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Brian J McKeen Foundation at a glance

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Brian J McKeen 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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$49kEducation$16kHealth$16kFood & Nutrition$10kHousing & Shelter$10kCivil Rights$10kPhilanthropy$10kInternational$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,400
Median grant
2
States reached
$531k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
U OF D MERCY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$25,000
THE DOVE FUND$5,400
CAMP DAGGETT$2,500
WLCC FOUNDATION$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOCUS HOPE: $5k → 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
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
3
Diploma Equity Project

The organization works with k-12, higher education and other community partners to design and implement programs to improve rates of college persistence and completion.

Education
4
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
5
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

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6
Michigan State University College of Law

The mission of the michigan state university college of law is to provide a rigorous educational program which prepares a diverse community of students to be national and international leaders in private legal practice, business and…

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7
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation Inc

Detroit regional chamber foundation, inc. (the "foundation") is dedicated to growing programs or initiatives that are important to ensuring the detroit region's economy is one of the fastest growing in the u.s.

Community Improvement
8
Detroit Golf Club Caddie Scholarship Foundation
Education
9
Friends of the Children - Detroit

Friends of the children - detroit has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Crime & Legal
10
Waldorf School Association of Mich

Detroit waldorf school is a nonprofit educational community whose mission is to inspire and empower a diverse population of students to reach their fullest potential as creative, collaborative, and responsible global citizens.

Education
11
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
12
Detroit Public Schools Foundation

DPSFs mission is to create and enhance educational opportunities for over 50,000 Detroit Public Schools Community Districts students, families and educators. DPS Foundation was organized to ensure DPS, now DPSCD student and families to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Focushope; the most unlike its peers is The Springboard Scholarship Foundation 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

15 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. 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIRK IN THE HILLS: $49,100 · OtherKIRK IN THE HILLSU OF D MERCY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $25,000 · OtherU OF D MERCY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDOCC FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherOCC FOUNDATIONMOTTS CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $6,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherCHRISTNET SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherARC MICHIGAN: $5,000 · OtherCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $5,000 · OtherGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $5,000 · OtherAUTISM SUPPORT OF MICHIGAN: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $3,550 · OtherTrustees of Hamilton College: $15,200 · EducationTrustees o…THE SPRINGBOARD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationTHE SPRING…+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE DOVE FUND: $11,540 · InternationalCARING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 · InternationalFOCUSHOPE: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOTS: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterFAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Civil RightsMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$123,650Education$16,700International$13,540Human Services$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000Civil Rights$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $15,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOVE FUND: $11,540 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARC MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM SUPPORT OF MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCARING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPRINGBOARD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWLCC FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Brian J McKeen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brian J McKeen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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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    How do I get to Brian J McKeen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Brian J McKeen 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 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-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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