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Heart of West Michigan United Way

We unite community resources to invest in solutions that reduce poverty in west michigan.

$6.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
114
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$727k
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 2025.

Human Services$21MHousing & Shelter$7.8MHealth$6.8MPhilanthropy$3.8MEmployment$3.2MCrime & Legal$3.1MYouth Development$3.0MEducation$2.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 114 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 114 grants below total $5,124,712, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,530,868 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,406,156 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $220k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$34M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY KENT COUNTY$726,531
HEALTH NET OF WEST MICHIGAN$345,368
ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES$226,379
MEL TROTTER MINISTRIES$164,507
NEW CITY KIDS$137,222
WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY$129,246
FAMILY PROMISE OF WEST MICHIGAN$126,689
STEM GREENHOUSE$112,200
AYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE$112,176
OUR HOPE ASSOCIATON$109,579
MICHIGAN MIGRANT LEGAL ASSOCIATION$108,404
PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH$108,292
LITERACY CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN$95,025
YOUNG MONEY FINANCE$94,550
YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS$93,529
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $9.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KENT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION: $788k → 11%BETTER WISER STRONGER INC: $85k → 11%BETTER WISER STONGER INC: $74k → 11%BETTER WISER STRONGER: $50k → 11%SECOM RESOURCE CENTER: $48k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $127k → 11%BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $90k → 11%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $49k → 11%ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $280k → 11%ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $257k → 11%ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $189k → 11%ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $96k → 11%NORTH KENT CONNECT: $66k → 11%NORTH KENT CONNECT: $60k → 11%UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY: $71k → 11%UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY: $67k → 11%UNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY: $65k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $94k → 11%YMCA GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $91k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $77k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $70k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $57k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $48k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $392k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $334k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $330k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $314k → 11%GR URBAN LEAGUE: $269k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $269k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF W MI: $242k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF W MI: $233k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $196k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $186k → 11%CAMP FIRE WEST MICHIGAN 4C: $151k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WEST MICHIGAN: $142k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WEST MICHIGAN: $135k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN: $127k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WEST MICHIGAN: $94k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WEST MICHIGAN: $94k → 11%GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $93k → 11%DEGAGE MINISTRIES: $93k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF WEST MICHIGAN: $89k → 11%GR URBAN LEAGUE: $89k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $72k → 11%YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $71k → 11%CHILDREN'S ASSESSMENT CENTER: $70k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN: $65k → 11%HISPANIC CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN: $64k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$54M · 137 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

137 repeat relationships: 82 still active in FY2025, 55 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

137
80

Total granted

$54M
$2.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+5%

Still filing today

91%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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 ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +208%
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +32%
  • YW
    YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • KC
    KENT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
    one grant, 2022 · $788k · revenue +2%
  • FS
    FIRST STEPS KENTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $221k · revenue +527%
  • FF
    FAMILY FUTURESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $177k · revenue +83%
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
Heart of West Michigan United Way

We unite community resources to invest in solutions that reduce poverty in west michigan.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Marquette County

Focusing community resources to meet community needs the United Way of Marquette County works to advance the common good by connecting people with health and human care issues they are concerned about and to provide the oversight the…

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3
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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4
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
5
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
6
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
7
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
8
Urban League of Detroit and Southeastern Michigan

To enable african americans and people in need to reach their full human potential

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9
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
10
United Way of Lapeer County

To unite the community by developing resources to meet the community needs.

Philanthropy
11
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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12
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southwest Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Community of Hearts. 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

