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Eagle Feather Foundation

To provide funding to charities in fulfillment of the exempt purposes of national christian charitable foundation, inc.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

71% of Eagle Feather Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’20
6
’21
3
’22
6
’23
6
’24
9
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2025.

Philanthropy$13MHealth$5.2MHuman Services$3.0MAnimals$600kCommunity Improvement$285kEducation$230kReligion$175kFood & Nutrition$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $38k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $350k
  • $250k+6 grants · $11M
$285,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$8,270,236
EVERGREEN COMMONS$1,000,000
GATEWAY MISSION$1,000,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$500,000
AMPLIFYGR$285,000
MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL$250,000
OUTDOOR DISCOVERY CENTER$200,000
KIDS' FOOD BASKET$100,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$50,000
EQUEST CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING$38,000
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 (FY21–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES OF MICHIGAN: $40k → 8%EVERGREEN COMMONS: $1.0M → 10%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 6 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
5

Total granted

$7.8M
$328k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+34%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesReligionEducationCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +29%
  • ON
    ODC NETWORK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $600k · revenue +109%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $230k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • MW
    MOVEMENT WEST MICHIGANgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $175k · revenue +137% · 92% of their budget
  • HC
    Holland Community Aquatic Center Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -90%
  • BC
    BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +34%
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.

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The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
2
Memorial Healthcare Foundation

Through fund development, we serve our community by assisting memorial healthcare achieve its mission to promote health and provide quality compassionate healthcare in the shiawassee region.

Education
3
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
4
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
5
Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation

To receive and administer funds to support the mission of mclaren northern michigan and support programs that enhance the well-being of the community.

Health
6
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
8
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
9
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
10
Northwest Community Healthcare

NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE follows the mission of Endeavor Health. The mission of Endeavor Health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." Central to this mission is a commitment to providing clinical programs and…

Health
11
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
12
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holland Community Aquatic Center Foundation. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 16 of the 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $11,711,058 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC: $925,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INCCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $2,400,000 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $2,000,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF …Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc: $538,000 · HealthEquest Center for Therapeu…MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthLAKESHORE RESCUE MISSIONS: $2,000,000 · OtherLAKESHORE R…MOVEMENT WEST MICHIGAN: $175,000 · OtherMOVEMENT WE…KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $100,000 · Other+2 more: $82,539 · OtherEVERGREEN COMMONS: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $40,000 · Human ServicesODC NETWORK: $600,000 · AnimalsAMPLIFY GR: $285,000 · Community ImprovementSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $230,000 · EducationTHE RUSSELL KIRK CENTER FOR CULTURAL RENEWAL: $30,000 · Education
Philanthropy$12,636,058Health$5,188,000Other$2,357,539Human Services$1,040,000Animals$600,000Community Improvement$285,000Education$260,000

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 budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $11,711,058 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $2,400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $2,000,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetEVERGREEN COMMONS: $1,000,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC: $925,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetODC NETWORK: $600,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetEquest Center for Therapeutic Riding Inc: $538,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT WEST MICHIGAN: $175,000 over 1y, 92% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHolland Community Aquatic Center Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RUSSELL KIRK CENTER FOR CULTURAL RENEWAL: $30,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetNCF CHARITABLE TRUST: $7,539 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 Community Foundat…Grand Haven Area Comm…Frey FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Jim and Ginger Jurrie…Douglas & Sandra Deko…John and Judy Spoelho…The Meijer FoundationDick and Betsy Devos …Grand Rapids Communit…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Frey Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Douglas & Sandra Dekock Family Foun · John and Judy Spoelhof Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · Grand Rapids Community 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 Eagle Feather Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eagle Feather Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Eagle Feather Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Eagle Feather 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 17 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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