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Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
106
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.5MHealth$1.7MHuman Services$1.4MYouth Development$1.1MEducation$932kHousing & Shelter$882kCommunity Improvement$489kFood & Nutrition$462kOther$0
02FY2025 · 106 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $230k
  • $10k–50k69 grants · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO$30,000
YWCA KALAMAZOO$30,000
YWCA KALAMAZOO$30,000
INTERFAITH HOMES OF KALAMAZOO$29,700
PUBLIC MEDIA NETWORK$25,000
ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER$25,000
KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES$25,000
KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$25,000
KAIROS DWELLING$25,000
THE IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD FESTIVAL$25,000
HOUSING RESOURCES INC$25,000
KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$20,000
CRESCENDO ACADEMY OF MUSIC$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN$20,000
YMCA OF GREATER KALAMAZOO$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HEALTH HOUSE: $22k → 12%THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $20k → 12%HEALTHY HOUSE: $15k → 12%SHERMAN LAKE YMCA OUTDOOR CENTER: $15k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 12%CENTRICA CARE NAVIGATORS: $20k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $20k → 12%CENTRICA CARE NAVIGATORS: $20k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $15k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTERURBANZONE: $15k → 12%LIFT FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $16k → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $15k → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $15k → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $15k → 12%FIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $15k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $25k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $25k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $25k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $25k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $20k → 12%KALAMAZOO HOUSING ADVOCATES: $20k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $20k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $20k → 12%ECUMENCIAL SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES INC: $30k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $30k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $25k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $25k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $25k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $20k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $20k → 12%CONFIDENT SOLE: $20k → 12%CARE COLLECTIVE OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $17k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $25k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $25k → 12%AACORN FARM INC: $25k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $25k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $20k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $20k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $20k → 12%AACORN FARM INC: $20k → 12%AACORN FARM: $20k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $20k → 12%AACORN FARM INC: $20k → 12%AACORN FARM INC: $20k → 12%KAIROS DWELLING: $20k → 12%KALAMAZOO BLACK MALE ALLIANCE: $25k → 12%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 142 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

142 repeat relationships: 77 still active in FY2025, 65 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

142
91

Total granted

$8.8M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+27%

Still filing today

66%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $263k 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 & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • KL
    KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +63%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $218k · revenue +27%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $197k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • KP
    KALAMAZOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS-WOOD LAKE DANCE
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • HC
    HOSPICE CARE OF SW MICHIGAN DBA CENTRICA CARE NAVIGATORS
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
Kalamazoo Foundation for Excellence

The mission of the kalamazoo foundation for excellence is to support the goals of the city of kalamazoo, fund aspirational investments in the city, and empower kalamazoo residents to achieve the lives they want for themselves and their…

Public Benefit
2
Kalamazoo County Humane Society

The mission of the kalamazoo humane society is to nuture the wellbeing of animals and people in our communities.

Animals
3
Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program

Probation residential center - alternative correctional facility and outpatient treatment facility

Crime & Legal
4
Kalamazoo Country Day School

An independent school providing a supportive, challenging and creative academic environment for talented and motivated students to prepare them for life long achievement.

Education
5
Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association

To improve and enhance the physical, social, and economic environment of the eastside section of the city of kalamazoo, michigan to the ends that the community may have a more pleasant, attractive, safe and convenient place to live and…

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6
Kalamazoo Area Christian Retir Asso

To operate and manage according to law and applicable regulations, a certified home for the ages for qualified residents of Kalamazoo county and its surrounding counties.

Human Services
7
Kalamazoo Cultural Center

Support of the arts council of greater kalamazoo

Arts & Culture
8
Downtown Tomorrow Inc

Assist downtown development authority in implementing the arcadia creek plan.

Community Improvement
9
Kalamazoo Community Foundation Real Estate Holdings Inc

Supporting organization to kalamazoo community foundation

Philanthropy
10
South County Community Services

South county community services (sccs) is the only human service agency dedicated to serving the 25,000 residents who live in the southern tier of kalamazoo county. with a mission to work with families to improve quality of life, the…

—
11
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation

To create and preserve quality affordable housing options for northern michigan residents through education, development, and partnering with local communities.

Human Services
12
Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center

The mission of the kalamazoo experiential learning center is to provide an onsite workplace for college interns that strategically place students in placemaking initiatives that foster best practices and create educational opportunities…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kalamazoo Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Irving S Gilmore Foundation. 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

