· Private foundation
Jennings Memorial Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $68k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $103k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MONTROSE BD OF EDUCATION | $103,400 |
| MONTROSE BAPTIST CHURCH | $23,450 |
| MONTROSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $21,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF EASTERN MICHIGAN | $14,740 |
| MONTROSE GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH | $13,500 |
| LEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| MONTROSE FOOD PANTRY | $6,500 |
| NORTH END SOUP KITCHEN | $6,500 |
| MONTROSE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY | $5,000 |
| SHOES THAT FIT | $4,500 |
| MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION | $4,500 |
| FLINT EASTSIDE MISSION | $4,500 |
| SHELTER OF FLINT | $4,500 |
| CARRIAGE TOWN MINISTRIES | $4,500 |
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 (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MTMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION5× · 2021–2025 · $23k · revenue +21%
- CTCarriage Town Ministries5× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +38%
- COCROSSOVER OUTREACH5× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- CCHURCHone grant, 2022 · $50k
- FBFOOD BANK OF EASTERN MICHIGANone grant, 2021 · $17k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $14k
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.
CEC works with diverse stakeholders across Detroit to develop critical resources and system-level solutions that address common challenges faced by Detroit families in accessing quality education.
Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.
Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.
The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.
We provide furniture and home goods to families and individuals that financially qualify for our program. our current focus area is harford county, maryland but are happy to give referrals to resources in other counties when possible.
Feeding children everywhere is committed to providing healthy meals to those in need. we are committed to sustainability. creating a hunger-free world will be possible if we have an awareness of our impact on the world around us. we have…
To further the welfare of the jewish community
To support and benefit the community foundation of greater flint. the organization will address a wide variety of community needs in greater flint, and its immediate priority is to provide aid to those affected by the flint water crisis.
Working together to ensure everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day.
We empower people on their journey to independence through the sale of donated goods, which supports employment programs and family services.
Provide food for individuals in need
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 64 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.
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: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Mackey Foundation · Child Welfare Society of Flint · Nartel Family Foundation · The Hagerman Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Burroughs Memorial Trust · The Whiting Foundation · Anna Paulina Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Consumers Energy Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jennings Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jennings Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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