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Greater Ottawa County United Way

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of community to advance the common good.

$630k
Granted FY2023
27
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Human Services$1.5MHealth$1.4MCrime & Legal$795kHousing & Shelter$755kEducation$741kYouth Development$469kRecreation & Sports$321kCivil Rights$176kOther$0
02FY2023 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 27 grants below total $566,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $630,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $63,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k6 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $391k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $129k
$17,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE$66,083
RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE$63,250
CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER$42,000
MOSAIC COUNSELING$42,000
ARBOR CIRCLE$32,500
REACH FOR RECOVERY$30,000
SALVATION ARMY - GRAND HAVEN$27,000
COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESHORE$23,000
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES$23,000
MEDIATION SERVICES$22,000
HOPE COLLEGE - CASA$18,000
CITY ON A HILL MINISTRIES$18,000
ZEE BUS$17,000
HOPE COLLEGE - TRIO UPWARD BOUND$17,000
LEGAL AID OF WESTERN MICHIGAN$13,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $19k → 14%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESH: $30k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $16k → 14%SYLVIA'S PLACE: $9k → 10%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESH: $28k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $9k → 14%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESH: $28k → 15%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESH: $25k → 15%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESHORE: $23k → 15%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESH: $23k → 15%COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESH: $20k → 15%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $34k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $29k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $28k → 8%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $27k → 8%ARBOR CIRCLE: $57k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $49k → 10%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $21k → 8%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $48k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $46k → 10%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 8%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $42k → 10%ARBOR CIRCLE: $33k → 10%TRI-CITIES FAMILY YMCA: $13k → 8%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $23k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $21k → 10%GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $21k → 10%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $116k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $111k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $109k → 8%RESILIENCE: $100k → 8%RESILIENCE: $88k → 8%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $63k → 8%ARBOR CIRCLE: $11k → 10%RESILIENCE: $48k → 8%HERITAGE HOMES: $17k → 8%CRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE ALLEGAN: $8k → 10%LITTLE RED HOUSE: $40k → 8%LITTLE RED HOUSE: $38k → 8%LITTLE RED HOUSE: $29k → 8%LITTLE RED HOUSE: $28k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $14k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $13k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $12k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $11k → 8%LITTLE RED HOUSE: $11k → 8%LITTLE RED HOUSE: $11k → 8%THE PEOPLE CENTER: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.4M · 43 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

43 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
6

Total granted

$6.4M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+18%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $430k · revenue +506%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $385k · revenue +1%
  • MC
    MOSAIC COUNSELING
    7× · 2017–2023 · $361k · revenue +345%

Funded once

  • HH
    HERITAGE HOMES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue +18%
  • AO
    ARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -12%
  • BC
    BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +64%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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2
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
3
Catholic Human Services Inc

Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.

Human Services
4
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
5
Wayne County Court Appointed Special Advocates

To ensure that children who have experienced abuse and/or neglect are in safe and permanent homes by recruiting, screening and training volunteers to advocate on their behalf within the third judicial circuit court's family juvenile…

Human Services
6
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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7
Community & Home Supports Inc

Community & home supports, inc. was founded to help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we strive to fulfill our purpose by developing, leading, and participating in collaborative and innovative efforts that support…

Human Services
8
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
9
Common Ground

With the mission of "helping people move from crisis to hope," common ground is dedicated to helping youths, adults and families by providing programs and services in three distinct impact areas: responding to crisis; providing safety and…

Health
10
Washtenaw Housing Alliance

The mission of the washtenaw housing alliance is to end homelessness in our community.

Housing & Shelter
11
Caring House Inc

To promote a violence free atmosphere from domestic and sexual violence in which survivors can recognize their options to have the opportunity to continue living violence free and regain their sense of self-worth; to educate and raise…

Human Services
12
Family Outreach Center

Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heritage Homes Inc and the most unlike its peers is Northeast Ottawa Forum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Support ServicesChristian K-12 SchoolsHealthcare Systems and Foun…Affordable Housing & Suppor…Family Philanthropic Founda…Senior Residential CareKent County Community Servi…Christian Missionary Organi…Performing Arts & Cultural …Senior Residential Communit…Faith-Based Food & Assistan…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr21%7%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr16%32%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr21%1%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr16%49%35–55yr13%22%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/53
the rest of the field
10%
536/5,582

