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Childrens Museum of Branch County Inc | $24,656 | 4 | 3% |
| Bronson High School | $24,325 | 2 | n/a |
| Maple Lawn Branch County Medical Care Facility | $22,670 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Health Center of Branch County | $21,254 | 1 | 0% |
| Quincy Rotary Club Co Ray Bregger | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union Township Friends of the Library | $18,265 | 3 | n/a |
| Tibbits Opera Foundation and Arts Council | $15,056 | 2 | 1% |
| Bethel Community Church Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pines Behavioral Health Services | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Altrusa International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake George Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Bronson Alumni Association | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union City Community Chorale Inc | $7,815 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson Elementary | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Branch District Library | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coach Eby Youth & Family Center Inc | $6,127 | 1 | 2% |
| Beginnings Care for Life Center | $5,910 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Branch Interfaith Hospitality Network | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Joseph County United Way | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Village of Colon | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trine University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bronson Community Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State Afl-Cio Workforce Development Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Bowling Congress Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($39k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Branch County Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Branch County United Way Inc · Eden Bridge Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Branch County Community Foundation
- How much does Branch County Community Foundation give?
- Branch County Community Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $110,330, out of $350,348 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Branch County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Branch County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Branch Hillsdale St Joseph Cha ($353k), Colon Community Schools ($170k), Branch County Coalition Against Domestic Violence ($160k).
- Does Branch County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Branch County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Branch County United Way Inc, Eden Bridge Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Branch County Community Foundation based?
- Branch County Community Foundation is based in MI.
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