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Community Economic Development Association of Michigan

The COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN (cedam) supports its diverse membership to create vibrant, sustainable and resilient communities. We enhance locally-driven community economic development efforts through training and resources, technical assistance, capacity building and policy advocacy.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Itemized grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$38,704
Largest grant, FY2025
$550,017
Organizations funded a year
2 to 11
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Community Economic Development Association of Michigan funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
PhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$1.7M40%
FY202411$401k36%
FY20233$194k33%
FY20229$711k100%
FY20182$72kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Community Improvement$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.1MHuman Services$434kEmployment$265kHousing & Shelter$75kPublic Benefit$63kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kYouth Development$33kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Accounting Aid Society$952,354412%
United Way of South Central Michigan$314,70032%
Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc$263,10530%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$256,25041%
Northwest Michigan Community Action$239,89330%
Community Action Agency$166,94730%
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland Inc$145,60310%
United Way of Marquette County$92,065118%
Macomb Community Action$87,2773n/a
Barry County United Way$71,67722%
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All grantees of Community Economic Development Association of Michigan by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Accounting Aid Society$952,354412%
United Way of South Central Michigan$314,70032%
Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc$263,10530%
Heart of West Michigan United Way$256,25041%
Northwest Michigan Community Action$239,89330%
Community Action Agency$166,94730%
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland Inc$145,60310%
United Way of Marquette County$92,065118%
Macomb Community Action$87,2773n/a
Barry County United Way$71,67722%
Michigan Association of United Ways Inc$62,00013%
City of Lansing$58,6452n/a
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$50,00010%
Southwest Organizations Unifying Resources for Our Community and Employee$50,00014%
Devota Advocacy Services$45,000138%
United Way of Lapeer County$41,685221%
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc$40,46720%
Goodwill Industries of West Michigan Inc$35,0001n/a
Community Action House$26,77610%
United Way of Genesee County$25,00010%
Cheboygan Vita$12,3152n/a
City of Garden City$10,0001n/a
Cass Kickstart to Careers$9,0561n/a
Alternatives for Girls$5,70910%

Where it is load-bearing

Community Economic Development Association of Michigan supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAccounting Aid Society: $952,354 over 4y, 12% of budgetUnited Way of South Central Michigan: $314,700 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc: $263,105 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHeart of West Michigan United Way: $256,250 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwest Michigan Community Action: $239,893 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Action Agency: $166,947 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland Inc: $145,603 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Marquette County: $92,065 over 1y, 18% of budgetBarry County United Way: $71,677 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMichigan Association of United Ways Inc: $62,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest Organizations Unifying Resources for Our Community and Employee: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetDevota Advocacy Services: $45,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetUnited Way of Lapeer County: $41,685 over 2y, 21% of budgetMid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc: $40,467 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Action House: $26,776 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Genesee County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlternatives for Girls: $5,709 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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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…DTE Energy FoundationWK Kellogg FoundationFlagstar Foundation I…Michigan Health Endow…United Way for Southe…Heart of West Michiga…Tr Ua Fifth Third Fou…Comerica Charitable F…Community Foundation …Michigan Community Ac…Council of Michigan F…
Consumers Energy FoundationMI29.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Tr Ua Fifth Third Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Michigan Community Action Inc · Council of Michigan Foundations

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.

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About Community Economic Development Association of Michigan

How much does Community Economic Development Association of Michigan give?
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan reported 23 itemized grants totaling $1,721,840, out of $1,931,342 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Community Economic Development Association of Michigan fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (39%), Philanthropy (33%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Community Economic Development Association of Michigan's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Accounting Aid Society ($952k), United Way of South Central Michigan ($315k), Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc ($263k).
Does Community Economic Development Association of Michigan fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Economic Development Association of Michigan?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Consumers Energy Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation.
Where is Community Economic Development Association of Michigan based?
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan is based in MI.

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 29 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 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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