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Helen L Kay Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$161k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Health$602kHuman Services$586kReligion$222kEmployment$145kEducation$76kYouth Development$63kHousing & Shelter$63kRecreation & Sports$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOODWILL IND OF GREATER DETROIT$20,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST BRADY$20,000
SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$20,000
STARR COMMONWEALTH$20,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$20,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE$10,000
Hunter Hospitality House$3,000
ATHLETES FOR CHARITY$3,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION$3,000
GILDAS CLUB-METRO DETROIT$3,000
LIONS VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH CAMP INC$3,000
ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$3,000
PEWABIC SOCIETY INC$3,000
OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES$3,000
OIHN FBO HONOR COMMUNITY HEALTH$3,000
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 (FY20–25, $353k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $25k → 14%Pope Francis Center: $5k → 21%Wave Project: $10k → 10%MICHIGAN ABILITY PARTNERS: $5k → 14%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $25k → 14%Clayton Dabney for Kids with Cancer: $5k → 14%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $25k → 14%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $25k → 14%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 21%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $25k → 14%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 21%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $20k → 14%Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit: $5k → 8%Evangelical Home of Michigan: $5k → 14%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 8%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT: $10k → 14%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 8%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $5k → 21%SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 21%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 21%OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 8%SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 21%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $3k → 8%HIGHER HOPES: $5k → 8%CAMP CASEY: $10k → 8%CAMP CASEY: $5k → 8%ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE INC: $17k → 21%ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE INC: $5k → 21%Hospice of Michigan: $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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
GA
TX
FL

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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.5M · 48 repeat orgs$408k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

48 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
54

Total granted

$1.5M
$383k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+10%

Still filing today

73%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +33%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +27%
  • CC
    CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
    3× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY-EASTERN MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • BA
    BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +27%
  • MC
    Motor City Mission
    one grant, 2022 · $15k

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
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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2
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
3
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
4
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
5
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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6
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
7
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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8
Association for Children's Mental Health

To ensure all michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.

Health
9
Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement

The organization's mission is to support community-based, stakeholder driven training for care teams including physicians, care managers, care coordinators, medical assistants and behavioral health specialists; facilitate training and…

Health
10
Northern Michigan Hematology and Oncology

Provide professional services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and infectious disease and related conditions.

Health
11
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
12
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin

Creating healthy communities - together

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity Capital Region Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Bottomless Toy Chest Inc. 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 backsteadyCancer Support ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Senior Support ServicesFood Banks and PantriesYouth Sports ProgramsAnimal Rescue and ShelterLgbtq+ Community SupportChristian Missionary Organi…Christian Youth CampsAffordable Housing Developm…Addiction Recovery ServicesCommunity FoundationsDomestic Violence ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Affordable Housing Construc…Community FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …
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 34 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr13%7%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr15%25%20–35yr14%28%35–55yr18%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr13%3%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr15%18%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr18%36%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/78
the rest of the field
12%
6,510/53,778

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

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

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 74 of the 109 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/74
Grantees still filing
48/74
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

GOODWILL IND OF GREATER DETROIT — $145,000 · OtherGOODWILL IND OF GREATER DETROITSHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $145,000 · OtherSHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENTHE SALVATION ARMY — $120,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYFIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $90,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST BRADY — $70,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST BRADY+54 more — $513,500 · Other+54 moreSTARR COMMONWEALTH — $145,000 · Human ServicesSTARR COMMONWEALTHROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $28,000 · Human ServicesROCHESTER AREA NEIGH…OAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES — $28,000 · Human ServicesOAKLAND FAMILY SERVI…SPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES — $25,000 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM COMMUNITY S…ANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE INC — $22,250 · Human ServicesANGELA HOSPICE HOME …Hospice of Michigan Inc — $20,000 · Human ServicesHospice of Michigan …CAMP CASEY CORPORATION — $15,000 · Human Services+10 more — $70,000 · Human Services+10 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc — $50,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Ass…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $40,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITA…CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY — $35,000 · HealthCONQUER CANCER FOU…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $30,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SO…THE RAINBOW CONNECTION — $25,000 · HealthTHE RAINBOW CONNEC…NATIONAL BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LINK — $18,000 · HealthNATIONAL BONE MARR…THE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES — $17,500 · HealthTHE NEW DAY FOUNDA…BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE — $15,000 · HealthDETROIT INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN — $15,000 · Health+8 more — $63,000 · Health+8 moreNEW CITY KIDS INC — $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC — $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentWESLYN A BENNETT FOUNDATION — $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CAPITAL REGION INC — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN INC — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterBEDS 4 KIDS — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterLIVE RITE STRUCTURED RECOVERY CORP — $5,000 · Housing & ShelterGILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT — $20,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC — $13,000 · Arts & CultureKettering University — $15,000 · EducationTHE NEW COMMON SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationMadonna University — $5,000 · EducationWE SHALL READ — $5,000 · EducationA5 SCHOLARSHIP CHARITY — $2,000 · Education
Other$1,083,500Human Services$353,250Health$308,500Youth Development$64,000Housing & Shelter$47,500Arts & Culture$33,500Education$32,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSTARR COMMONWEALTH — $145,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS OF MICHIGAN — $35,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY — $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW CITY KIDS INC — $33,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetVISTA MARIA — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $28,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOAKLAND FAMILY SERVICES — $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION — $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSPECTRUM COMMUNITY SERVICES — $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANGELA HOSPICE HOME CARE INC — $22,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT — $20,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CAPITAL REGION INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LINK — $18,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE BOTTOMLESS TOY CHEST INC — $18,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE NEW DAY FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES — $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKettering University — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP CASEY CORPORATION — $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC — $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Heroes League — $13,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PEWABIC SOCIETY INC — $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends In Deed — $12,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetABIGAYLE MINISTRIES — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDomestic Violence Project — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HURON VALLEY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARY CROWLEY MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLE FLIGHTS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWELLSPRING — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN MICHIGAN — $10,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetZAMAN INTERNATIONAL — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWAVE PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetHUNTER HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC — $8,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN INC — $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetEversight — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABIDE MINISTRIES INC — $7,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMARINERS INN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Phillip and Elizabeth…United Way for Southe…The Carls FoundationDte Energy FoundationHarry a and Margaret …The Barton Malow Foun…Ford PhilanthropyEagles for ChildrenCanton Community Foun…Young Woman's Home As…Deroy Testamentary Fo…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI57× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Carls Foundation · Dte Energy Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · The Barton Malow Foundation · Ford Philanthropy · Eagles for Children · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Young Woman's Home Association of Detroit Michigan · Deroy Testamentary 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 Helen L Kay Charitable Trust 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 · 00%1%4%8%15%your 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
    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 109 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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