207 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 207 of the 250 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.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
58
Early backer (in before they grew)
200/207
Grantees still filing
122/207
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY: $7,669,640 · OtherSALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTYDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $1,582,640 · OtherDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'SMIGRANT LEGAL AID INC: $1,128,124 · OtherGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY: $925,657 · OtherCITY OF GRAND RAPIDS: $921,188 · OtherLegal Aid of Western Michigan: $1,124,683 · OtherACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN: $1,195,527 · Other+95 more: $11,972,558 · Other+95 moreYWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $2,164,592 · Human ServicesYWCA WEST CENTRAL MICH…HOPE NETWORK: $1,043,529 · Human ServicesHOPE NETWORKBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $978,129 · Human ServicesBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERV…THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $890,141 · Human ServicesTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPO…GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $883,787 · Human ServicesGRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEA…KENT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $787,859 · Human ServicesKENT COUNTY COMMUNITY …HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $768,617 · Human ServicesHISPANIC CENTER OF WES…BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $387,429 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $386,214 · Human Services+29 more: $2,912,074 · Human Services+29 moreFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $3,079,964 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMIS…ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $1,108,763 · Housing & ShelterICCF COMMUNIT…COMMUNITY REBUILDERS: $873,096 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY REB…DWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT: $773,993 · Housing & ShelterDWELLING PLAC…AYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $492,348 · Housing & ShelterAYA YOUTH COL…HOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $237,919 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $514,138 · Housing & Shelter+3 moreCherry Street Services Inc: $1,836,950 · HealthCherry St…Health Net of West Michigan: $1,529,263 · HealthHealth Ne…PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $766,967 · HealthPINE REST…COREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $225,800 · HealthWest Michigan Asian American Association Inc: $179,483 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MICHIGAN: $170,572 · Health+7 more: $215,346 · HealthWEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $969,711 · EducationLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $462,369 · EducationYOUNG MONEY FINANCES: $335,900 · EducationSTEM GREENHOUSE INC: $224,400 · EducationFIRST STEPS KENT: $221,046 · EducationINGENIUM COACH: $198,485 · EducationK-CONNECT: $110,000 · Education+11 more: $344,442 · EducationGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS INC: $2,370,846 · EmploymentSOUTHWEST ORGANIZATIONS UNIFYING RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYEE: $112,161 · Employment+1 more: $63,800 · EmploymentUNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE: $416,332 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $261,945 · PhilanthropyBARRY COUNTY UNITED WAY: $233,942 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $226,224 · PhilanthropyDISABILITY ADVOCATES OF KENT COUNTY: $222,211 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WHITEWATER VALLEY INC: $195,602 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $174,786 · PhilanthropyGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $109,652 · PhilanthropyMECOSTA - OSCEOLA UNITED WAY INC: $102,249 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN: $84,719 · PhilanthropyAQUME FOUNDATION: $77,500 · Philanthropy+6 more: $129,541 · Philanthropy
Other$26,520,017Human Services$11,202,371Housing & Shelter$7,080,221Health$4,924,381Education$2,866,353Employment$2,546,807Philanthropy$2,234,703

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 budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS: $3,079,964 over 9y, 15% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS INC: $2,370,846 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetYWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $2,164,592 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetCherry Street Services Inc: $1,836,950 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetDA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S: $1,582,640 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetHealth Net of West Michigan: $1,529,263 over 7y, 40% of budgetACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN: $1,195,527 over 5y, 31% of budgetMIGRANT LEGAL AID INC: $1,128,124 over 9y, 47% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Michigan: $1,124,683 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetICCF COMMUNITY HOMES: $1,108,763 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetHOPE NETWORK: $1,043,529 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $978,129 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetWEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY: $969,711 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY: $925,657 over 8y, 22% of budgetTHE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION: $890,141 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE: $883,787 over 7y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY REBUILDERS: $873,096 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $817,558 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetDWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT: $773,993 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetHISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC: $768,617 over 7y, 13% of budgetCAMP BLODGETT: $767,857 over 9y, 16% of budgetPINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $766,967 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN: $653,764 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetWomen's Resource Center: $643,342 over 9y, 15% of budgetSTEEPLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $562,580 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN: $558,775 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetThe Refugee Education Center: $524,949 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetAYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE: $492,348 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC: $480,669 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $462,369 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE: $416,332 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetBAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER: $387,429 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $386,214 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties: $360,918 over 8y, 29% of budgetYOUNG MONEY FINANCES: $335,900 over 5y, 38% of budgetROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $321,958 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $312,041 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetBETTER WISER STRONGER INC: $268,180 over 5y, 34% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $262,631 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $261,945 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetCASA of Kent County Inc: $259,229 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetNEW CITY KIDS INC: $259,097 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $245,620 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED CHURCH OUTREACH MINISTRY: $242,929 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetHOME REPAIR SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY INC: $237,919 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetBARRY COUNTY UNITED WAY: $233,942 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $226,224 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOREWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST MICHIGAN: $225,800 over 9y, 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.

  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GRAND RAPIDS ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Cherry Street Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds DA BLODGETT - ST JOHN'S ↗
  • Who funds Health Net of West Michigan ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds MIGRANT LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid of Western Michigan ↗
  • Who funds ICCF COMMUNITY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds HOPE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WEST MICHIGAN CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds THE ARBOR CIRCLE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS URBAN LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY REBUILDERS ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds KENT COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds DWELLING PLACE OF GRAND RAPIDS NONPROFIT ↗
  • Who funds HISPANIC CENTER OF WESTERN MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP BLODGETT ↗
  • Who funds PINE REST CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Women's Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds STEEPLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds The Refugee Education Center ↗
  • Who funds AYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Literacy Center of West Michigan ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE LAKESHORE ↗
  • Who funds BAXTER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MONEY FINANCES ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFORD COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER ↗

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…Frey FoundationThe Wege FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…Corewell Health Group…Steelcase FoundationCdv5 FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Community Foundat…Consumers Energy Foun…Feeding America West …
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI200.6× affinity124 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Wege Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · Steelcase Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Feeding America West Michigan

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 Heart of West Michigan United Way funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heart of West Michigan United Way. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    67report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 250 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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