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Charity Motors Inc

To provide transportation to low-income individuals at below fair market value to help foster personal development and educational advancement in furtherance of our mission of helping those in need of transportation.

$2.8M
Granted FY2019
8
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2019.

Human Services$181kHealth$72kAnimals$44kArts & Culture$29kPhilanthropy$18kReligion$17kEducation$11kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2019 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $73,043, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,836,908 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,763,865 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k4 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE$13,306
SALVATION ARMY$11,543
KIDS GALA$11,000
KING OF KINGS MINISTRY$10,000
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE$9,732
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM$6,600
FRIENDS IN DEED$5,709
CHILDREN'S HOSPTIAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION$5,153
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $18k → 14%DETROIT PAL: $10k → 21%FOR THE KIDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%JARC: $6k → 8%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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 4 repeat orgs$220k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +94% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
20

Total granted

$166k
$192k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+94%
+55%

Still filing today

75%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureEducationHousing & 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

  • GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $62k · revenue +94%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    2× · 2017–2019 · $62k
  • MT
    MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $21k · revenue -17%

Funded once

  • MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $28k · revenue +36%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +145%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +90%
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
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
2
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
3
Michigan Federation for Children and Families

To develop and promote programs, funding, etc. for children and families.

—
4
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
7
The New Foster Care

The new foster care will show the love of jesus christ by making a measurable, meaningful, and transformative change in the michigan foster care system and in the lives of those who have experienced foster care by: 1) providing direct…

Human Services
8
Delta Dental Fund

Delta dental fund's mission is to improve the oral health of the public and to advance dental science and the dental profession through research and education.

—
9
The Christ Child Society of Detroit

The christ child society of detroit is an organization serving the metropolitan detroit and out-state areas of michigan by promoting the well-being of disadvantaged children and their families.

Human Services
10
Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc

The make-a-wish foundation of the mid-atlantic creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

—
11
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron

To improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.

Health
12
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.…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Breakloose 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 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $62,095 · OtherGRACE CENTERS OF HOPETHE SALVATION ARMY: $61,686 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYKING OF KINGS MINISTRY: $10,000 · OtherKING OF KINGS MINISTRYAMERICAN RED CROSS: $8,658 · OtherVIETNAM VETERANS CHAPTER 9: $8,264 · OtherTHE GARDEN PARTY ROSS: $7,500 · OtherKENSINGTON COMMUNITY CHURCH: $7,050 · OtherPROMISE VILLAGE HOME FOR CHILDREN: $6,900 · Other+2 more: $11,592 · Other+2 moreKIDSGALA A DAVID C MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION: $21,000 · HealthKIDSGALA A DAVID …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $19,526 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $7,370 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUND…HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $6,600 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $5,153 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPIT…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $18,308 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT POLIC…JARC: $6,495 · Human ServicesJARCBREAKLOOSE INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesBREAKLOOSE IN…YATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS INC: $5,338 · Human ServicesYATOOMA'S FOU…MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $28,414 · AnimalsMICHIGAN HUM…SHANNON ELIZABETH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsSHANNON ELIZ…HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $6,015 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIE…MICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION: $21,256 · Arts & CultureDETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $11,196 · PhilanthropyCELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyOAKLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10,613 · EducationCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $5,503 · Housing & Shelter
Other$183,745Health$59,649Human Services$45,641Animals$44,429Arts & Culture$29,256Philanthropy$18,196Education$10,613Housing & Shelter$5,503

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 budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $62,095 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $28,414 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMICHIGAN THANKSGIVING PARADE FOUNDATION: $21,256 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKIDSGALA A DAVID C MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $19,526 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $18,308 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $11,196 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10,613 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDETROIT CHAMBER WINDS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GARDEN PARTY ROSS: $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $7,370 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCELANI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $6,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY: $6,015 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends In Deed: $5,709 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $5,503 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYATOOMA'S FOUNDATION FOR THE KIDS INC: $5,338 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $5,153 over 2y, 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.

DTE Energy FoundationThe Kresge FoundationCommunity Foundation …Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
DTE Energy FoundationMI15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Charity Motors Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charity Motors Inc. 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 →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Charity Motors Inc 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 29 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports $47k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2019, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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