· Private foundation
Fawcett Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRAND RAPIDS BALLET | $10,000 |
| DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF WEST MICHIGAN | $5,000 |
| PAN MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE | $5,000 |
| YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS | $2,000 |
| KENT DISTRICT LIBRARY | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOOD CLUB OF GRAND RAPIDS | $2,000 |
| JOHN BALL ZOO | $2,000 |
| BEER CITY DOG BISCUITS | $1,000 |
| LITERACY CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN | $1,000 |
| NEW GROWTH PROJECT | $1,000 |
| AMPLIFY GR | $1,000 |
| GRACIOUS GROUNDS | $1,000 |
| GRAND CITY SHOW SKIERS | $500 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
BrickWays mission is to improve the lives of those with physical and developmental disabilities by providing housing options by adapting to their individual needs and by maximizing their potential in ways that integrate their lives with…
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…
The Arc of Greensboro is committed to identifying and securing life-long opportunities for children & adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities. Through advocacy, services, programs, and education,The Arc supports individuals &…
Grow commits to a future where small business ownership can be realized as a pathway to wealth creation. we strive to provide capital and knowledge that is informed through curiosity and authentic relationships.
To improve the quality of life, increase the independence, and assure the full inclusion in the community of all persons with developmental disabilities.
To provide people with disabilities the opportunity to lead fulfilling lives and to train and work in a supportive, safe and caring environment while producing and providing products and services to the community.
Our mission is to continuously expand the potential of children, the experiences of educators and the involvement of parents within the diverse community of grand rapids, mi
Development in Gardening is improving the nutrition and livelihoods of some of the world's most uniquely marginalized people by teaching them to plant regenerative gardens that grow health, wealth, and a sense of belonging.
Our vision is a meaningful job for everyone where all individuals regardless of ability have the opportunity to thrive in the workplace. Our mission is to cultivate thriving work environments with purpose and potential for individuals with…
At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…
Disability belongs drives cultural and policy change to ensure our full representation and influence, creating a more accessible, equitable, and inclusive society.
The mission of goodwill's green works, inc. is to provide training and develop the skills of people with employment challenges to enable them to work. environmentally friendly services are provided to customers while creating job…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amplify Gr and the most unlike its peers is The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019). Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds GRAND RAPIDS BALLET ↗
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN BALL ZOO ↗
- Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) ↗
- Who funds Literacy Center of West Michigan ↗
- Who funds GRACIOUS GROUNDS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW GROWTH PROJECT ↗
- Who funds AMPLIFY GR ↗
- Who funds BEER CITY DOG BISCUITS ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Frey Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Fawcett Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc — 0% of income from government
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.