· Private foundation
Great Lakes Castings Corporation 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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LUDINGTON AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS | $6,630 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| BLUE HAT MINISTRIES | $1,000 |
| WEST SHORE FAMILY SUPPORT | $1,000 |
| COVE | $1,000 |
| MASON COUNTY EASTERN SCHOOLS | $800 |
| TOYS FOR TOTS | $783 |
| MASON COUNTY EASTERN ATHLETIC BOOSTERS | $450 |
| UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS | $435 |
| MASON COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
44 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 4 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, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UWUNITED WAY OF MASON COUNTY3× · 2021–2023 · $33k · revenue +1%
- SYSTAIRCASE YOUTH SERVICES INC3× · 2018–2024 · $6k · revenue +121%
- WSWEST SHORE FAMILY SUPPORT5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- TNTRUE NORTHone grant, 2023 · $4k
- LOLUDINGTON OPTIMIST CLUBone grant, 2022 · $3k
- SASALVATION ARMYone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
To provide personal and compassionate support to cancer patients and their caregivers in our community.
A voice of the building industry in Michigan. The primary purpose is to positively influence the legislative, regulatory and legal issues that affect the industry.
To advance the well-being of michigan residents through the promotion of sound public policies and responsible legislation. the purpose of these activities is to promote policies that strengthen the michigan health care system.
Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
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…
Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.
Preserving the history of our area brings an understanding to the past and present, and provides a guide for the future. we not only maintain exhibits, artifacts and a research library, we provide a forum for engaging the community and…
To promote business and economic development for eight towns in southwest michigan.
The organization's purpose is to support mackinac straits health system in order to improve the health status of the communities it serves.
Channels individual, member, and corporate gifts for benefit of community.
The west coast chamber exists to be a catalyst for business growth and development, a convener of leaders and influencers, and a champion for a thriving community.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 75 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 UNITED WAY OF MASON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CHILDHOOD CANCER CAMPAIGN ↗
- Who funds STAIRCASE YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds WEST SHORE FAMILY SUPPORT ↗
- Who funds BLUE HAT MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES OVERCOMING VIOLENT ENCO ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MASON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LAKESHORE FOOD CLUB ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Pennies From Heaven Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Great Lakes Castings Corporation Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Great Lakes Castings Corporation Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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