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Consumers Energy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
296
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$500k
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 2024.

Community Improvement$9.2MPhilanthropy$8.8MHuman Services$4.2MEducation$3.2MEnvironment$2.9MArts & Culture$2.1MHousing & Shelter$2.1MPublic Benefit$2.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 296 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k175 grants · $563k
  • $10k–50k86 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+9 grants · $2.5M
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$67M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND ACTION 20$500,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$290,700
CITY OF WEST BRANCH$250,000
Individual grant recipient$250,000
PKL CARES$250,000
COMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS$250,000
Individual grant recipient$250,000
SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY$250,000
MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION$250,000
FIRST IN MICHIGAN$228,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MICHIGAN INC$200,000
YOURCAUSE FBO THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND$167,317
CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$150,000
LAKESHORE ADVANTAGE FOUNDATION$125,000
CITY OF DOUGLAS$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $3.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%MOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION: $8k → 10%RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER IONIA MONTCALM INC: $15k → 12%HILLSDALE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES CENTER INC: $15k → 14%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAGINAW: $75k → 18%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $250k → 9%CHOICES OF MANISTEE COUNTY INC: $14k → 13%UNITED WAY OF CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES: $11k → 17%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 8%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 12%UNITED WAY OF CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES: $11k → 17%CLEVELAND MANOR: $50k → 9%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 9%REGION 38 AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $25k → 14%UNITED WAY OF CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES: $10k → 17%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%CHARITABLE UNION: $10k → 14%UNITED WAY OF CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES: $9k → 17%UNITED WAY OF CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES: $9k → 17%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE OF MID-MICHIGAN INC: $25k → 9%JOHN GEORGE HOME INC: $125k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $15k → 13%WAVE PROJECT: $15k → 10%CLOTHING INC: $8k → 19%DROP-IN SELF-HELP CENTER: $10k → 14%EATON CLOTHING & FURNITURE CENTER: $8k → 9%ACCESS: $20k → 21%SALUS CENTER: $10k → 16%JACKSON Y-CENTER INC: $750k → 13%THE STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $250k → 11%ECUMENICAL SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 12%JACKSON Y-CENTER INC: $750k → 13%JACKSON Y-CENTER INC: $750k → 13%GROWTH WORKS: $10k → 21%FASHION HAS HEART: $20k → 11%STAND WITH TRANS: $10k → 8%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $20k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $20k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY: $7k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY: $6k → 13%JUDSON CENTER INC: $20k → 8%HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $40k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $40k → 11%ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $26k → 16%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $10k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
CA
CO
MO
MD
TN
SC
DC
OK
AL
TX
FL
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 13% of Consumers Energy Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in MI; by stated purpose, 85%.

Consumers Energy 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 355 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

355 repeat relationships: 163 still active in FY2024, 192 since wound down; 85 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

355
658

Total granted

$27M
$8.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+31%

Still filing today

74%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • TM
    THE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +83%
  • FI
    FIRST IN MICHIGAN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +43%
  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +290%

Funded once

  • MM
    MID MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $450k · revenue +94%
  • CO
    CITY OF MUSKEGON HEIGHTS
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • SO
    STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +154%
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
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

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2
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

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

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3
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
4
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
5
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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6
Michigan Community Resources

We advance the missions of michigan nonprofit organizations that serve low income individuals and communities through pro bono and low cost legal and other professional services, organizational development, and trusted guidance.

Crime & Legal
7
United Way of Marquette County

Focusing community resources to meet community needs the United Way of Marquette County works to advance the common good by connecting people with health and human care issues they are concerned about and to provide the oversight the…

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8
211 Northeast Michigan

To provide Northeast Michigan with referrals and information to assist with essential needs.

Community Improvement
9
Northwest Michigan Community Action

The organization's mission is to foster positive change by providing opportunities that promote self-sufficiency, improving the quality of life and building stronger, more connected communitites. northwest michigan community action agency,…

Human Services
10
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
11
Macomb County Chamber of Commerce

The organization's mission is to promote a healthy business climate for its members and all businesses in macomb county, michigan.

Unclassified
12
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Four County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

759 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. 759 of the 1,147 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.