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
37/48
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE — $429,954 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSEMOSAIC COUNSELING — $361,262 · OtherMOSAIC COUNSELINGPATHWAYS — $347,533 · OtherPATHWAYSGRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $268,335 · OtherGRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLSLATIN AMERICANS UNITED FOR PROGRESS INC — $158,456 · OtherLATIN AMERICANS UNITED FOR PROGRESS INCBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $130,368 · OtherNORTHEAST OTTAWA FORUM — $108,662 · OtherZEELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $98,866 · OtherLAKESHORE ETHNIC DIVERSITY ALLIANCE — $97,599 · OtherCITY ON A HILL MINISTRIES — $102,439 · Other+14 more — $621,756 · Other+14 moreRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE — $635,187 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDIN…GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES — $249,643 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIESCOMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESHORE 211 — $176,561 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE L…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN — $166,990 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - T…THE LITTLE RED HOUSE INC — $156,260 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE RED HOUSE INCLADDER INC — $103,128 · Human ServicesLADDER INCTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION — $100,930 · Human ServicesTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATIONTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC — $60,151 · Human Services+6 more — $126,075 · Human Services+6 moreCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER — $369,431 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'…CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES — $84,078 · Crime & LegalCENTER FO…Legal Aid of Western Michigan — $78,812 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid…+3 more — $21,400 · Crime & LegalREACH FOR RECOVERY INC — $357,397 · HealthASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED — $76,046 · HealthFOUR POINTS INC FOUR POINTS INC — $69,971 · Health+1 more — $14,550 · HealthTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE — $384,673 · InternationalChild Development Services of Ottawa County Inc — $188,420 · EducationHOPE COLLEGE — $145,166 · EducationREADY FOR SCHOOL — $33,937 · EducationCASA of Kent County Inc — $214,173 · Civil Rights
Other$2,725,230Human Services$1,774,925Crime & Legal$553,721Health$517,964International$384,673Education$367,523Civil Rights$214,173

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE — $635,187 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE — $429,954 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE — $384,673 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER — $369,431 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetMOSAIC COUNSELING — $361,262 over 7y, 12% of budgetREACH FOR RECOVERY INC — $357,397 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES — $249,643 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetCASA of Kent County Inc — $214,173 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetChild Development Services of Ottawa County Inc — $188,420 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESHORE 211 — $176,561 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN — $166,990 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetLATIN AMERICANS UNITED FOR PROGRESS INC — $158,456 over 7y, 34% of budgetTHE LITTLE RED HOUSE INC — $156,260 over 6y, 15% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE — $145,166 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST OTTAWA FORUM — $108,662 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetLADDER INC — $103,128 over 7y, 21% of budgetCITY ON A HILL MINISTRIES — $102,439 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION — $100,930 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLAKESHORE ETHNIC DIVERSITY ALLIANCE — $97,599 over 6y, 10% of budgetHIS HARVEST STAND — $85,571 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND — $85,529 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES — $84,078 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Michigan — $78,812 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED — $76,046 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetFOUR POINTS INC FOUR POINTS INC — $69,971 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF MICHIGAN SHORE TO SHORE — $65,972 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CENTER INC — $60,151 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetDESTINATION EDUCATION — $59,340 over 2y, 33% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $58,261 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERBIG SISTER FOUNDATION INC — $56,697 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetARCADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER PEGGY FAKLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — $45,464 over 5y, 19% of budgetGRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $41,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America — $41,181 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREADY FOR SCHOOL — $33,937 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN — $23,336 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHERITAGE HOMES INC — $17,458 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSYLVIA'S PLACE — $16,100 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWINGS HOME — $14,550 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS SE — $14,150 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLOVE INC OF ALLENDALE — $14,006 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetARC OF ALLEGAN COUNTY — $12,500 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $8,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $7,031 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $7,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES — $6,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLEGAN COUNTY LEGAL ASSISTANCE CTR — $5,900 over 1y, 7.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds REACH FOR RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CASA of Kent County Inc ↗
  • Who funds Child Development Services of Ottawa County Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACCESS LINE OF THE LAKESHORE 211 ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN - TRI-CITIES MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds LATIN AMERICANS UNITED FOR PROGRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE RED HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST OTTAWA FORUM ↗
  • Who funds LADDER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY ON A HILL MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LAKESHORE ETHNIC DIVERSITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds HIS HARVEST STAND ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION DBA MEDIATION SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid of Western Michigan ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds FOUR POINTS INC FOUR POINTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF MICHIGAN SHORE TO SHORE ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DESTINATION EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERBIG SISTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER PEGGY FAKLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ↗
  • Who funds GRAND HAVEN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds READY FOR SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Grand Haven Area Comm…The Community Foundat…Heart of West Michiga…Allegan County United…Perrigo Company Chari…Consumers Energy Foun…Frey FoundationGrand Rapids Communit…The Allegan County Co…Millerknoll FoundationCommunity Foundation …Howard Miller Foundat…
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation IncMI56.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Allegan County United Way · Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Frey Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Allegan County Community Foundation · Millerknoll Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Howard Miller Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Greater Ottawa County United Way funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    18report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $491 of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

    Source object · view filing

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