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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 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 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
KALAMAZOO MUSKEGON MI BLACK$6,000
THE LINKS INC$6,000
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 (FY22–22, $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 its 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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +34% for those 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%
+34%

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
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

  • 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 +133%
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bronson Battle Creek Hospital; 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.
04the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 35 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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
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.

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

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 Bronson Healthcare Group funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bronson Healthcare Group. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's 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
    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 35 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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