· Private foundation
George R & Elise M Fink Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Center for Successful Aging | $15,000 |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $15,000 |
| Cooper Riis Healing Community | $10,000 |
| Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society | $10,000 |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $6,000 |
| Family Therapy Institute | $5,000 |
| Noah's Project | $4,000 |
| Rubicon Theatre Company | $4,000 |
| Family Center | $3,000 |
| Grosse Pointe Library Foundation | $2,500 |
| Full Circle Foundation | $2,000 |
| Junior League of Detroit | $1,500 |
| Sugar Bowl Ski Team | $1,000 |
| Capitol Area Food Bank | $1,000 |
| Tiburon Landmark Society | $500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GPGROSSE POINTE ANIMAL ADOPTION SOCIETY2× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +709%
SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION2× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +5%- MMMARIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL2× · 2020–2022 · $11k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- GGPAASone grant, 2020 · $15k
- CHCovenant Houseone grant, 2020 · $10k
- NPNOAH PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +86%
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.
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.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Friends of michigan animals rescue's mission is to protect animals and residents by promoting a safe and healthy environment for all.
To provide 24-hour residential substance abuse treatment for adult homeless men in a professional, compassionate, and therapeutic environment conducive to reducing drug and alcohol addiction and promoting their return to health,…
The santa barbara public library foundation supports the long-term health and sustainability of the santa barbara public library through public-private partnerships.
To provide social service assistance to the elderly and disabled in santa barbara, california.
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.
To improve the economic health and quality of life in the monterey bay region.
The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…
The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…
To provide affordable housing to low-income households in the greater san francisco bay area.
Senior Access's mission is to help Marin's older and disabled adults remain independent and part of the community for as long as possible.
How this is measured
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 35 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CENTER FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING ↗
- Who funds GROSSE POINTE ANIMAL ADOPTION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds MARIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MERCY EDUCATION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Junior League of Detroit ↗
- Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NOAH PROJECT ↗
- Who funds GROSSE POINTE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds FULL CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation ↗
- Who funds MOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
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