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Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation

We spark positive change by inspiring generosity, caring for resources, and supporting our communities, now and forever.

$4.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
116
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$343k
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$6.5MHuman Services$3.2MYouth Development$2.6MHealth$2.5MArts & Culture$2.4MEnvironment$2.4MRecreation & Sports$1.1MHousing & Shelter$878kOther$0
02FY2025 · 116 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 116 grants below total $3,154,318, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,008,624 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $854,306 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 $10k34 grants · $239k
  • $10k–50k66 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $343k
$13,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$121M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$342,944
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NW MICHIGAN$125,749
LEELANAU COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER$113,360
PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$109,000
NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION$91,295
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA$87,005
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN$82,490
5LOAVES2FISH NMI$76,770
TRAVERSE BAY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$72,668
GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY$72,560
LELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL$68,500
CHARLEVOIX EMMET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT$60,000
INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$58,035
LEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS$55,450
LEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER$51,300
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 (FY17–25, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $40k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $33k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $32k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $32k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $24k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $21k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF NM: $21k → 9%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $87k → 7%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $70k → 7%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $66k → 7%BENZIE SENIOR RESOURCES: $19k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $239k → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $56k → 7%GENERATIONS AHEAD: $194k → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $56k → 7%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $104k → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $55k → 7%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $90k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $90k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $88k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $88k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $88k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $75k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: $42k → 7%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $65k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $65k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $65k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $61k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $39k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $39k → 10%GENERATIONS AHEAD: $30k → 10%GENERATIONS AHEAD: $29k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: $29k → 7%ANGEL CARE CHILD CARE INC: $28k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHERN MI CHAPTER: $25k → 10%GENERATIONS AHEAD: $22k → 10%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: $20k → 7%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: $19k → 7%GENERATIONS AHEAD: $19k → 10%GENERATIONS AHEAD: $19k → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $41k → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $33k → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%PARAKLESIS INC DBA PEACE RANCH: $16k → 10%THE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CENTER: $22k → 7%THE FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CENTER: $22k → 7%FRIENDS OF LAKE LEELANAU: $51k → 7%FRIENDS OF LAKE LEELANAU: $25k → 7%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

NH
MI
NY
MA
VA
AZ
DC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 159 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

159 repeat relationships: 103 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

159
92

Total granted

$23M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+22%

Still filing today

69%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthYouth 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

  • NM
    NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +35%
  • PO
    PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $970k · revenue +64%
  • GT
    GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $778k · revenue +321%

Funded once

  • TC
    TRAVERSE CITY & GARFIELD TWP RECREATION AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2019 · $239k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $68k
  • CU
    CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST
    one grant, 2020 · $52k
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
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
3
Little Traverse Conservancy Conservation Trust

To protect scenic and natural lands in northern Michigan.

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4
Lake Superior Community Partnership Inc

To stimulate and sustain a vibrant regional economy by facilitating economic growth and prosperity.

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5
Top of Michigan Trails Council

We advocate and facilitate the development of a network of multipurpose recreational trails in Northern Lower Michigan.

Recreation & Sports
6
Legacy Land Conservancy

Safeguard southern michigan's land and water to support diverse, resilient, and thriving communities - forever

Environment
7
The Little Forks Conservancy Inc

To permanently protect and improve natural environments in Mid-Michigan by leading and inspiring actions that conserve vital habitats and waterways for the benefit of our entire community.

Environment
8
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
9
Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance

Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance is the statewide voice for nonmotorized trial users, helping people build, connect and promote trails for a healthier and more prosperous Michigan.

Arts & Culture
10
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
11
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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12
Fund for Lake Michigan Inc

Lake Michigan is one of Wisconsin's greatest assets, and its water is critical to the state's future. The Fund for Lake Michigan is here to help sustain the Lake on behalf of the people and places that depend on it. Our goal is to have a…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Great Lakes Initiatives; the most unlike its peers is Maraschino Music. 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

