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Burroughs Memorial Trust at a glance

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Burroughs Memorial Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$72kHuman Services$61kPhilanthropy$56kFood & Nutrition$38kYouth Development$23kCommunity Improvement$13kHealth$9kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$537k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY$10,000
SHELTER OF FLINT$7,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$6,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION$6,000
CARRIAGE TOWN MINISTRIES$6,000
FOOD BANK OF EASTERN MICHIGAN$6,000
GENESEE COUNTY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC INC$2,000
YWCA$2,000
COMMUNITIES FIRST INC$2,000
FLINT DIAPER BANK$2,000
YMCA$1,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT$1,000
MOTHERLY INTERCESSION$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF GREATER FLINT: $3k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $6k → 17%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF GREATER FLINT: $1k → 16%WITHOUT WALL OUTREACH W O W: $1k → 16%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$263k · 24 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
18

Total granted

$263k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
+1%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CT
    Carriage Town Ministries
    3× · 2022–2025 · $21k · revenue +22%
  • TF
    THE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +7%
  • EP
    ELE'S PLACE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Flint & Genesee Group

To promote the common economic interests of all the commercial enterprises in the Genesee County, Michigan community. The Organization strives to enhance the business climate in the area and advocates for public policy that supports…

Community Improvement
2
Greater Flint Health Coalition Inc

Improve the health of genesee county residents. improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the health care system in our community.

Health
3
Child Welfare Society of Flint
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4
Foundation for Flint

To support and benefit the community foundation of greater flint. the organization will address a wide variety of community needs in greater flint, and its immediate priority is to provide aid to those affected by the flint water crisis.

Philanthropy
5
Flint Center for Educational Excellence

The flint center for educational excellence is building an educational ecosystem that works for all flint kids by providing programs. research, and advocacy that ensure flint kids, their families, schools, and communities thrive.

Education
6
Ferris Wheel Innovation Center

Housed in flint, michigan, we are a non-profit with a mission to relieve the innovator of the entrepreneurial burden. we know entrepreneurship can be difficult, and that's why we're here to help. as a community of student professionals,…

Education
7
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
8
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
9
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
10
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
11
Flint River Council Inc 95 Scouting America

The flint river council shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy…

—
12
Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan farm bureau (mfb) is a member directed agricultural organization whose purpose is to represent, protect, and enhance the business, economic, social, and educational interests of our members located throughout the state of michigan.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ele's Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Muscular Dystrophy Association 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

27 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. 27 of the 47 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
12/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $25,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESUNITED WAY OF FLINT & GENESEE CO: $18,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF FLINT & GENESEE COTHE SALVATION ARMY: $18,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYSHELTER OF FLINT: $15,000 · OtherSHELTER OF FLINTGenesee Area Focus Fund: $13,000 · OtherGenesee Area Focus FundCARRIAGE TOWN MISSION: $10,000 · OtherCARRIAGE TOWN MISSIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $6,000 · OtherGENESEE COUNTY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $7,000 · OtherMOTHERLY INTERCESSION: $6,000 · Other+21 more: $42,500 · Other+21 moreUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY: $35,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GEN…THE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC: $9,500 · PhilanthropyTHE FLINT DIAPER …FLINT JEWISH FEDERATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyFLINT JEWISH FEDE…Carriage Town Ministries: $21,000 · Arts & CultureCarriage …Flint Institute of Music: $4,000 · Arts & CultureFlint Ins…Flint Cultural Center Corporation: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $23,000 · Food & NutritionSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunities First Inc: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterELE'S PLACE INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $6,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEAGUE OF GREATER FLINT: $3,500 · Human ServicesWITHOUT WALLS OUTREACH: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$160,500Philanthropy$47,500Arts & Culture$26,500Food & Nutrition$23,000Housing & Shelter$21,000Youth Development$12,000Human Services$10,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCarriage Town Ministries: $21,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGenesee Area Focus Fund: $13,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC: $9,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetGENESEE COUNTY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMOTHERLY INTERCESSION: $6,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFlint Institute of Music: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFaith Foundation Resources: $4,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCommunities First Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF GREATER FLINT: $3,500 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetYMCA of Greater Flint: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLINT JEWISH FEDERATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGenesee County Habitat for Humanity: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWITHOUT WALLS OUTREACH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKettering University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlint Cultural Center Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLINT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $500 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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds Carriage Town Ministries ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER OF FLINT INC ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Area Focus Fund ↗
  • Who funds THE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds GENESEE COUNTY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERLY INTERCESSION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
  • Who funds Faith Foundation Resources ↗
  • Who funds Communities First Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Greater Flint ↗
  • Who funds FLINT JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Genesee County Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds WITHOUT WALLS OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗

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.

Charles Stewart Mott …Stella & Frederick Lo…Merkley Charitable Tr…Community Foundation …The Hagerman Foundati…Nartel Family Foundat…The Whiting FoundationAnna Paulina Foundati…Ruth Mott FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Serra FoundationChild Welfare Society…
Charles Stewart Mott FoundationMI43.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Merkley Charitable Trust · Community Foundation of Greater Flint · The Hagerman Foundation · Nartel Family Foundation · The Whiting Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · Ruth Mott Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Serra Foundation · Child Welfare Society of Flint

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 Burroughs Memorial Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burroughs Memorial Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    11report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Burroughs Memorial Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Burroughs Memorial Trust 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 47 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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