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Dickinson Area Community Foundation
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- $607k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $321k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,394
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $86,985
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Dickinson Area Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $321k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $218k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $186k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $234k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $240k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $292k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Hospitals Foundation | $436,100 | 7 | 66% |
| The Salvation Army | $162,077 | 6 | n/a |
| Dickinson Iron Community Services Agency | $159,332 | 6 | 2% |
| Northern Lights YMCA Inc | $145,138 | 5 | 2% |
| Dickinson County Humane Society | $120,628 | 7 | 9% |
| City of Iron Mountain | $62,109 | 2 | n/a |
| Kiwanis Ski Club Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Imagination Factory Community Center | $43,562 | 2 | 15% |
| Salvation Army | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickinson County Cancer Unit | $35,093 | 5 | 11% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Hospitals Foundation | $436,100 | 7 | 66% |
| The Salvation Army | $162,077 | 6 | n/a |
| Dickinson Iron Community Services Agency | $159,332 | 6 | 2% |
| Northern Lights YMCA Inc | $145,138 | 5 | 2% |
| Dickinson County Humane Society | $120,628 | 7 | 9% |
| City of Iron Mountain | $62,109 | 2 | n/a |
| Kiwanis Ski Club Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Imagination Factory Community Center | $43,562 | 2 | 15% |
| Salvation Army | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickinson County Cancer Unit | $35,093 | 5 | 11% |
| D&D K9 Dynamics | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwoods Airlifeline Ltd | $27,264 | 4 | 6% |
| Menominee Range Historical Foundation | $25,704 | 3 | 8% |
| Grace United Methodist Church | $25,248 | 3 | n/a |
| Bay Cliff Health Camp | $20,436 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Camp Batawagama | $17,578 | 3 | 12% |
| Dickinson County Cancer Unit Loan Closet | $17,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpha Senior Citizens Center | $15,953 | 1 | n/a |
| Iron County Little League | $11,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Mastodon Township | $11,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Crystal Theatre | $11,574 | 1 | 6% |
| Forest Park School District | $10,816 | 2 | n/a |
| Niagara School District | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickinson Iron Intermediate School District | $8,624 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingsford Area Little League Inc | $7,680 | 1 | 7% |
| Dickinson County Clerk | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Connectional Council of Global Methodist Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Felch Township | $6,391 | 1 | n/a |
| Crystal Falls Comtemporary Center | $6,184 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Braumart | $6,146 | 1 | 5% |
| Light at the Inn | $5,537 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocesan Council of Marquette Mi Society of St Vincent de Paul | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Menominee River Inc | $5,478 | 1 | 1% |
| Dickinson Trail Network | $5,037 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Dickinson Area Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Klungness Family Foundation Inc · Incrediblebank Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dickinson Area Community Foundation
- How much does Dickinson Area Community Foundation give?
- Dickinson Area Community Foundation reported 14 itemized grants totaling $320,536, out of $606,641 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dickinson Area Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (34%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are Dickinson Area Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dickinson Hospitals Foundation ($436k), The Salvation Army ($162k), Dickinson Iron Community Services Agency ($159k).
- Does Dickinson Area Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dickinson Area Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Klungness Family Foundation Inc, Incrediblebank Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Dickinson Area Community Foundation based?
- Dickinson Area Community Foundation is based in MI.
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