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Chemical Bank Foundation at a glance

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Chemical Bank Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.6M
Granted FY2017
122
Grants FY2017
8
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 122 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k71 grants · $235k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $815k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $525k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SE MICHIGAN$1,002,873
GERALD R FORD INT'L AIRPORT (GRAND$100,000
YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH$100,000
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY$100,000
LAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON H$75,000
MICHIGAN 4-H FOUNDATION$50,000
EMPOWERMENT PLAN$50,000
MICHIGAN BASEBALL FOUNDATION$50,000
UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND COUNTY$47,500
MIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$40,000
DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION$37,500
JR ACHIEVEMENT OF MI GREAT LAKES$30,000
NILES BUCHANAN YMCA$25,000
GILDAS CLUB - METRO DETROIT$25,000
CITY YEAR INC (DETROIT)$25,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KIDS IN DISTRESS SERVICES: $2k → 13%CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $25k → 12%EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $50k → 21%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $20k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 42% of Chemical Bank Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 87%.

Chemical Bank Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

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2
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
3
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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4
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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5
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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6
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
7
Michigan Credit Union Foundation

Cooperatively empowering credit unions to increase financial well-being by supporting community enrichment, financial education, and credit union development initiatives

Public Benefit
8
Michigan Chamber Foundation

1) to plan and conduct nonpartisan public education programs regarding free enterprise, productivity and basic economic issues affecting the state of michigan.2) to establish and operate a leadership institute designed to provide promising…

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce

The west coast chamber exists to be a catalyst for business growth and development, a convener of leaders and influencers, and a champion for a thriving community.

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11
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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12
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

77 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. 77 of the 114 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)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/77
Grantees still filing
57/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $1,002,873 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGANMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $65,000 · PhilanthropyMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+7 more: $61,385 · Philanthropy+7 moreYESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAH: $100,000 · OtherYESHIVATH BETH YEHUDAHGERALD R FORD INT'L AIRPORT (GRAND: $100,000 · OtherGERALD R FORD INT'L AIRPORT (GRANDLAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON H: $75,000 · OtherLAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION BENTON HUnited Way of Midland County: $47,500 · OtherUnited Way of Midland CountyJR ACHIEVEMENT OF MI GREAT LAKES: $35,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INC: $30,000 · Other+65 more: $503,000 · Other+65 moreNorthwood University: $115,000 · EducationSAGINAW FUTURE INC: $15,000 · EducationMEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationREAD TO A CHILD INC: $10,000 · Education+4 more: $10,000 · EducationMICHIGAN BASEBALL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementDETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · Community ImprovementBAY FUTURE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSTART GARDEN INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE YOUNGSTOWN EDISON BUSINESS INCUBATOR: $5,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $4,000 · Community ImprovementTHE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $50,000 · Human ServicesCASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesGILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT: $25,000 · Arts & CultureVALLEY ART CENTER INC: $20,850 · Arts & CultureMidland Center for the Arts Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureKRASL ART CENTER INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureDetroit Historical Society: $6,000 · Arts & CultureARTIST ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN 4-H FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentMT PLEASANT PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentKENT COUNTY YOUTH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $4,500 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$1,129,258Other$890,500Education$165,000Community Improvement$116,500Human Services$99,000Arts & Culture$91,850Youth Development$85,500

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 budgetNorthwood University: $115,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE EMPOWERMENT PLAN: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMICHIGAN BASEBALL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMICHIGAN 4-H FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetUnited Way of Midland County: $47,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetVALLEY ART CENTER INC: $20,850 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetMYMICHIGAN HEALTH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidland Center for the Arts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMT PLEASANT PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKRASL ART CENTER INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBAY FUTURE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMICHIGAN HISTORIC PRESERVATION NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetYOUNGSTOWNWARREN REGIONAL CHAMBER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHILLS & DALES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetREAD TO A CHILD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetInspiring Minds: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $8,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFERNWOOD INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Historical Society: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNGSTOWN EDISON BUSINESS INCUBATOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTIST ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTHE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKENT COUNTY YOUTH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarbor Habitat for Humanity Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDOWNTOWN BOXING GYM YOUTH PROGRAM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSVRC Industries Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMECOSTA - OSCEOLA UNITED WAY INC: $4,885 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGRACE HEALTH INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarriage Town Ministries: $3,000 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.

Consumers Energy Foun…Community Foundation …DTE Energy FoundationComerica Charitable F…The Mercantile Bank F…Harry a and Margaret …Tr Ua Fifth Third Fou…American Electric Pow…Bierlein Companies Fo…Douglas & Maria Devos…Heart of West Michiga…Michigan Health Endow…
Consumers Energy FoundationMI47.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Tr Ua Fifth Third Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Michigan Health Endowment 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 Chemical Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chemical Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 114 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home