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Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc

The grand haven area community foundation is governed by a volunteer board of trustees.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
197
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$838k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 58% of GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 197 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 197 grants below total $10,934,250 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $11,826,939 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $892,689 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k56 grants · $343k
  • $10k–50k100 grants · $2.3M
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $3.4M
  • $250k+10 grants · $5.0M
$19,859
Median grant
16
States reached
$193M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND HAVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$837,503
LOVE IN ACTION$766,137
TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA$621,310
MIDWEST MINIATURES MUSEUM$616,088
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY$536,500
CITY OF GRAND HAVEN$437,976
SPRING LAKE DISTRICT LIBRARY$312,521
MOSAIC COUNSELING$311,818
OTTAWA COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION$282,439
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WEST MICHIGAN$250,000
OUTDOOR DISCOVERY CENTER$243,750
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GRAND HAVEN$218,777
MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART$184,155
LAKESHORE NONPROFIT ALLIANCE$162,500
CHRISTIAN LEADERS MINISTRIES INC$150,000
02The need
03

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $7.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STREET SOCCER USA: $50k → 17%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $192k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $156k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $54k → 10%PATHWAYS OF ARBOR CIRCLE: $45k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN: $37k → 10%ARBOR CIRCLE: $37k → 10%LOVE IN ACTION: $766k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $621k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $618k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $457k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $266k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $246k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $229k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $155k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $151k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $147k → 8%MOSAIC COUNSELING (TCM COUNSELING): $126k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $124k → 8%MOSAIC COUNSELING: $116k → 8%SENIOR RESOURCES OF WEST MICHIGAN: $31k → 15%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $93k → 8%MOSAIC COUNSELING: $92k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $89k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $73k → 8%FOUR POINTES CENTER FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING: $66k → 8%MOSAIC COUNSELING: $59k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $45k → 8%LOVE IN ACTION: $40k → 8%OUT SIDE IN INC: $34k → 8%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $100k → 11%COOPERSVILLE CARES INC: $52k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $90k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $87k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $71k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $70k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $62k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $59k → 8%LIGHTHOUSE IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES: $44k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $40k → 8%LOVE INC ALLENDALE: $34k → 8%THE LITTLE RED HOUSE: $67k → 8%THE LITTLE RED HOUSE INC: $61k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $34k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $30k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $60k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $40k → 8%CRITTER BARN: $36k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

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.

Which US states your grants reach

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OR
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SD
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IN
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

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.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$57M · 219 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

219 repeat relationships — 150 still active in FY2024, 69 since wound down; 41 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

219
105

Total granted

$57M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+22%

Still filing today

66%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $502k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GH
    Grand Haven Christian School
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +607%
  • LI
    LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +10%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +255%

Funded once

  • MC
    MICHIGAN COMMUNITY CAPITALgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $226k · revenue +118%
  • TJ
    THE JOURNEY COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $186k
  • VC
    VERVE CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $124k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

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.

1
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
2
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
3
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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4
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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5
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
6
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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7
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

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8
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
9
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
10
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
11
Lutheran Homes of Michigan Foundation

Motivated by christ's love, we engage people as they experience and embrace their god-given potential.

Housing & Shelter
12
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fremont Area Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCharter and Independent Sch…Community Support ServicesRegional Economic Developme…Policy and Professional Adv…Youth Sports ProgramsFamily Philanthropic Founda…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%3%<5yr15%8%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%2%<5yr15%5%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%16%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr13%36%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%3/367
the rest of the field
15%
3,901/25,430

