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Community Christian Ministries

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$4k
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 2024.

Human Services$65kReligion$60kInternational$43kHealth$24kYouth Development$15kCrime & Legal$14kFood & Nutrition$11kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$428k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE$3,500
STORE HOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES$3,000
NEW CITY NEIGHBORS$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
ROOSEVELT PARK MINISTRIES$2,500
ACCESS$2,500
BRIDGE STREET MINISTRIES$2,000
SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES$2,000
ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES$2,000
COMMUNITY RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL$1,000
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 (FY18–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $4k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $4k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $3k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $3k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $2k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $2k → 11%STORE HOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 11%SAMARITAN'S CARRIAGE: $3k → 11%ACCESS: $2k → 11%UCOM: $2k → 11%WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $3k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$176k · 18 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
22

Total granted

$176k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+22%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $22k · revenue +65%
  • TC
    Treetops Collective
    6× · 2018–2023 · $17k · revenue +72%
  • HP
    HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc
    6× · 2017–2023 · $15k · revenue +362%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIRST CHR REFORMED CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • FN
    FAMILY NETWORK
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -34%
  • AL
    ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan

Expressing God's love by reaching out to the hurting and homeless of the Great Lakes Bay Region by providing shelter and care, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and establishing Christian disciples among disadvantaged people.

Housing & Shelter
2
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
3
Christian Community Response Team

Catholic Community Response Team provides direct support and referral services to those in crisis needing emergency assistance to meet their basic needs. We do it in a manner inspired by the Gospel of Jesus. Our focus is to keep families…

Human Services
4
Urban Family Ministries

Urban Family Ministries exists to strengthen families and change lives by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ within the urban core of Grand Rapids through relational, spiritual and economic empowerment.

Human Services
5
Safe Haven Counseling Associates in

Biblical counseling

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6
Networks Cooperative Ministry Inc

the mission of networks cooperative ministry, inc. is to respond with the hospitality of christ to the food and financial needs of residents and to partner with them to find long-term solutions to poverty.

Religion
7
Christian Counseling of Mid Michigan

Provide counseling for all, regardless of ability to pay.

Health
8
Next Door Ministries

The organization's purpose is to provide resources for men taking the next steps from recovery to a sustainable lifestyle. Our goal is to create a path to success for men struggling with a broken life pattern by providing a Christ-centered…

Religion
9
Christian Services Love Inc of Greater Lansing

Christian Services serves as a resource center and clearinghouse matching resources of over 200 Lansing, MI area churches to needs from local indigent people. Coordination of Thanksgiving food baskets, clothes closets, and transitional…

Human Services
10
Christnet

A shared ministry with over fifty churches from various denominations who help to house and feed the homeless. Our guests receive a safe place to stay over night plus a hot meal meals. We also have a day program open year round where…

Human Services
11
Love Your Neighbor of West Michigan

Following Jesus Christ, who transforms lives, Love Your Neighbor equips our community to love, serve and connect with dignity.

Unclassified
12
Severe Weather Network Livingston County

The Severe Weather Network (SWN) partners with community organizations, agencies, and faith communities to provide emergency, overnight refuge during the winter months for people experiencing homelessness in Livingston County. SWN also…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Degage Ministries; the most unlike its peers is The West Michigan friendship center. 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

25 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. 25 of the 43 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc: $15,000 · OtherHELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid IncIndividual grant recipient: $14,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMATTHEW'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $7,765 · OtherMATTHEW'S HOUSE MINISTRIESPregnancy Resource Center: $7,500 · OtherPregnancy Resource CenterDEGAGE: $6,000 · OtherDEGAGEFIRST CHR REFORMED CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherThe West Michigan friendship center: $7,000 · OtherThe West Michigan friendship center+14 more: $32,500 · Other+14 moreVOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE: $22,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEERS IN SERVICETreetops Collective: $17,365 · Human ServicesTreetops CollectiveDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5,500 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIESARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $4,500 · Human ServicesARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR E…STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITANS CARRIAGE: $2,500 · Human ServicesWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,765 · Human ServicesROOSEVELT PARK MINISTRIES INC: $14,000 · Crime & LegalNEXT STEP OF WEST MICHIGAN: $2,500 · Crime & LegalACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN: $8,500 · ReligionBridge Street House of Prayer: $3,400 · ReligionCOMMUNITY KIDS: $3,000 · ReligionCOMMUNITY RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL: $11,265 · HealthSTARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · HealthNEW CITY NEIGHBORS: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DOCK MINISTRIES: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $1,765 · Housing & Shelter
Other$110,265Human Services$58,630Crime & Legal$16,500Religion$14,900Health$14,265Youth Development$13,000Housing & Shelter$10,765

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE: $22,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTreetops Collective: $17,365 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetROOSEVELT PARK MINISTRIES INC: $14,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL: $11,265 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNEW CITY NEIGHBORS: $11,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe West Michigan friendship center: $7,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY NETWORK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBridge Street House of Prayer: $3,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY KIDS: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSTARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT STEP OF WEST MICHIGAN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $1,765 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY: $1,765 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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 VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds Treetops Collective ↗
  • Who funds HELP Pregnancy Crisis Aid Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROOSEVELT PARK MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY RECOVERY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds NEW CITY NEIGHBORS ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Pregnancy Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds The West Michigan friendship center ↗
  • Who funds DEGAGE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Bridge Street House of Prayer ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds STARLIGHT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds NEXT STEP OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITANS CARRIAGE ↗
  • Who funds THE DOCK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WEDGWOOD CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds HOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY ↗

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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Peter C & Emajean Coo…Douglas & Maria Devos…Heart of West Michiga…Cdv5 FoundationBuist FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…Frey FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Sebastian Foundat…The David and Carol V…Dick and Betsy Devos …
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI41.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Cdv5 Foundation · Buist Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Frey Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family 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 Community Christian Ministries funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Christian Ministries. 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%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    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 Community Christian Ministries?

    Find your warmest path to Community Christian Ministries 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 43 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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