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Higher Hopes Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$123k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
70
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$17,219
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$2k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Human Services$48kHealth$27kCivil Rights$20kCrime & Legal$19kAnimals$13kPublic Benefit$9kArts & Culture$6kReligion$6kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Last Prisoner Project$17,2191n/a
Hope Network$11,0301n/a
Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan$8,00020%
Turning Point Inc$7,00020%
Angels of Hope a Family Cancer Foundation$6,0001n/a
Great Lakes Bay Pride$5,00012%
Paws for Humanity Inc$5,0001n/a
92 for 22$4,00013%
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association$4,00010%
Every Woman's Place Inc$4,00020%
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All grantees of Higher Hopes Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Last Prisoner Project$17,2191n/a
Hope Network$11,0301n/a
Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan$8,00020%
Turning Point Inc$7,00020%
Angels of Hope a Family Cancer Foundation$6,0001n/a
Great Lakes Bay Pride$5,00012%
Paws for Humanity Inc$5,0001n/a
92 for 22$4,00013%
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association$4,00010%
Every Woman's Place Inc$4,00020%
Headwaters Land Conservancy$3,8871n/a
Jaeger Foundation$3,0002n/a
Affirmations Community Center$3,00010%
Grand Rapids Pride Center$3,00010%
West Michigan Veterans Ranch Inc$3,00018%
Harbor Country Mission$2,50011%
Vietnam Veterans of America #154$2,00011%
The Arbor Circle Corporation$2,00010%
Three Rivers Pride$2,0002n/a
Sylvia's Place$2,00020%
Grand Rapids Trans Foundation$2,0001n/a
Pride Big Rapids$2,0002n/a
Patriots Garage$2,0002n/a
Veterans Helping Veterans Foundatio$1,00010%
Women's Resource Center$1,0001n/a
Mt Pleasant Pride Center$1,0001n/a
K-9 Camo Companions$1,0001n/a
Rise Corp$1,00010%
Father Fred Foundation$1,0001n/a
Bear River Primary Care$1,0001n/a
Veterans4usa Inc$1,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women$1,0001n/a
Humane Society of West Michigan$1,00010%
Sowhope Org$1,00010%
Elk Country Animal Shelter$1,00010%
Womens Information Services Inc$1,00010%
Community Living Options$1,00010%
Thurston Woods Village Inc$1,00010%
Food Gatherers$1,00010%
Fashion Has Heart$1,0001n/a
Community Compassion Network$1,0001n/a
Pleasant Hearts Pet Food Pantry$1,0001n/a
Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services$1,00010%
Wheels for Warriors$1,0001n/a
Fisher House Michigan$1,00010%
Three Rivers Community Players Inc$1,0001n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$1,00010%
St Joseph Community Co-op Inc$1,00010%
Refurbished Pets of Southern Michigan$1,0001n/a
Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Women's Aid Service Inc$1,00010%
Mission for Area People$1,00010%
Isabella County Restoration House$1,0001n/a
Gryphon Place$1,00010%
Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Higher Hopes Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Lakes Bay Pride: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budget92 for 22: $4,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAmerican Autoimmune Related Diseases Association: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEvery Woman's Place Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAffirmations Community Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Rapids Pride Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWest Michigan Veterans Ranch Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetHarbor Country Mission: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVietnam Veterans of America #154: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Arbor Circle Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSylvia's Place: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVeterans Helping Veterans Foundatio: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRise Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Society of West Michigan: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSowhope Org: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetElk Country Animal Shelter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWomens Information Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Living Options: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThurston Woods Village Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Gatherers: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDomestic and Sexual Abuse Services: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFisher House Michigan: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph Community Co-op Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Aid Service Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMission for Area People: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGryphon Place: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Consumers Energy Foun…DTE Energy FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…Grand Rapids Communit…Frey FoundationGrand Haven Area Comm…Michigan Coalition to…Community Foundation …John E Fetzer Institu…Canton Community Foun…Heart of West Michiga…Battle Creek Communit…
Consumers Energy FoundationMI33.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Canton Community Foundation Inc · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Battle Creek Community 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.

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Find your warmest path to Higher Hopes Foundation Inc 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.

About Higher Hopes Foundation Inc

How much does Higher Hopes Foundation Inc give?
Higher Hopes Foundation Inc reported 70 grants totaling $123,106 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Higher Hopes Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Health (14%), Civil Rights (11%).
Who are Higher Hopes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Last Prisoner Project ($17k), Hope Network ($11k), Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan ($8k).
Does Higher Hopes Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Higher Hopes Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Consumers Energy Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation, The Mercantile Bank Foundation.
Where is Higher Hopes Foundation Inc based?
Higher Hopes Foundation Inc is based in MI.

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 93 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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