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Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Our mission is to build and manage our community's permanent endowment and lead the community to strengthen the lives of its people.

$24M
Granted FY2025still arriving
377
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$2.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$25MHuman Services$15MHealth$14MArts & Culture$12MCommunity Improvement$11MPhilanthropy$8.5MReligion$7.6MHousing & Shelter$5.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 377 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 377 grants below total $21,985,289, the rows itemized in this filing. The $24,180,887 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,195,598 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k69 grants · $492k
  • $10k–50k199 grants · $4.3M
  • $50k–250k97 grants · $10M
  • $250k+12 grants · $7.1M
$23,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$484M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,362,673
CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST CO CHARITABLE GIVING SOLUTIONS NORTHERN TRUST$1,023,366
MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$590,456
KENT SCHOOL SERVICES NETWORK$465,000
HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY$440,184
MICHIGAN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS CENTER$429,250
COREWELL HEALTH$322,788
UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE$322,138
GRAND RAPIDS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES$300,000
EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$290,519
URBAN CORE COLLECTIVE$279,850
KCONNECT$250,000
GRAND RAPIDS PRIDE CENTER$245,075
BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER$223,000
AQUINAS COLLEGE$222,380
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 (FY17–25, $12.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAMARITAS: $100k → 21%COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN: $86k → 21%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $131k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $71k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $65k → 10%OPPORTUNITY RESOURCE FUND: $150k → 16%SEEDS OF PROMISE: $208k → 11%BETTER WISER STRONGER: $160k → 11%PROJECT GREEN: $160k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $152k → 11%TREETOPS COLLECTIVE: $110k → 11%REALISM IS LOYALTY: $103k → 11%BLACK IMPACT COLLABORATIVE: $100k → 11%AFRICAN RESOURCE CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN: $238k → 11%FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $152k → 11%FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC: $90k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $480k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $455k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $223k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $119k → 11%UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY: $119k → 11%HAS HEART: $150k → 11%NORTH KENT CONNECT: $111k → 11%NORTH KENT CONNECT: $79k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $190k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $143k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $83k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $82k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $72k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $546k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $503k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $424k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $400k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN: $325k → 11%REALISM IS LOYALTY: $312k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $300k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $250k → 11%ARTISTS CREATING TOGETHER: $242k → 11%WEST MICHIGAN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $235k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $170k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $168k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $157k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $154k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $146k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE INC: $138k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $134k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $114k → 11%CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $106k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
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WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
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AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$114M · 447 repeat orgs$7.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

447 repeat relationships: 254 still active in FY2025, 193 since wound down; 90 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

447
209

Total granted

$114M
$5.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

79%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UC
    URBAN CORE COLLECTIVE
    6× · 2018–2025 · $3.5M · revenue +249% · 87% of their budget
  • KS
    KENT SCHOOL SERVICES NETWORK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +88%
  • K
    K-CONNECT
    6× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +6% · 96% of their budget

Funded once

  • DU
    DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $325k · revenue -3%
  • FS
    FIRST STEPS KENTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $270k · revenue +527%
  • CU
    Cornerstone University
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue -13%
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
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
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.…

—
3
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
4
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

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5
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation

Inspire individuals and organizations to invest in their community to improve the quality of life.

Community Improvement
6
Michigan Legacy Art Park

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

Arts & Culture
7
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
8
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
9
The Center for Michigan

For all state residents, diverse civic stakeholders and philanthropy, the center for michigan (the center) and its nonprofit newsrooms - bridge michigan and bridgedetroit - make michigan better through high-quality, nonpartisan journalism…

Public Benefit
10
Michigan Colleges Alliance

Michigan Colleges Alliance is a collective of excellent independent colleges and universities located throughout Michigan. MCA helps students pursue their educational goals by organizing on campus tours, funding scholarships and connecting…

Education
11
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan's Heartland Inc

Changing lives through the power of work.

Employment
12
Community Education Commission

CEC works with diverse stakeholders across Detroit to develop critical resources and system-level solutions that address common challenges faced by Detroit families in accessing quality education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Living With Communities; the most unlike its peers is Bissell Pet 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 588 of the 772 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.

