Michigan · Public charity
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative's mission is to create and provide partners with support to increase the accessibility of early educational resources for vulnerable children in Grand Rapids, MI.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2021
- 10
- Grants FY2021
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $189,536
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $743,452
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 20% of the organizations Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.4M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $2.5M | 43% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $2.0M | 11% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.1M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Refugee Education Center | $1,652,407 | 3 | 39% |
| Steepletown Neighborhood Services Inc | $1,463,566 | 4 | 28% |
| The Other Way Ministries | $1,376,060 | 4 | 37% |
| South End Community Outreach Ministries | $1,153,757 | 5 | 34% |
| United Methodist Community House | $730,659 | 4 | 22% |
| Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc | $648,117 | 5 | 11% |
| Grand Rapids Community College | $624,665 | 4 | n/a |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) | $493,612 | 2 | 1% |
| Baxter Community Center | $342,056 | 3 | 10% |
| Grand Rapids Early Discovery Center | $180,616 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Refugee Education Center | $1,652,407 | 3 | 39% |
| Steepletown Neighborhood Services Inc | $1,463,566 | 4 | 28% |
| The Other Way Ministries | $1,376,060 | 4 | 37% |
| South End Community Outreach Ministries | $1,153,757 | 5 | 34% |
| United Methodist Community House | $730,659 | 4 | 22% |
| Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc | $648,117 | 5 | 11% |
| Grand Rapids Community College | $624,665 | 4 | n/a |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) | $493,612 | 2 | 1% |
| Baxter Community Center | $342,056 | 3 | 10% |
| Grand Rapids Early Discovery Center | $180,616 | 3 | n/a |
| Catching the Dream Learning Center | $178,800 | 1 | 87% |
| New Level Sports | $120,511 | 2 | 9% |
| Sugar and Spice | $67,600 | 2 | n/a |
| AnchoRRa | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Catching the Dream | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Health Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pre-K International Child Care Center | $23,700 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: WK Kellogg Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Wege Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) · Corewell Health Group Return · Feeding America West Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Frey Foundation · Krw Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative with peer funders
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About Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative
- How much does Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative give?
- Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative reported 10 grants totaling $2,353,262 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (69%), Civil Rights (18%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: The Refugee Education Center ($1.7M), Steepletown Neighborhood Services Inc ($1.5M), The Other Way Ministries ($1.4M).
- Does Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include WK Kellogg Foundation, Heart of West Michigan United Way, The Wege Foundation.
- Where is Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative based?
- Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative is based in MI.
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