177 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. 177 of the 269 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
66
Early backer (in before they grew)
173/177
Grantees still filing
125/177
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,776,076 · OtherCENTRAL LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLSMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $561,444 · OtherCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $556,370 · Other+122 more: $9,229,773 · Other+122 moreNORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $1,210,760 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST MICH…WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $418,791 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S RESOUR…GENERATIONS AHEAD: $311,849 · Human ServicesGENERATIONS AH…Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $204,951 · Human ServicesWomens Resourc…FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $173,225 · Human ServicesFATHER FRED FO…GW HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC: $128,275 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST MICHIGAN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: $109,850 · Human Services+11 more: $588,409 · Human Services+11 moreINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $362,035 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCH…OLD ART BUILDING: $305,820 · Arts & CultureOLD ART B…THE FRIENDS OF POINT BETSIE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $244,277 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIEN…TRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC: $222,043 · Arts & CultureTRAVERSE …OLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE INC: $172,685 · Arts & CultureOLD TOWN …BAY COMMUNITY THEATRE ORGANIZATION: $149,882 · Arts & CultureBAY COMMU…NORTH MANITOU LIGHT KEEPERS INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH MAN…FISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $115,125 · Arts & CultureFISHTOWN …THE ELIZABETH LANE OLIVER CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $78,519 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY CENTER GREAT LAKES: $78,100 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $222,235 · Arts & Culture+9 moreGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $777,999 · EnvironmentINLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $440,661 · EnvironmentLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $193,582 · EnvironmentSEEDS: $106,299 · EnvironmentCitizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior: $70,000 · EnvironmentTORCH LAKE PROTECTION ALLIANCE: $63,773 · Environment+4 more: $95,952 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOOLS OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN INC: $460,678 · EducationNORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $370,513 · EducationLEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER: $291,786 · EducationTHE FRIENDS OF THE BENZIE SHORES DISTRICT LIBRARY: $145,000 · EducationFRANKFORT-ELBERTA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $116,202 · Education+11 more: $262,200 · EducationPAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $970,082 · HealthTRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION: $149,468 · HealthMICHAEL'S PLACE: $113,153 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $92,330 · Health+3 more: $47,040 · HealthUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $346,780 · PhilanthropyGrand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $335,885 · PhilanthropyKALKASKA AREA INTERFAITH RESOURCES: $58,367 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $40,000 · PhilanthropyROTARY CLUB OF TRAVERSE BAY SUNRISE FOUNDATION INC: $27,429 · Philanthropy
Other$13,123,663Human Services$3,146,110Arts & Culture$2,075,721Environment$1,748,266Education$1,646,379Health$1,372,073Philanthropy$808,461

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 budgetNORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $1,210,760 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetPAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $970,082 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $777,999 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $561,444 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $556,370 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOOLS OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN INC: $460,678 over 6y, 14% of budgetINLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $440,661 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER GRAND TRAVERSE AREA: $418,791 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetTRAVERSE BAY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $377,679 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetNORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $370,513 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetLEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC: $365,754 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $362,035 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $346,780 over 9y, 8.8% of budgetGrand Traverse Pavilions Foundation: $335,885 over 9y, 20% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE BAY YMCA: $335,750 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGENERATIONS AHEAD: $311,849 over 6y, 78% of budgetOLD ART BUILDING: $305,820 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetCHERRYLAND HUMANE SOCIETY: $296,409 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetLEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER: $291,786 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetTRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC: $245,726 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF GRAND TRAVERSE INC: $245,050 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF POINT BETSIE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $244,277 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetNORTE YOUTH CYCLING: $231,439 over 8y, 34% of budgetTRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC: $222,043 over 9y, 9.5% of budget5LOAVES2FISHNMI: $215,630 over 5y, 31% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $204,951 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $193,582 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $173,225 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetOLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE INC: $172,685 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC: $163,258 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWE: $152,945 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetTHE ROCK OF KINGSLEY INC: $151,747 over 6y, 19% of budgetBAY COMMUNITY THEATRE ORGANIZATION: $149,882 over 4y, 26% of budgetTRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION: $149,468 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE BENZIE SHORES DISTRICT LIBRARY: $145,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetACME CHRISTIAN THRIFT STORE &FOOD PANTRY: $136,558 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetMILLS COMMUNITY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $135,655 over 9y, 29% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - GRAND TRAVERSE REGION: $132,270 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBENZIE AREA CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC: $129,316 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetGW HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC: $128,275 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetNORTH MANITOU LIGHT KEEPERS INC: $125,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetFRANKFORT-ELBERTA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $116,202 over 9y, 87% of budgetFISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $115,125 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetGLEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $113,935 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetMICHAEL'S PLACE: $113,153 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE AREA COMMUNITY LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $110,037 over 9y, 86% of budgetNORTHWEST MICHIGAN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: $109,850 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetSEEDS: $106,299 over 7y, 0.9% 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 NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION ↗
  • Who funds PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
  • Who funds CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOOLS OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER GRAND TRAVERSE AREA ↗
  • Who funds TRAVERSE BAY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Grand Traverse Pavilions Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TRAVERSE BAY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds GENERATIONS AHEAD ↗
  • Who funds OLD ART BUILDING ↗
  • Who funds CHERRYLAND HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LEELANAU CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR OF GRAND TRAVERSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF POINT BETSIE LIGHTHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTE YOUTH CYCLING ↗
  • Who funds TRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC ↗
  • Who funds 5LOAVES2FISHNMI ↗
  • Who funds Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEELANAU CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FATHER FRED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWE ↗

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.

Rotary Charities of T…Oleson FoundationThe Art and Mary Schm…Les & Ann Biederman F…Jim and Diana Huckle …Green Brick Foundatio…Consumers Energy Foun…The Broad Family Foun…Petoskey-Harbor Sprin…Impact 100 of Travers…United Way of Northwe…DTE Energy Foundation
Rotary Charities of Traverse CityMI147.3× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Inc · Jim and Diana Huckle Family Foundation · Green Brick Foundation Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Broad Family Foundation · Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Impact 100 of Traverse City Inc · United Way of Northwest Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation

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 Traverse Regional Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grand Traverse Regional 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 →median 69%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 269 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home