· Private foundation
James a Childs and Susan M Childs Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k29 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $31,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| BENZIE COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS | $6,000 |
| THE ROCK OF KINGSLEY YOUTH CENTER | $5,000 |
| IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 91 | $4,500 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MI | $4,000 |
| NEWTON'S ROAD NORTHWEST | $4,000 |
| LSSU FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| LONG LAKE FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER | $2,000 |
| TRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC | $2,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF IDAHO FALLS & BONNEVILLE COUNTY | $2,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TRTHE ROCK OF KINGSLEY INC3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +48%
- UWUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue ×12
- MHMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $3k
- EIEASTERN IDAHO COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INCone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -3%
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -9%
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.
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.
Michigan trails & greenways alliance is the statewide voice for nonmotorized trail users, helping people build, connect and promote trails for a healthier and more prosperous michigan.
We advocate and facilitate the development of a network of multipurpose recreational trails in Northern Lower Michigan.
The mission of the Michigan Trails Fund is to secure and distribute private resources that will be used to assist in the expansion and connectivity of the statewide non-motorized trail system which promotes access for all, healthy…
We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. muskegon community health project is a member of mercy health and trinity health.
Advancing science and stewardship of adirondack waters.
Teton Valley Health Care Foundation strives to build mutually beneficial relationships with community members, businesses, and guests that, through their generosity, support a healthy and thriving valley. (Continued on Schedule O). Through…
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.
We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…
Improving health, healing people.
To expand equitable health care and healthy living in Cook County and champion solutions through funding, education and advocacy.
The National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho, a major nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing diseases of the kidney, improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and families affected by kidney disease, and…
To preserve and develop the north idaho centennial trail system and promote non-motorized trail connectivity throughout north idaho.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE ROCK OF KINGSLEY INC ↗
- Who funds Newtons Road Northwest ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds TRAVERSE HEALTH CLINIC AND COALITION ↗
- Who funds MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
- Who funds TETON VALLEY TRAILS & PATHWAYS INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FATHER FRED FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PROJECT FEED THE KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds Mountain Bike the Tetons Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF EASTERN IDAHO ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CHERRYLAND HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds EASTERN IDAHO COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds MT HOLIDAY INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds 22 2 NONE ↗
- Who funds PACE North ↗
- Who funds THE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE AMYLOIDOSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIFT OF LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - GRAND TRAVERSE REGION ↗
- Who funds PARAKLESIS 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.
Open a dossier: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · The Julius H and Barbara B Beers Family Foundation · The Broad Family Foundation · United Way of Northwest Michigan · Aline Underhill Orten Foundation Inc · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · DTE Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James a Childs and Susan M Childs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James a Childs and Susan M Childs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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