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Child Welfare Society of Flint

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$206k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$24k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$231kArts & Culture$120kFood & Nutrition$106kYouth Development$106kRecreation & Sports$68kCommunity Improvement$30kPhilanthropy$24kCrime & Legal$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD BANK OF EASTERN MICHIGAN$24,000
MICHIGAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION$19,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$16,500
NGA INC$15,000
OLD NEWSBOYS OF FLINT$15,000
CROSSOVER OUTREACH$15,000
MOTHERLY INTERCESSION$15,000
FLINT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & HISTORY$10,000
YWCA OF GREATER FLINT$10,000
FAITH FOUNDATION RESOURCES$10,000
YMCA$7,500
NEXT LEVEL EXPERIENCE$7,500
FLINT EASTSIDE MISSION$7,500
HURLEY FOUNDATION$6,500
MICHIGAN CROSSROADS COUNCIL$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 (FY21–25, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%CROSSOVER OUTREACH: $15k → 16%CROSSOVER DOWNTOWN OUTREACH MINISTR: $11k → 16%CROSSOVER DOWNTOWN OUTREACH MINISTR: $10k → 16%CROSSOVER DOWNTOWN OUTREACH MINISTR: $6k → 16%CROSSOVER DOWNTOWN OUTREACH MINISTR: $5k → 16%CROSSOVER DOWNTOWN OUTREACH MINISTR: $5k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $10k → 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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$652k · 23 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
6

Total granted

$652k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
-3%

Still filing today

70%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’25
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • FB
    Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
    3× · 2022–2025 · $54k · revenue +27%
  • ON
    OLD NEWSBOYS OF FLINT INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +4%
  • NG
    National Giving Alliance-Flint Branch
    2× · 2022–2023 · $24k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA of Greater Flintgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +63%
  • TF
    THE FLINT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -29%
  • SO
    SHELTER OF FLINT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -3%
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
Child Welfare Society of Flint
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2
Flint Public Art Project

Non Profit Art Organization

Community Improvement
3
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
4
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
5
Flint Jewish Federation

To further the welfare of the jewish community

Philanthropy
6
Flint Institute of Arts

The Flint Institute of Arts Museum + Art School connects diverse communities through fun, creative, and inspiring visual art experiences.

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
The Michigan Glass Project
Public Benefit
9
Flint Police Foundation Inc

The mission of the flint police foundation is to promote public safety through partnerships that provide resources to help the flint police department perform at its highest level in service to the community. the organization goal is to…

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Flint Social Club

Flint Social Club is to lower access barriers for the Flint food community by mentoring chefs and creating equitable opportunities for growth.

Employment
11
International Center of Greater Flint

To celebrate and promote our international diversity because it makes us a stronger community

Public Benefit
12
Education Foundation for the Flint Community Schools

To Influence and enrich student achievement for the students of Flint Community Schools.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca of Greater Flint; the most unlike its peers is GEARUP2LEAD. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW MCCREE THEATRE: $47,000 · OtherNEW MCCREE THEATREYMCA: $42,450 · OtherYMCAOLD NEWSBOYS OF FLINT INC: $35,000 · OtherOLD NEWSBOYS OF FLINT INCGEARUP2LEAD: $35,000 · OtherGEARUP2LEADYWCA: $35,000 · OtherYWCABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $35,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBSSALVATION ARMY: $29,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYFlint Institute of Science & History: $25,000 · OtherNational Giving Alliance-Flint Branch: $24,000 · OtherGenesee Area Focus Fund: $23,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $21,800 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $16,500 · OtherELE'S PLACE INC: $20,000 · Other+11 more: $105,500 · Other+11 moreCROSSOVER OUTREACH: $52,000 · Human ServicesCROSSOVER OU…YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $30,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF GREA…Food Bank of Eastern Michigan: $54,000 · Food & NutritionFlint Institute of Music: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTAPOLOGY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FLINT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $12,500 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: $32,500 · Recreation & SportsNEXT LEVEL EXPERIENCE: $13,500 · Recreation & SportsMOTHERLY INTERCESSION: $21,000 · Crime & LegalHURLEY FOUNDATION: $20,250 · Civil Rights
Other$494,750Human Services$82,000Food & Nutrition$54,000Arts & Culture$47,500Recreation & Sports$46,000Crime & Legal$21,000Civil Rights$20,250

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 budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $54,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSOVER OUTREACH: $52,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetOLD NEWSBOYS OF FLINT INC: $35,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetGEARUP2LEAD: $35,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMICHIGAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: $32,500 over 2y, 38% of budgetYWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFlint Institute of Science & History: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Giving Alliance-Flint Branch: $24,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetGenesee Area Focus Fund: $23,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMOTHERLY INTERCESSION: $21,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHURLEY FOUNDATION: $20,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFlint Institute of Music: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTAPOLOGY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetYMCA of Greater Flint: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEXT LEVEL EXPERIENCE: $13,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetTHE FLINT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCommunities First Inc: $7,000 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.

  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds CROSSOVER OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds OLD NEWSBOYS OF FLINT INC ↗
  • Who funds GEARUP2LEAD ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Science & History ↗
  • Who funds National Giving Alliance-Flint Branch ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Area Focus Fund ↗
  • Who funds MOTHERLY INTERCESSION ↗
  • Who funds HURLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
  • Who funds ELE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds TAPOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Greater Flint ↗
  • Who funds NEXT LEVEL EXPERIENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE FLINT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Faith Foundation Resources ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER OF FLINT INC ↗
  • Who funds Communities First Inc ↗

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.

Stella & Frederick Lo…Charles Stewart Mott …The Hagerman Foundati…Community Foundation …Ruth Mott FoundationMerkley Charitable Tr…Nartel Family Foundat…Anna Paulina Foundati…Burroughs Memorial Tr…The Whiting FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Mackey Foundation
Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable TrustOH41.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Hagerman Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Ruth Mott Foundation · Merkley Charitable Trust · Nartel Family Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · Burroughs Memorial Trust · The Whiting Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Mackey 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 Child Welfare Society of Flint funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Child Welfare Society of Flint. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Child Welfare Society of Flint?

    Find your warmest path to Child Welfare Society of Flint 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 34 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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