· Public charity
Great Lakes Foundation
The foundation's mission includes: 1.
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
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF PLUM AND PILOT ISLAND INC | $10,000 |
| ROCK OF AGES LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 68% of grant dollars ($101k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 32% that went abroad ($46k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 32% of all-years giving ($46k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
Grants abroad, by region: $13k on the FY2025 return
Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT OF THE ROSSPORT MARINA DOCK
How this is measured
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.
Sailing instruction and racing activities
Preserve and display New Jersey's rich boating history.
To promote and augment an understanding and appreciation of maritime history with particular emphasis on the great lakes museum facilities.
The museum was founded in 1945 by the fairport harbor historical society, which is devoted to preserving and perpetuating the historic tradition of fairport harbor and the great lakes area. the original lighthouse was completed in 1825.
The museum seeks to maintain and preserve the history of the region around moosehead lake through cruises, tours, and charters of the restored, last working lake steamer on moosehead lake.
Foster appreciation through education, building of boats and access to rowing and sailing ships. provide education to the community of the heritage of ships and lake huron. preserve historic ship designs by converting to kits that are…
Operating and maintaining rock island state park
To celebrate, honor, experience, and share the story of Maine's maritime heritage.
Preserve maritime history, promote the heritage community, and share the adventure of seafaring.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 15 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 ROCK OF AGES LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds HANDS ON DECK INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands Inc ↗
- Who funds DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM & LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Noble Odyssey Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Maritime Heritage Alliance ↗
- Who funds STURGEON BAY YACHT CLUB SAIL TRAINING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE UWM FOUNDATION 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Great Lakes Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Great Lakes Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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