141 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. 141 of the 258 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
136/141
Grantees still filing
91/141
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO: $218,000 · OtherREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $163,000 · Other+132 more: $4,508,000 · Other+132 moreFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $202,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN…KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $195,000 · Human ServicesKALAMAZOO COUNTY …KAIROS DWELLING: $190,000 · Human ServicesKAIROS DWELLINGAACORN FARM INC: $160,000 · Human ServicesAACORN FARM INCFIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $121,000 · Human ServicesFIRST DAY SHOE FU…THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $117,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC COMMUNITY…HEALTHY HOUSE: $61,500 · Human ServicesTHE SYNERGY HEALTH CENTER INC: $60,000 · Human Services+14 more: $401,600 · Human Services+14 moreKalamazoo Institute of Arts: $187,500 · Arts & CultureKalamazoo Instit…KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $180,000 · Arts & CultureKALAMAZOO SYMPHO…IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD: $125,000 · Arts & CultureIRVING S GILMORE…Wellspring-Cori Terry and Dancers: $108,000 · Arts & CultureWellspring-Cori …ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $98,000 · Arts & CultureROOTEAD ENRICHME…HELEN L FOX GOSPEL MUSIC CENTER: $83,000 · Arts & CultureHELEN L FOX GOSP…PUBLIC MEDIA NETWORK: $83,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC MEDIA NET…KALAMAZOO BOOK ARTS CENTER: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSUZUKI ACADEMY OF KALAMAZOO: $65,000 · Arts & CultureFARMERS ALLEY THEATRE: $62,500 · Arts & CultureFONTANA CHAMBER ARTS: $61,500 · Arts & CultureGLASS ART KALAMAZOO: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $289,500 · Arts & Culture+9 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $197,000 · HealthDOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $116,500 · HealthBronson Health Foundation: $100,000 · HealthCHRISTIAN GLOBAL MEDICAL HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED: $70,000 · HealthPREVENTION WORKS INC: $65,000 · HealthGRYPHON PLACE: $53,730 · HealthSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $32,500 · Health+1 more: $13,000 · HealthKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv: $164,000 · Housing & ShelterOPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO: $136,000 · Housing & ShelterKALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $130,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC: $92,500 · Housing & ShelterINTERFAITH HOMES OF KALAMAZOO A NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION: $29,700 · Housing & ShelterKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $225,000 · Food & NutritionMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $187,000 · Food & NutritionCAN-DO KALAMAZOO: $72,500 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC: $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM: $93,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $82,500 · Youth DevelopmentKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo: $35,500 · Youth DevelopmentPLAINWELL AVIATION AND STEM ACADEMY: $20,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $11,500 · Youth Development
Other$4,889,000Human Services$1,509,100Arts & Culture$1,473,000Health$647,730Housing & Shelter$552,200Food & Nutrition$484,500Youth Development$418,000

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 budgetKALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC: $225,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO: $218,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $202,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $197,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $195,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetKAIROS DWELLING: $190,000 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetKalamazoo Institute of Arts: $187,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $187,000 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetKALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $180,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv: $164,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $163,000 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetAACORN FARM INC: $160,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetCRESCENDO ACADEMY OF MUSIC: $156,000 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetOPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO: $136,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC: $135,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetKALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $130,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetHOUSING RESOURCES INC: $127,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetIRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD: $125,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFIRST DAY SHOE FUND: $121,000 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetKALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL: $120,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetTHE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES: $117,500 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetDOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $116,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetWellspring-Cori Terry and Dancers: $108,000 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetBronson Health Foundation: $100,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $98,000 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS: $96,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetOPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM: $93,500 over 7y, 10% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC: $92,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetPRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP INC: $90,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBlack Arts & Cultural Center: $85,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetHELEN L FOX GOSPEL MUSIC CENTER: $83,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA NETWORK: $83,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $82,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetKalamazoo Nature Center: $82,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC: $76,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetKalamazoo Civic Theatre: $75,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetKALAMAZOO BOOK ARTS CENTER: $75,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetCAN-DO KALAMAZOO: $72,500 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetCHRISTIAN GLOBAL MEDICAL HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetBUILDING BLOCKS OF KALAMAZOO: $67,500 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $67,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSUZUKI ACADEMY OF KALAMAZOO: $65,000 over 9y, 8.5% of budgetPREVENTION WORKS INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFARMERS ALLEY THEATRE: $62,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetHEALTHY HOUSE: $61,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetFONTANA CHAMBER ARTS: $61,500 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetTHE SYNERGY HEALTH CENTER INC: $60,000 over 5y, 4.7% 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 KALAMAZOO LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S ↗
  • Who funds KAIROS DWELLING ↗
  • Who funds Kalamazoo Institute of Arts ↗
  • Who funds MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv ↗
  • Who funds READ AND WRITE KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds AACORN FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds CRESCENDO ACADEMY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOORS KALAMAZOO ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds IRVING S GILMORE INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD ↗
  • Who funds FIRST DAY SHOE FUND ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC COMMUNITY ADVOCATES ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Wellspring-Cori Terry and Dancers ↗
  • Who funds Bronson Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds PRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds Black Arts & Cultural Center ↗
  • Who funds HELEN L FOX GOSPEL MUSIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC MEDIA NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Kalamazoo Nature Center ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kalamazoo Community F…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…The Ronda E Stryker a…Tyler-Little Family F…United Way of South C…Suzanne Upjohn Delano…John E Fetzer Institu…The Burdick-Thorne Fo…Jim Gilmore Jr Founda…H P & Genevieve Conna…
Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI232.6× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund

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 Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold and Grace Upjohn 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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

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    How do I get to Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Harold and Grace Upjohn 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 258 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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