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· Public charity

Health Net of West Michigan

To improve the health of children and adults, particularly vulnerable populations, through education and connections to health care and support services.

$183k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$121k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Health$1.1MHuman Services$391kEducation$51kHousing & Shelter$50k
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $144,409, the rows itemized in this filing. The $182,941 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $38,532 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $121k
$16,338
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FitKids360$120,634
Cherry Health$16,338
Family Outreach Center Inc$7,437
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 (FY17–22, $228k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%FitKids360: $121k → 11%Arbor Circle Corporation: $23k → 11%ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $15k → 11%Arbor Circle Corporation: $7k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $36k → 11%Arbor Circle Corporation: $6k → 11%YMCA: $20k → 11%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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$998k · 6 repeat orgs$554k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$998k
$433k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+29%

Still filing today

83%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $121k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CS
    Cherry Street Services Inc
    6× · 2017–2022 · $333k · revenue +19%
  • FO
    FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER
    6× · 2017–2022 · $94k · revenue +14%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN
    3× · 2017–2020 · $56k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • IC
    INGHAM COUNTY
    one grant, 2018 · $81k
  • WC
    WAYNE CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE ACCESS PROGR AM INC
    one grant, 2017 · $81k · revenue -61%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND
    one grant, 2017 · $70k · revenue +15% · 48% of their budget
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
Active Community Health Center of Broward Inc

We are and Agency created on the fundamental value that strengthening one family at a time will transform our community as a whole. we believe that all people should have access to behavioral healt servicesa and to live a fulfilling life.…

—
2
Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc

The children's center's mission is to help children and families shape their own futures.

Human Services
3
Health Net of West Michigan

To improve the health of children and adults, particularly vulnerable populations, through education and connections to health care and support services.

Health
4
Family Medical Center of

Family Medical Center of Michigan, Inc. is dedicated to quality and excellence in providing comprehensive, cost-effective primary and preventive health care regardless of age, ethnic background, or ability to pay.

Health
5
Mgh Family Health Center Muskegon Family Care

Muskegon family care is a federally qualified health center with medical and dental clinics reaching out to uninsured and underinsured patients in muskegon county.

Health
6
Detroit Community Health Connection

Dchc is a primary care organization committed to providing accessible, affordable and quality service to all members of the communities we serve.

—
7
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'

TCC Family Health mission is to provide innovative, integrated, quality health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.

—
8
Edward W Sparrow Hospital

Improving the health of the people in our communities by providing quality, compassionate care to everyone, every time.

Health
9
Penobscot Community Health Center

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that is governed by a Board of community volunteers and is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine. PCHC is driven by its mission…

Health
10
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers

To build and strengthen families and their children, instilling hope for the future and a better quality of life.

—
11
Arab American and Chaldean Council

To coordinate and support the socio-economic, educational, health, and cultural needs of the arab-american and chaldean community and other communities in the greater metropolitan detroit area.

Human Services
12
York County Community Action Corporation

Yccacs mission is to ensure that all people in york county thrive. we work with our partners to meet urgent needs, create opportunities to succeed, promote well-being, and advocate for just policies and practices.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Neighbors Inc; the most unlike its peers is FitKids360. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENT COUNTY: $414,100 · OtherKENT COUNTYFAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $93,776 · OtherFAMILY OUTREACH CENTERINGHAM COUNTY: $80,926 · OtherINGHAM COUNTYWAYNE CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE ACCESS PROGR AM INC: $80,926 · OtherWAYNE CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE ACCESS PROGR AM INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN: $55,695 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGANTHE SALVATION ARMY: $31,812 · Other+3 more: $41,408 · OtherCherry Street Services Inc: $333,285 · HealthCherry Street Services I…+1 more: $8,100 · HealthFitKids360: $120,634 · Human ServicesFitKids360THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $51,017 · Human ServicesTHE ARBOR CIRCLE …BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $35,931 · Human ServicesBAXTER COMMUNITY …The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $19,930 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's C…THRESHOLDS INC: $13,633 · Human ServicesTHRESHOLDS INCTHE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $69,538 · Crime & LegalFIRST STEPS KENT: $50,810 · EducationHEALTHY HOMES COALITION OF WEST MICHIGAN INC: $49,852 · Housing & Shelter
Other$798,643Health$341,385Human Services$241,145Crime & Legal$69,538Education$50,810Housing & Shelter$49,852

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCherry Street Services Inc: $333,285 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFitKids360: $120,634 over 1y, 12% of budgetFAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $93,776 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWAYNE CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE ACCESS PROGR AM INC: $80,926 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $69,538 over 1y, 48% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN: $55,695 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $51,017 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST STEPS KENT: $50,810 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHEALTHY HOMES COALITION OF WEST MICHIGAN INC: $49,852 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $35,931 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $21,007 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $19,930 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHRESHOLDS INC: $13,633 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY HOUSE: $12,250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUNSON MEDICAL CENTER: $8,100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Corewell Health Group…Heart of West Michiga…Frey FoundationMichigan Health Endow…The Meijer FoundationThe Wege FoundationThe Sebastian Foundat…Feeding America West …WK Kellogg FoundationFirst Steps KentSteelcase Foundation
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI29.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Frey Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · The Meijer Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · First Steps Kent · Steelcase 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 Health Net of West Michigan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Health Net of West Michigan. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 19 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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