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Edsel & Eleanor Ford House

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$69kCommunity Improvement$36kArts & Culture$16kHuman Services$13kEducation$12kEmployment$2kRecreation & Sports$2kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$318M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLAGE OF GROSSE POINTE SHORES$15,500
CITY OF ST CLAIR SHORES$5,000
GROSSE POINTE CHAMBER FOUNDATION$4,600
CITY OF GROSSE POINTE WOODS$2,500
GROSSE POINTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$2,500
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN$2,266
ASE HR MANAGEMENT GROUP INC$2,000
GROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,990
SERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC$1,500
AZABACHE$1,500
GROSSE POINTE WAR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
MACOMB COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$1,000
GROSSE POINTE ROTARY CLUB$850
THE FAMILY CENTER OF GROSSE POINTE & HARPER WOODS$760
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, 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%SAMARITAS: $819 → 21%SERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC: $2k → 21%THE FAMILY CENTER OF GROSSE POINTE & HARPER WOODS: $760 → 21%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$119k · 13 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
32

Total granted

$119k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+2%

Still filing today

54%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • GP
    GROSSE POINTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +55%
  • GP
    GROSSE POINTE CHAMBER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +423%
  • COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
    3× · 2021–2023 · $8k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • SS
    SAM SANDIFER FUNERAL COSTS
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • CO
    CITY OF GROSSE PTE WOODS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • MN
    MOTORCITIES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PARTNERSHIP INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -4%
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
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
2
Flint & Genesee Group

To promote the common economic interests of all the commercial enterprises in the Genesee County, Michigan community. The Organization strives to enhance the business climate in the area and advocates for public policy that supports…

Community Improvement
3
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

—
4
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

—
5
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
6
Marquette County Historical Society

Preserving the history of our area brings an understanding to the past and present, and provides a guide for the future. we not only maintain exhibits, artifacts and a research library, we provide a forum for engaging the community and…

Arts & Culture
7
Michilimackinac Historical Society

To preserve, record and maintain the historical information of the area between michigan's upper and lower peninsulas, known as michilimackinac.

—
8
Michigan Historic Preservation Network

Advocate for michigan's historic resources to contribute to the economic vitality, sense of place and connection to the past.

—
9
Michigan City Historical Socie

To promote historical study and preserve the lighthouse museum

—
10
Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce

To promote business and economic development for eight towns in southwest michigan.

—
11
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
12
Neighborhood Club

The neighborhood club collaborates to enhance the health and well-being of grosse pointe and surrounding communities by offering comprehensive recreation, social, and wellness programs.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Humanities Council; the most unlike its peers is Ferndale Community 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

26 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. 26 of the 57 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VILLAGE OF GROSSE POINTE SHORES: $46,000 · OtherVILLAGE OF GROSSE POINTE SHORESCITY OF ST CLAIR SHORES: $15,000 · OtherCITY OF ST CLAIR SHORESSAM SANDIFER FUNERAL COSTS: $8,143 · OtherSAM SANDIFER FUNERAL COSTSCITY OF GROSSE POINTE WOODS: $5,000 · Other+31 more: $23,058 · Other+31 moreGROSSE POINTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $21,764 · Community ImprovementGROSSE POINTE CHAMBER O…GROSSE POINTE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $9,350 · Community ImprovementGROSSE POINTE CHAMBER F…MOTORCITIES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,000 · Community ImprovementMOTORCITIES NATIONAL HE…+1 more: $144 · Community ImprovementHistorical Society of Michigan: $5,882 · Arts & CultureGROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,740 · Arts & CultureGROSSE POINTE WAR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $800 · Arts & CultureCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $7,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationGROSSE POINTE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $1,600 · EducationBERRY COLLEGE INC: $630 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationSERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER: $1,500 · Human ServicesSAMARITAS: $819 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTER OF GROSSE POINTE & HARPER WOODS: $760 · Human ServicesFor the Girls Inc: $495 · Human ServicesLIFE REMODELED: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterFERNDALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$97,201Community Improvement$33,258Arts & Culture$12,422Education$11,980Human Services$3,574Housing & Shelter$1,000Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetGROSSE POINTE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $21,764 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetGROSSE POINTE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $9,350 over 2y, 12% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Michigan: $5,882 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGROSSE POINTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,740 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOTORCITIES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGROSSE POINTE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $1,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE REMODELED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE WAR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFERNDALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALBERT KAHN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMACOMB COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAS: $819 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER OF GROSSE POINTE & HARPER WOODS: $760 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $630 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFor the Girls Inc: $495 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $480 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA MARIA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Detroit: $144 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Richard and Jane Mano…William & Martha Ford…DTE Energy FoundationThe Ralph C Wilson Jr…Lynn & Paul Alandt Fo…Henry Ford Health Sys…Ethel and James Flinn…WK Kellogg FoundationThe Skillman Foundati…Thomas a Mackey Chari…Thomas and Carol Crac…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI32.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation · William & Martha Ford Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation · Henry Ford Health System · Ethel and James Flinn Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · Thomas a Mackey Charitable Foundation · Thomas and Carol Cracchiolo 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 Edsel & Eleanor Ford House funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edsel & Eleanor Ford House. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%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
    1get no government money at all
    8report 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.
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    How do I get to Edsel & Eleanor Ford House?

    Find your warmest path to Edsel & Eleanor Ford House 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 57 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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