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Cnb Foundation Agency

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$65kPhilanthropy$48kHealth$38kCrime & Legal$32kArts & Culture$20kHuman Services$11kRecreation & Sports$10kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$882k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON$10,000
JACKSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$10,000
HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC$10,000
HILLSDALE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
HILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR CENTER$5,000
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH$2,500
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN EDGE$2,500
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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR CENTER: $5k → 14%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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$82k · 4 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
13

Total granted

$82k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+16%

Still filing today

75%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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
HealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NC
    NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $50k
  • TM
    THE MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN EDGE INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $8k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • HC
    HILLSDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • HC
    HILLSDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
    one grant, 2024 · $22k
  • SC
    SOAR CAFE AND FARMSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +141%
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
Jackson Community Ambulance

The mission of jackson community ambulance is to provide high-quality out-of-hospital care and transportation services to the communities we serve.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce

To promote business and economic development for eight towns in southwest michigan.

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3
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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4
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

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

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5
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

—
6
Visit Lenawee

To promote lenawee county as a destination providing contemporary amenities to transient guests in a historical and cultural setting for the economic benefit of the community.

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7
Lapeer County Community Foundation

To provide grants to individuals and organizations of lapeer county for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life

Philanthropy
8
Leelanau Conservancy

To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.

Environment
9
Huron County Community Foundation

Receive and Administer funds for the public welfare of the people of Huron County, Michigan

Philanthropy
10
The Jackson County United Way Inc

Jackson county united way assesses needs, secures resources and strategically invests those resources to create lasting, measurable change in the areas of education, health and financial stability for all people in jackson county.

Philanthropy
11
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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12
Jackson County Community Services Consortium

Enhance delivery of quality, integrated, accessible services

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lenawee Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hope Community Center 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

13 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. 13 of the 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $50,000 · OtherNORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLSHILLSDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: $21,500 · OtherHILLSDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INCJACKSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10,000 · OtherJACKSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCEHILLSDALE SALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherSHARE THE WARMTH: $5,000 · OtherHILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES CENTER INC: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $22,738 · Other+9 moreLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOU…HILLSDALE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyHILLSDALE COUNTY COMM…UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTH C…HILLSDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $25,000 · HealthHILLSDALE C…THE MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MICHI…SOAR CAFE AND FARMS: $10,000 · Crime & LegalJACKSON OPTIMIST CHARITABLE FUND INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN EDGE INC: $7,500 · International
Other$129,238Philanthropy$47,500Health$25,000Arts & Culture$20,000Crime & Legal$10,000Youth Development$10,000International$7,500

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 budgetLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHILLSDALE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSOAR CAFE AND FARMS: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetJACKSON OPTIMIST CHARITABLE FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN EDGE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetSHARE THE WARMTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUDSON FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 1.2% 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…The Alvin L Glick Fou…Michigan College Acce…John George Jr Paragr…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Consumers Energy FoundationMI23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Michigan College Access Network · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · 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 Cnb Foundation Agency funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cnb Foundation Agency. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Cnb Foundation Agency?

    Find your warmest path to Cnb Foundation Agency 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 24 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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