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Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$118k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$296kArts & Culture$161kScience & Tech$77kPhilanthropy$30kCommunity Improvement$23kYouth Development$20kFood & Nutrition$19kEnvironment$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $96k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$266k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPITAL CITY FAMILY BMX$21,000
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER$15,000
LANSING ENTERTAINMENT & PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY$15,000
IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER$15,000
POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$10,000
WHARTON CENTER$10,000
MID MICHIGAN TENNIS ASSOCIATION$10,000
CITY OF EAST LANSING$5,250
LANSING ART GALLERY$4,000
ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING$2,000
DOWNTOWN LANSING INC$1,400
MICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMORARY ART$1,000
PROGRESSIVE EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION RESOURCE INC$1,000
THE CAPITOL COLLECTIVE$1,000
MICHIGAN CARES FOR TOURISM$500
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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $1k → 16%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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$460k · 35 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
25

Total granted

$460k
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+266%

Still filing today

37%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementAnimalsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • I5
    IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $77k · revenue +61%
  • MT
    MICHIGAN TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +14%
  • PP
    POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2018–2024 · $12k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $106k
  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • GL
    GREATER LANSING AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Downtown Lansing Partnership Inc

To support the economic development and improvement of the downtown area of lansing, michigan, for the benefit of the entire community, including residents, visitors, government, business, and nonprofit organizations, through such means as…

Community Improvement
3
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

—
4
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
5
Michigan Legacy Art Park

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

Arts & Culture
6
Lapeer Area Chamber of Commerce

The lapeer area chamber of commerce is committed to continiously promoting & fostering the business climate to enhance the quality of life in our community.

—
7
Lansing Symphony Association

To promote, foster, and maintain the interest of the people in music through concerts and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
8
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

—
9
Macomb County Chamber of Commerce

The organization's mission is to promote a healthy business climate for its members and all businesses in macomb county, michigan.

Unclassified
10
Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce

To promote business and economic development for eight towns in southwest michigan.

—
11
Cinema Detroit

Motion picture exhibition

Arts & Culture
12
Detroit Artists Market

Promoting and exhibiting work of southeastern michigan artists.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce; the most unlike its peers is Capital City Family Bmx. 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

25 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. 25 of the 71 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $106,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDOWNTOWN LANSING INC: $88,550 · OtherDOWNTOWN LANSING INCMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $41,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYMID-MICHIGAN TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $28,000 · OtherMID-MICHIGAN TENNIS ASSOCIATIONWHARTON CENTER: $20,000 · OtherCITY OF EAST LANSING: $15,750 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE RIVER: $15,000 · OtherLANSING ENTERTAINMENT & PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY: $15,000 · Other+45 more: $95,686 · Other+45 moreIMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER: $77,000 · Arts & CultureIMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENT…LANSING ART GALLERY & EDUCATION CENTER: $37,000 · Arts & CultureLANSING ART GALLERY & EDU…CENTER PARK PRODUCTIONS: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER PARK PRODUCTIONSCAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVAL: $9,500 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVA…+3 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsMICHIGAN …CAPITAL CITY FAMILY BMX: $21,000 · Recreation & SportsCAPITAL C…STRIKEOUT BASEBALL: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsCAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMICHIGAN CARES FOR TOURISM: $2,000 · PhilanthropyOLD TOWN COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · Community ImprovementLANSING ECONOMIC AREA PARTNERSHIP: $5,500 · Community ImprovementMOTORCITIES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,087 · Community ImprovementPOTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 · AnimalsMICHIGAN FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION: $2,600 · Food & Nutrition
Other$424,986Arts & Culture$158,500Recreation & Sports$60,500Philanthropy$32,000Community Improvement$14,087Animals$12,000Food & Nutrition$2,600

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER: $77,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetLANSING ART GALLERY & EDUCATION CENTER: $37,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetMICHIGAN TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER PARK PRODUCTIONS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCAPITAL CITY FAMILY BMX: $21,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetPOTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVAL: $9,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetOLD TOWN COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLANSING ECONOMIC AREA PARTNERSHIP: $5,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMICHIGAN FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION: $2,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER LANSING AREA HOLIDAY COMMISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetSTRIKEOUT BASEBALL: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetR E OLDS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAPITOL COLLECTIVE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMICHIGAN CARES FOR TOURISM: $2,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLANSING REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOTORCITIES NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,087 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLansing Pride: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAllen Neighborhood Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL OF THE ABOVE HIP HOP ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHNS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWomen's Center of Greater Lansing: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 IMPRESSION 5 SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LANSING ART GALLERY & EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER PARK PRODUCTIONS ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL CITY FAMILY BMX ↗
  • Who funds POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL CITY FILM FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds OLD TOWN COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LANSING ECONOMIC AREA PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LANSING AREA HOLIDAY COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds STRIKEOUT BASEBALL ↗
  • Who funds R E OLDS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CAPITOL COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN CARES FOR TOURISM ↗
  • Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF GREATER LANSING ↗

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.

Arts Council of Great…Desk Drawer FundCapital Region Commun…Lansing Economic Area…Re Olds FoundationCredit Unions Charter…Cinnaire CorporationDelta Dental Plan of …Dart Foundation fka S…Joe D Pentecost Found…Consumers Energy Foun…Charles Stewart Mott …
Arts Council of Greater LansingMI28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arts Council of Greater Lansing · Desk Drawer Fund · Capital Region Community Foundation · Lansing Economic Area Partnership · Re Olds Foundation · Credit Unions Chartered in the State of 222 Lake Trust Credit Union · Cinnaire Corporation · Delta Dental Plan of Michigan Inc · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · Joe D Pentecost Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott 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 Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    0get no government money at all
    11report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 71 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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