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

259 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 259 of the 374 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
63
Early backer (in before they grew)
245/259
Grantees still filing
163/259
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY OF GRAND HAVEN — $6,634,958 · OtherCITY OF GRAND HAVENGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY — $2,284,262 · OtherGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAYFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $1,466,081 · OtherVILLAGE OF SPRING LAKE — $1,307,296 · OtherCHRISTIAN HAVEN HOME — $1,243,445 · Other+123 more — $24,330,028 · Other+123 moreLOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES — $2,468,497 · Human ServicesLOVE INC OF T…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN — $2,089,524 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S C…RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE — $479,627 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE AD…GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES — $446,511 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITA…+15 more — $1,404,342 · Human Services+15 moreGrand Haven Christian School — $2,950,276 · EducationGrand Haven…GRAND HAVEN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $1,018,117 · EducationGRAND HAVEN…CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $533,500 · EducationCALVIN THEO…The Potters House — $275,000 · Education+14 more — $1,241,299 · Education+14 moreMUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION — $924,358 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY — $615,000 · PhilanthropyGRACIOUS GROUNDS INC — $523,381 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $105,103 · Philanthropy+5 more — $293,257 · PhilanthropyMIDWEST MINIATURES MUSEUM — $790,938 · Arts & CultureCOOPERSVILLE FARM MUSEUM — $459,626 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY — $324,500 · Arts & CultureLAKE VIEW CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER — $300,000 · Arts & CultureWEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY — $136,996 · Arts & CultureTri-Cities Puentes Initiative — $112,500 · Arts & CultureTRI-CITIES BROADCASTING FOUNDATION — $73,558 · Arts & CultureTRINITY HEALTH GRAND HAVEN HOSPITAL — $432,410 · HealthMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $202,061 · HealthPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES — $201,062 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $189,311 · HealthMAYO CLINIC — $155,000 · HealthREACH FOR RECOVERY INC — $145,114 · HealthCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN — $111,580 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN — $96,000 · HealthFaith Hospice — $66,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $65,918 · Health+1 more — $45,504 · HealthEXTENDED GRACE — $815,846 · ReligionCHRISTIAN LEADERS MINISTRIES INC — $325,000 · ReligionBarnabas Foundation — $130,000 · ReligionGREATER EUROPE MISSION — $118,900 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $70,250 · ReligionBridge Street House of Prayer — $66,100 · Religion+2 more — $82,601 · Religion
Other$37,266,070Human Services$6,888,501Education$6,018,192Philanthropy$2,461,099Arts & Culture$2,198,118Health$1,709,960Religion$1,608,697

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGrand Haven Christian School — $2,950,276 over 8y, 19% of budgetLOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES — $2,468,497 over 8y, 18% of budgetGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY — $2,284,262 over 8y, 22% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN — $2,089,524 over 8y, 13% of budgetCHRISTIAN HAVEN HOME — $1,243,445 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetGRAND HAVEN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $1,018,117 over 8y, 97% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCT ALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $925,516 over 8y, 7.4% of budgetMUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION — $924,358 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetOTTAWA COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $868,442 over 8y, 53% of budgetEXTENDED GRACE — $815,846 over 8y, 34% of budgetMIDWEST MINIATURES MUSEUM — $790,938 over 3y, 68% of budgetCHRISTIAN LEADERS NFP — $745,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY — $615,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetODC NETWORK — $603,850 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetSPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $569,862 over 7y, 62% of budgetCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — $533,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetGRACIOUS GROUNDS INC — $523,381 over 7y, 28% of budgetGRAND VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $519,433 over 8y, 13% of budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE — $479,627 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetCOOPERSVILLE FARM MUSEUM — $459,626 over 8y, 62% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES — $446,511 over 5y, 11% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH GRAND HAVEN HOSPITAL — $432,410 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMOSAIC COUNSELING — $424,885 over 2y, 17% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER — $424,880 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetTRI-CITIES HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC — $412,505 over 8y, 13% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND — $410,317 over 2y, 12% of budgetNORTHWEST OTTAWA CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $350,639 over 8y, 61% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WEST MICHIGAN INC — $350,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MUSKEGON LAKESHORE — $346,700 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN LEADERS MINISTRIES INC — $325,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY — $324,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMERCY HEALTH PARTNERS — $312,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE VIEW CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER — $300,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetARISE RWANDA MINISTRIES INC — $295,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY — $288,639 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetThe Potters House — $275,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY SPOKE — $260,319 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC — $241,409 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN COMMUNITY CAPITAL — $225,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE LITTLE RED HOUSE INC — $220,216 over 8y, 25% of budgetTRI-CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $218,110 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES INC — $209,650 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLand Conservancy of West Michigan — $202,747 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $202,061 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES — $201,062 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN — $200,142 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNO MORE SIDELINES — $196,250 over 4y, 25% of budgetCRITTER BARN — $191,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budget
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 Haven Christian School ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC OF THE TRI-CITIES ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN HAVEN HOME ↗
  • Who funds GRAND HAVEN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN INSTRUCT ALLENDALE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MUSKEGON MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OTTAWA COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EXTENDED GRACE ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST MINIATURES MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN LEADERS NFP ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ODC NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SPRING LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds GRACIOUS GROUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND VALLEY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds COOPERSVILLE FARM MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY HEALTH GRAND HAVEN HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TRI-CITIES HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN EDUC FUND ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Grand Rapids Communit…Community Foundation …Frey FoundationPeter C & Emajean Coo…Heart of West Michiga…Edgar and Elsa Prince…Barnabas FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…Greater Ottawa County…Douglas & Maria Devos…Dick and Betsy Devos …
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI135.9× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Frey Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation · Barnabas Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Greater Ottawa County United Way · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family 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 Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
40report 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

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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 374 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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