64
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
175
Early backer (in before they grew)
568/588
Grantees still filing
360/588
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,831,111 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYCITY OF LOWELL: $1,996,501 · OtherGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,857,333 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $1,673,540 · Other+85 more: $40,580,139 · Other+85 moreHISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $1,769,847 · Human ServicesHISPANIC CENT…GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $1,660,071 · Human ServicesGRAND RAPIDS …BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,373,125 · Human ServicesBAXTER COMMUN…PROJECT GREEN: $809,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT GREENThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $807,434 · Human ServicesThe Young Men…GRAND RAPIDS NEHEMIAH PROJECT: $521,500 · Human ServicesDEGAGE MINISTRIES: $490,451 · Human Services+23 more: $6,001,861 · Human Services+23 moreKENT SCHOOL SERVICES NETWORK: $2,103,520 · EducationKENT SCHOOL …K-CONNECT: $2,032,077 · EducationK-CONNECTGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $885,965 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS…Aquinas College: $708,230 · EducationAquinas Coll…The Potters House: $657,093 · EducationThe Potters …WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $605,588 · EducationBLANDFORD NATURE CENTER: $564,109 · EducationCALVIN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $409,000 · Education+16 more: $4,200,734 · Education+16 moreAFRICAN-AMERICAN HEALTH INSTITUTE: $1,584,250 · HealthAFRICAN-AM…MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,077,287 · HealthMARY FREE …MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $1,041,130 · HealthMARY FREE …70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $879,914 · Health70 X 7 LIF…COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $793,882 · HealthCOREWELL H…DISART: $499,525 · HealthHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES: $486,598 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $483,782 · HealthOur Mental Health Collective: $481,000 · Health+12 more: $2,844,609 · Health+12 moreGRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,716,505 · PhilanthropyGRAND HAV…HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $2,061,390 · PhilanthropyHEART OF …The Chicago Community Trust: $1,098,366 · PhilanthropyThe Chica…AQUME FOUNDATION: $776,625 · PhilanthropyAQUME FOU…Rende Progress Capital: $681,250 · PhilanthropyRende Pro…GRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $610,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND ACT…GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $494,013 · PhilanthropyROTARY CLUB OF LOWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $440,024 · Philanthropy+3 more: $633,000 · Philanthropy+3 moreGRAND RAPIDS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: $1,185,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $967,942 · Arts & CultureTHE DIATRIBE INC: $886,329 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $666,963 · Arts & CultureGrandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc: $635,960 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $581,500 · Arts & CultureEcliptic At Rosa Parks Circle Conservancy: $505,000 · Arts & CultureLatina Network of West Michigan: $476,750 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $351,565 · Arts & CultureLOWELL ARTS: $326,900 · Arts & CultureGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $320,500 · Arts & CultureST CECILIA MUSIC CENTER: $282,921 · Arts & CultureGRENED-USA INC: $271,300 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $334,812 · Arts & CultureURBAN CORE COLLECTIVE: $3,467,650 · Community ImprovementSTART GARDEN INC: $900,250 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $728,482 · Community ImprovementGreater Lowell Chamber Foundation: $629,678 · Community ImprovementGRAND RAPIDS LIONS CLUB CHARITIES: $320,321 · Community ImprovementA Glimpse of Africa: $301,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL FIRST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $288,200 · Community ImprovementINSTITUTE OF UBUNTU: $252,600 · Community Improvement+2 more: $408,525 · Community Improvement
Other$48,938,624Human Services$13,433,289Education$12,166,316Health$10,171,977Philanthropy$9,511,173Arts & Culture$7,793,442Community Improvement$7,296,706

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetURBAN CORE COLLECTIVE: $3,467,650 over 6y, 87% of budgetGRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,716,505 over 9y, 17% of budgetKENT SCHOOL SERVICES NETWORK: $2,103,520 over 9y, 18% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $2,061,390 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetK-CONNECT: $2,032,077 over 6y, 96% of budgetHISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $1,769,847 over 7y, 33% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $1,660,071 over 7y, 14% of budgetAFRICAN-AMERICAN HEALTH INSTITUTE: $1,584,250 over 9y, 66% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $1,478,384 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $1,428,323 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,373,125 over 8y, 21% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $1,299,668 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC: $1,272,050 over 9y, 16% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: $1,185,000 over 6y, 57% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $1,098,366 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,077,287 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetMARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL: $1,041,130 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLand Conservancy of West Michigan: $968,975 over 9y, 17% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $967,942 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetSTART GARDEN INC: $900,250 over 3y, 15% of budgetKENT COUNTY YOUTH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $889,125 over 6y, 23% of budgetTHE DIATRIBE INC: $886,329 over 7y, 41% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $885,965 over 9y, 3.9% of budget70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY: $879,914 over 9y, 12% of budgetUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE: $839,617 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetPROJECT GREEN: $809,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $807,434 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $793,882 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAQUME FOUNDATION: $776,625 over 4y, 33% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $742,462 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $728,482 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTH University Foundation Inc: $727,544 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetAquinas College: $708,230 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INC DBA FREDERIK MEIJER GARDENS: $694,436 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetRende Progress Capital: $681,250 over 3y, 45% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PRIDE CENTER: $674,350 over 8y, 68% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $666,963 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetThe Potters House: $657,093 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetGrandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc: $635,960 over 8y, 54% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $630,633 over 9y, 10% of budgetGreater Lowell Chamber Foundation: $629,678 over 9y, 53% of budgetLINC UP NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION: $628,175 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20: $610,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $605,588 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetCAMP BLODGETT: $600,646 over 9y, 14% of budgetDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT: $592,206 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS WHITEWATER INC: $583,992 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $581,500 over 7y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds URBAN CORE COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT SCHOOL SERVICES NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds K-CONNECT ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEALTH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS YOUTH COMMONWEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES ↗
  • Who funds The Chicago Community Trust ↗
  • Who funds MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Land Conservancy of West Michigan ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds START GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT COUNTY YOUTH AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DIATRIBE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 70 X 7 LIFE RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT GREEN ↗
  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) ↗
  • Who funds COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds AQUME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Frey FoundationHeart of West Michiga…The Wege FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Meijer FoundationCdv5 FoundationSteelcase FoundationCorewell Health Group…The Mercantile Bank F…Dick and Betsy Devos …The Community Foundat…
Frey FoundationMI235.4× affinity164 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frey Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · The Wege Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area 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 Grand Rapids Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%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
    2get no government money at all
    56report 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.

    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 772 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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