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Charles F Yeager Foundation Inc at a glance

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Charles F Yeager Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$25kHuman Services$13kEducation$10kPhilanthropy$6kCommunity Improvement$5kYouth Development$3kEmployment$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,300
Median grant
1
States reached
$56k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,800
NEW HORIZONS$1,600
VETLIFE$1,450
BLOOMFIELD TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT CHARITIES$1,300
GUEST HOUSE$1,200
SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF SE MICHIGAN$800
ROCHESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION$700
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 (FY20–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WHALEY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 16%EAGLES FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 8%EAGLES FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49k · 12 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$49k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+58%

Still filing today

83%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitEnvironmentOther
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
    4× · 2019–2023 · $7k · revenue +63%
  • MF
    MCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +49%
  • GH
    GUEST HOUSE INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $6k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • BH
    BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue -39%
  • AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGANgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +32%
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
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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2
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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3
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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4
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.…

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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
Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Channels individual, member, and corporate gifts for benefit of community.

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7
Mymichigan Health

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
8
Michigan Health Council

The mission of the michigan health council is to facilitate the education, recruitment and retention of a diverse healthcare workforce by maximizing technology and partnerships.

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9
Macomb County Chamber of Commerce

The organization's mission is to promote a healthy business climate for its members and all businesses in macomb county, michigan.

Unclassified
10
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
11
Association for Children's Mental Health

To ensure all michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.

Health
12
Rumford Hospital

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rainbow Connection; the most unlike its peers is Mcnish Family Foundation. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $7,470 · OtherWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $7,110 · OtherGRACE CENTERS OF HOPEIndividual grant recipient: $3,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEW HORIZONS REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $3,200 · OtherNEW HORIZONS REHABILITATION SERVICES INCEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $2,200 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONBIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $2,000 · OtherBIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCENEW HORIZONS: $1,600 · OtherBLOOMFIELD TWP POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $1,500 · OtherBLOOMFIELD TWP FIRE DEPARTMENT CHARITIES: $1,300 · Other+3 more: $1,800 · Other+3 moreGUEST HOUSE INC: $5,550 · HealthGUEST HOUSE INCBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,500 · HealthBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATIONSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $3,261 · HealthSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTERMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,600 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION…AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN: $2,450 · HealthAUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGANALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,560 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED …+1 more: $150 · HealthMCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $6,250 · PhilanthropyMCNISH FAMILY …ROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITIES INC: $2,430 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER ROTA…+1 more: $130 · PhilanthropyEAGLES FOR CHILDREN: $2,900 · Human ServicesWhaley Children's Center Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesVETLIFE: $4,050 · Public BenefitROCHESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $2,600 · Community ImprovementDucks Unlimited Inc: $500 · Environment
Other$31,780Health$19,071Philanthropy$8,810Human Services$4,400Public Benefit$4,050Community Improvement$2,600Environment$500

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 budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $7,110 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMCNISH FAMILY FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGUEST HOUSE INC: $5,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVETLIFE: $4,050 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $3,261 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HORIZONS REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLES FOR CHILDREN: $2,900 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetROCHESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $2,600 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITIES INC: $2,430 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhaley Children's Center Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuron County Community Foundation: $130 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.

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.

Thomas R and Iris B H…Community Foundation …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Thomas R and Iris B Harrison Foundation IncMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas R and Iris B Harrison Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Charles F Yeager Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles F Yeager Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

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    How do I get to Charles F Yeager Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Charles F Yeager Foundation 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 27 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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