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Dickinson Area Community Foundation

Enhancing and strengthening our communities now and for generations to come.

$607k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$87k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$556kHealth$536kRecreation & Sports$146kAnimals$121kArts & Culture$53kFood & Nutrition$31kEducation$29kYouth Development$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $320,536, the rows itemized in this filing. The $606,641 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $286,105 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $165k
$8,394
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY$86,985
DICKINSON HOSPITALS' FOUNDATION$77,595
SALVATION ARMY$40,000
D&D K9 DYNAMICS$28,000
ALMOST HOME ANIMAL SHELTER$24,802
MENOMINEE RANGE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION$9,613
DICKINSON COUNTY CANCER UNIT$8,394
KINGSFORD AREA LITTLE LEAGUE$7,680
NORTHWOODS AIR LIFELINE$7,239
DICKINSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE$6,800
GRACE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORWAY$6,500
FELCH TOWNSHIP$6,391
GUARDIAN ANGELS ST VINCENT FOOD PANTRY$5,500
DICKINSON TRAIL NETWORK$5,037
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 (FY17–24, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%GUARDIAN ANGELS ST VINCENT FOOD PANTRY: $6k → 11%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA: $94k → 13%DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $87k → 13%DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY AND AFFILIATE: $37k → 13%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA: $23k → 13%DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY AND AFFILIATE: $11k → 13%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA: $11k → 13%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA: $11k → 13%DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY AND AFFILIATE: $10k → 13%DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY AND AFFILIATE: $7k → 13%DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY AND AFFILIATE: $7k → 13%NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA: $7k → 13%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 15 repeat orgs$256k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$1.3M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+161%

Still filing today

67%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DH
    DICKINSON HOSPITALS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $436k · revenue +370% · 66% of their budget
  • DI
    DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $159k · revenue +44%
  • NL
    NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $145k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • KS
    KIWANIS SKI CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $52k · revenue +292%
  • DC
    DICKINSON COUNTY CANCER UNIT LOAN CLOSET
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
  • AS
    ALPHA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $16k
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
Western Michigan Christian Encampment

Christian camps.

Recreation & Sports
2
Medical Care Access Coalition of Dickinson / Iron Counties Inc

To guide and assist dickinson and iron county residents to access optimal health care to meet their individual needs.

Health
3
Keweenaw Trails Services Inc

Acquire, build & maintain snowmobile trails

Recreation & Sports
4
Mackinac Island Medical Center

To support funding of healthcare services for residents of mackinac island.

Health
5
Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce

Member programs/services, economic development

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6
Michigan Area Ambulance Service Inc

Provide rural ambulance service to several communities and provide training in the areas of safety and emergency services to ambulance service staff and the general public.

Health
7
Copper Country Community Arts Council

To promote art awareness.

Arts & Culture
8
Delta County Cancer Alliance Inc

To provide financial assistance, education and support for cancer patients in delta county, michigan

Health
9
Pere Marquette Snowmobile Club Inc

Maintain & improve pere marquette michigan area snowmobile trails.

Recreation & Sports
10
Berrien Area Hockey Association

Youth hockey program

Recreation & Sports
11
Durand Union Station Inc

Operation and preservation of durand union station for education of the public as to history of railroadingin michigan.

Arts & Culture
12
Normenco Sportsmens Club Inc

State of michigan snonmobile trails and atv trails groomed and maintained. hunter safety courses conducted. fish plants made in public streams

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dickinson Iron Community Services Agency; the most unlike its peers is Crystal Theatre. 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

16 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. 16 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DICKINSON HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $436,100 · OtherDICKINSON HOSPITALS FOUNDATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $162,077 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCITY OF IRON MOUNTAIN: $62,109 · OtherCITY OF IRON MOUNTAINSALVATION ARMY: $40,000 · Other+19 more: $236,498 · Other+19 moreDICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $159,332 · Human ServicesDICKINSON IRON COMMUNI…NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC: $145,138 · Human ServicesNORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA I…+1 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesDICKINSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $120,628 · AnimalsIMAGINATION FACTORY COMMUNITY CENTER: $43,562 · Arts & CultureMenominee Range Historical Foundation: $25,704 · Arts & CultureCrystal Theatre: $11,574 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE BRAUMART: $6,146 · Arts & CultureKIWANIS SKI CLUB INC: $52,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF CAMP BATAWAGAMA: $17,578 · Recreation & SportsDICKINSON COUNTY CANCER UNIT: $35,093 · Philanthropy
Other$936,784Human Services$309,970Animals$120,628Arts & Culture$86,986Recreation & Sports$69,578Philanthropy$35,093

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDICKINSON HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $436,100 over 7y, 66% of budgetDICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $159,332 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetNORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC: $145,138 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetDICKINSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $120,628 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetKIWANIS SKI CLUB INC: $52,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetIMAGINATION FACTORY COMMUNITY CENTER: $43,562 over 2y, 15% of budgetDICKINSON COUNTY CANCER UNIT: $35,093 over 5y, 11% of budgetNORTHWOODS AIRLIFELINE LTD: $27,264 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetMenominee Range Historical Foundation: $25,704 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetBAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP: $20,436 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMP BATAWAGAMA: $17,578 over 3y, 12% of budgetCrystal Theatre: $11,574 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetKingsford Area Little League Inc: $7,680 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BRAUMART: $6,146 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL OF MARQUETTE MI SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY MENOMINEE RIVER INC: $5,478 over 1y, 1.0% 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 DICKINSON HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DICKINSON IRON COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN LIGHTS YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds DICKINSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KIWANIS SKI CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds IMAGINATION FACTORY COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DICKINSON COUNTY CANCER UNIT ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWOODS AIRLIFELINE LTD ↗
  • Who funds Menominee Range Historical Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BAY CLIFF HEALTH CAMP ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CAMP BATAWAGAMA ↗
  • Who funds Crystal Theatre ↗
  • Who funds Kingsford Area Little League Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE BRAUMART ↗
  • Who funds DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF MARQUETTE MI SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MENOMINEE RIVER INC ↗

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.

The Klungness Family …Incrediblebank Founda…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Klungness Family Foundation IncDE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Dickinson Area Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dickinson Area Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    6report 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.

    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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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