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Bronson Healthcare Group

Together, we advance the health of our communities.

$19M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$14M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$164MPhilanthropy$2.1MCommunity Improvement$658kHuman Services$243kEducation$197kArts & Culture$146kPublic Benefit$80kReligion$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $233k
  • $250k+3 grants · $18M
$30,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$429M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL$14,175,000
BRONSON COMMONS$2,815,000
BRONSON AT HOME$1,303,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MI$150,000
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST$82,500
HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF SW MI$30,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$30,000
KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
GRYPHON PLACE$17,500
UNITED WAY OF SW MICHIGAN$10,000
GILMORE FESTIVAL$10,000
THE LINKS INC$6,000
KALAMAZOO MUSKEGON MI BLACK$6,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SENIOR SERVICE OF VAN BUREN CO: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$154M · 15 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +63% since the first grant, against +29% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$154M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+29%

Still filing today

93%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
    3× · 2019–2024 · $104M · revenue +12%
  • BA
    Bronson At Home
    4× · 2019–2024 · $17M · revenue +27% · 43% of their budget
  • BS
    Bronson South Haven Hospital
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13M · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • BM
    Bronson Methodist Hospital
    one grant, 2023 · $9.7M · revenue +12%
  • LF
    LAKEVIEW FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $152k · revenue +29%
  • CS
    COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +118%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Bronson Lakeview Hospital

Together, we advance the health of our communities.

Health
2
Bronson Properties Corp

Together we advance the health of our communities.

Health
3
Bronson Healthcare Group

Together, we advance the health of our communities.

Health
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
6
Vbems Inc

Together, we advance the health of our communities

Health
7
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
8
Mclaren Greater Lansing

Mclaren health care corporation, along with its subsidiaries, will be michigan's best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
9
Burnett Medical Center Inc

The mission of burnett medical center is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, community healthcare that exceeds our customer's expectations. our mission, as well as our vision and values, serves as a guideline for daily decision making…

Health
10
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
11
West Michigan Cancer Center

Wmcc strives to provide compassionate and innovative care to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life for our patients.

Health
12
Mclaren Port Huron

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

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bronson Battle Creek Hospital and the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 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.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr13%21%20–35yr17%35%35–55yr19%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr13%73%20–35yr17%10%35–55yr19%7%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
9%
222/2,353

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Bronson Battle Creek Hospital — $104,352,857 · HealthBronson Battle Creek HospitalBronson At Home — $17,057,000 · HealthBronson At HomeBronson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — $16,665,012 · HealthBronson Nursing & Rehabilitation CenterBronson Methodist Hospital — $9,740,000 · HealthBronson Methodist Hospital+5 more — $2,985,231 · HealthBronson South Haven Hospital — $12,862,381 · OtherBronson S…+13 more — $594,100 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN — $2,083,500 · Philanthropy+3 more — $30,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST CORP — $657,800 · Community ImprovementIRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD — $105,000 · Arts & CultureKalamazoo Institute of Arts — $16,000 · Arts & CultureBrass Band of Battle Creek — $15,000 · Arts & CultureKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $10,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — $90,000 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $45,500 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC — $35,000 · Youth Development
Health$150,800,100Other$13,456,481Philanthropy$2,113,500Community Improvement$657,800Arts & Culture$146,000Education$135,500Youth Development$35,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBronson Battle Creek Hospital — $104,352,857 over 3y, 23% of budgetBronson At Home — $17,057,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetBronson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — $16,665,012 over 4y, 36% of budgetBronson South Haven Hospital — $12,862,381 over 3y, 18% of budgetBronson Methodist Hospital — $9,740,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBronson Health Foundation — $2,850,981 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN — $2,083,500 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST CORP — $657,800 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetLAKEVIEW FOUNDATION — $151,600 over 1y, 25% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION — $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $106,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD — $105,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $45,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INC — $30,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGRYPHON PLACE — $17,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKalamazoo Institute of Arts — $16,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBrass Band of Battle Creek — $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LINKS INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENTION WORKS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kalamazoo Community F…WK Kellogg FoundationTyler-Little Family F…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…United Way of South C…The Burdick-Thorne Fo…Harold and Grace Upjo…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Battle Creek Communit…John E Fetzer Institu…Consumers Energy Foun…Feldpausch Foundation
Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · United Way of South Central Michigan · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Battle Creek Community Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Feldpausch Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Bronson Healthcare Group funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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