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George and Amy Monroe Foundation at a glance

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George and Amy Monroe Foundation

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.

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$127kEnvironment$95kFood & Nutrition$93kHuman Services$78kHousing & Shelter$65kCrime & Legal$65kAnimals$55kReligion$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$28,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEAN WATER FUND$28,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN$28,500
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$28,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL$28,500
Individual grant recipient$28,500
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 (FY20–22, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $5k → 12%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $5k → 12%FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES: $3k → 12%HOSPICE CARE OF SW MICHIGAN: $10k → 12%HOSPICE CARE OF SW MICHIGAN: $10k → 12%HOSPICE CARE OF SW MICHIGAN: $5k → 12%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$657k · 22 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
5

Total granted

$657k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-6%

Still filing today

68%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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
EnvironmentHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN
    4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue +126%
  • KL
    KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +33%
  • SENIOR SERVICES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • KG
    KALAMAZOO GOSPEL MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SL
    SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -6%
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
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
2
Habitat for Humanity Capital Region Inc

To improve our communities by providing and maintaining safe, healthy, affordable homeownership opportunities for low-to-moderate income community members, in partnership with volunteers and organizations throughout the community.

Housing & Shelter
3
Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc

Our mission is to assist our affiliates to increase capacity to build simple decent homes in partnership with people in need in the State of Michigan.

Housing & Shelter
4
Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity

Provide home ownership opportunities to low-income households and make repairs to existing homes for very low-income homeowners.

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5
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
6
Second Harvest Heartland

Second harvest heartland's mission is to end hunger together. in partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in minnesota and western wisconsin, we provided 145 million meals to neighbors last year.

Food & Nutrition
7
Washtenaw Housing Alliance

The mission of the washtenaw housing alliance is to end homelessness in our community.

Housing & Shelter
8
Siouxland Habitat for Humanity

To provide affordable housing for low-income families

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9
Habitat for Humanity Serving Winona County

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. habitat for humanity serving winona county…

—
10
Fair Housing Center of W Michigan

The fair housing center of west michigan's mission is to ensure fair housing choice and equal access to housing opportunities for all. through education and advocacy, we affirm the right of all people to choose where they live, free from…

Housing & Shelter
11
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv

It is the mission of Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services (KNHS), together with residents and community partners, to revitalize neighborhoods and promote comprehensive strategies that foster homeownership.

Housing & Shelter
12
Hands Across the Water Inc

Hands across the water supports and empowers children and families through inclusive, strengths-based services. we envision a community where every child is valued and has a safe home and loving family where they can thrive. in keeping…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwest Michigan Land Conservency Inc; the most unlike its peers is Specialized Language Development Center Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $64,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSENIOR SERVICES INC: $35,000 · OtherSENIOR SERVICES INCHUMANE SOCIETY OF KALAMAZOO: $30,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF KALAMAZOOSALVATION ARMY: $30,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYKALAMAZOO GOSPEL MISSION: $20,000 · OtherKALAMAZOO GOSPEL MISSIONAMERICAN RED CROSS: $15,000 · OtherMICHIGAN RADIO: $15,000 · OtherFOOD GATHERERS: $13,000 · OtherHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INC: $12,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY: $15,000 · OtherKALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $12,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF SW MICHIGAN: $25,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS O…+5 more: $28,000 · Other+5 moreCLEAN WATER FUND: $64,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUN…SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVENCY INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHWEST MICHI…Kalamazoo Nature Center: $15,000 · EnvironmentKalamazoo Natur…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $84,500 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…+1 more: $2,000 · HealthKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionKALAMAZOO LO…MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionMINISTRY WIT…SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $64,500 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOOK…Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan: $25,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $28,500 · International
Other$314,500Environment$94,500Health$86,500Food & Nutrition$80,000Crime & Legal$64,500Human Services$38,000International$28,500

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $84,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $64,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $64,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $28,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice Care of Southwest Michigan: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF SW MICHIGAN: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LAND CONSERVENCY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKalamazoo Nature Center: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN INC: $12,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetKALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

United Way of South C…Kalamazoo Community F…The Burdick-Thorne Fo…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…Harold and Grace Upjo…John E Fetzer Institu…WK Kellogg FoundationTyler-Little Family F…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Mike and Sharon Seely…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…The Pfizer Foundation…
United Way of South Central MichiganMI30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of South Central Michigan · Kalamazoo Community Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 George and Amy Monroe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George and Amy Monroe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of 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 · 0–20%
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 George and Amy Monroe Foundation?

Find your warmest path to George and Amy Monroe 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 28 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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