16
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
227
Early backer (in before they grew)
732/759
Grantees still filing
524/759
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOURCAUSE FBO THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $1,309,956 · OtherYOURCAUSE FBO THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUNDFood Bank Council of Michigan Inc: $919,850 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $653,541 · OtherUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY: $606,330 · OtherVENTURE NORTH FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT: $600,000 · OtherFIRST IN MICHIGAN: $1,024,000 · OtherFIRST IN MICHIGAN+94 more: $12,344,584 · Other+94 moreTHE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1,315,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MICHIGAN WOME…COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN: $500,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ECONOMI…BATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $461,000 · Community ImprovementBATTLE CREEK UNLI…DETROIT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Community ImprovementDETROIT REGIONAL …RIGHT PLACE FOUNDATION: $370,000 · Community ImprovementRIGHT PLACE FOUND…MICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $365,000 · Community ImprovementMICHIGAN ECONOMIC…SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST CORP: $315,500 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWEST MICHIGA…THE ENTERPRISE GROUP COMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION: $300,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ENTERPRISE GR…LEAP FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · Community ImprovementLEAP FOUNDATION I…+15 more: $1,244,500 · Community Improvement+15 moreUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $961,400 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SO…Michigan Association of United Ways Inc: $625,000 · PhilanthropyMichigan Associa…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $599,400 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDA…GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $500,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND ACTION FOU…Jackson Community Foundation: $330,351 · PhilanthropyJackson Communit…UNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY: $230,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY: $191,100 · Philanthropy+23 more: $1,867,719 · Philanthropy+23 moreJackson YMCA Inc: $2,250,700 · Human ServicesJackson YM…Catholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties: $275,000 · Human ServicesCatholic C…STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $250,000 · Human ServicesSTOREHOUSE…JOHN GEORGE HOME INC: $125,000 · Human Services+9 more: $477,811 · Human Services+9 moreCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $602,000 · EducationSAGINAW FUTURE INC: $375,000 · EducationLAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $184,850 · EducationALMA COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK: $100,000 · EducationKELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $75,000 · EducationTHE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Education+5 more: $231,000 · EducationHabitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc: $1,000,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunities First Inc: $301,000 · Housing & ShelterNorthwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterMACOMB COUNTY ROTATING EMERGENCY SHELTER TEAM: $86,750 · Housing & Shelter+4 more: $146,823 · Housing & ShelterCHEBOYGAN AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureDETROIT PUBLIC MEDIA: $220,000 · Arts & CultureJACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $165,000 · Arts & CultureHistorical Society of Michigan: $160,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC VOGUE THEATRE OF MANISTEE: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MICHIGAN THEATRE OF JACKSON INC: $100,150 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CENTER GREAT LAKES: $75,000 · Arts & CultureIMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER: $75,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Arts & CultureFlint Cultural Center Corporation: $50,450 · Arts & CultureMidland Center for the Arts Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTEMPLEARTS: $50,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$17,458,261Community Improvement$5,571,000Philanthropy$5,305,470Human Services$3,378,511Education$1,837,850Housing & Shelter$1,634,573Arts & Culture$1,390,600

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetJackson YMCA Inc: $2,250,700 over 3y, 18% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1,315,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetFIRST IN MICHIGAN: $1,024,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $961,400 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetFood Bank Council of Michigan Inc: $919,850 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMichigan Association of United Ways Inc: $625,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY: $606,330 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $602,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVENTURE NORTH FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT: $600,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $599,400 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN: $500,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $500,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBATTLE CREEK UNLIMITED INC: $461,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetMID MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $450,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $415,701 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetDETROIT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSAGINAW FUTURE INC: $375,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetRIGHT PLACE FOUNDATION: $370,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetMICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $365,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetGreater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation: $350,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMICHIGAN ROUNDTABLE FOR JUST COMMUNITIES: $335,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetJackson Community Foundation: $330,351 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetFlint and Genesee Group Foundation: $325,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST CORP: $315,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCommunities First Inc: $301,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetTHE ENTERPRISE GROUP COMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION: $300,000 over 4y, 49% of budgetLEAP FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetDETROIT AREA PRE-COLLEGE ENGINEERING PROGRAM INC: $295,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY: $282,459 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties: $275,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetROSCOMMON COUNTY UNITED WAY: $262,400 over 5y, 56% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $251,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS: $250,175 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetSTOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $250,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHEBOYGAN AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $250,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetPKL CARES Child Care Food Pantry Affordable Housing: $250,000 over 1y, 87% of budgetSIX RIVERS LAND CONSERVANCY FKA SIX RIVERS REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $250,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE INC: $239,200 over 2y, 69% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GENESEE COUNTY: $230,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC MEDIA: $220,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ANCHOR INITIATIVE: $200,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetHURON PINES RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $200,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY: $191,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY: $185,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetLAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: $184,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $165,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetHistorical Society of Michigan: $160,000 over 5y, 2.9% 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.

DTE Energy FoundationFrey FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…Comerica Charitable F…The Alvin L Glick Fou…Heart of West Michiga…Harry a and Margaret …Michigan Health Endow…Grand Rapids Communit…Community Foundation …Michigan Association …The Meijer Foundation
DTE Energy FoundationMI140.1× affinity175 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Michigan Association of United Ways Inc · The Meijer 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 Consumers Energy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Consumers Energy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    85report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Consumers Energy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Consumers Energy Foundation 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 1147 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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