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John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund at a glance

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John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$222k
Granted FY2026still arriving
11
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$225kPhilanthropy$145kHousing & Shelter$100kYouth Development$80kFood & Nutrition$50kRecreation & Sports$25kEducation$22kHealth$20kOther$0
02FY2026 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $106k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY$50,000
SAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
SAGINAW ART MUSEUM$41,000
SAGINAW COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
SAGINAW ARTS & ENRICHMENT$15,000
CAN COUNCIL GREAT LAKES BAY REGION$10,000
UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY$10,000
BAY FUTURE INC$10,000
TEEN CHALLENGE OF SAGINAW$9,000
MICHIGAN CROSSROADS COUNCIL BSA$5,000
FRIENDS OF RAUCHHOLZ MEMORIAL LIBRARY$1,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%OPERATION WARM INC: $10k → 10%UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $15k → 18%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.
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 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
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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2
Great Lakes Bay Health Centers

To provide high quality health care to individuals and community groups in Saginaw, Bay, and other nearby counties. Services are provided without regard to race, beliefs or ability to pay.

Health
3
Saginaw County Youth Protection Council

To empower and support children and families in reaching their full potential and becoming self-sufficient, saving lives and creating futures through educational enrichment and shelter services.

Human Services
4
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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5
Saginaw County Community Action Committee Inc

The mission of the saginaw county community action committee, inc. is to serve as a proactive and dedicated community hub providing information, programs and services to low-income individuals and families helping them to achieve a more…

Human Services
6
Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc

Our mission is to assist our affiliates to increase capacity to build simple decent homes in partnership with people in need in the State of Michigan.

Housing & Shelter
7
United Way of Greater Central Michigan

United way provides leadership and resources to improve the quality of life in our community by generating revenue, creating awareness and engaging volunteers.

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8
Saginaw Community Food Club & Kitchen

To address and improve food equity by providing access to healthy foods and nutritional resources to individuals and communities.

Food & Nutrition
9
Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy

Take action at the intersection of people and nature. elevate landscapes for the benefit of all. provide leadership in conservation.

Environment
10
Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County Inc

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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11
Saginaw County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Promotion of conventions & tourism in saginaw county

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12
Home Builders Association of Michigan

A voice of the building industry in Michigan. The primary purpose is to positively influence the legislative, regulatory and legal issues that affect the industry.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Svrc Industries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Operation Warm Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF SAGINAW: $200,000 · OtherYMCA OF SAGINAWSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50,000 · OtherSAGINAW-SHIAWASSEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITYSCHOOL DISTRICT OF SAGINAW: $20,000 · OtherSAGINAW ARTS & ENRICHMENT: $15,000 · OtherFIELD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE: $20,000 · OtherSVRC Industries Inc: $14,000 · Other+8 more: $57,000 · Other+8 moreUNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY: $175,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUN…Saginaw Community Foundation: $40,000 · PhilanthropySaginaw Community Foundati…Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterRescue Minis…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BAY COUNTY INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…HIDDEN HARVEST: $50,000 · Human ServicesHIDDEN HA…UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNDERGROU…Operation Warm Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesOperation…TEMPLEARTS: $41,000 · Arts & CultureSAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$376,000Philanthropy$215,000Housing & Shelter$100,000Youth Development$80,000Human Services$75,000Arts & Culture$41,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF SAGINAW COUNTY: $175,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BAY COUNTY INC: $80,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetFIELD NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSVRC Industries Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Saginaw Community Fou…Alice E Turner Memori…Frank N Andersen Foun…Wm McNally Family Fou…Allen E & Marie A Nic…Wickson-Link Memorial…Boutell Memorial FundMorley FoundationYeo Family FoundationBierlein Companies Fo…Wallace & Irene Bronn…Consumers Energy Foun…
Saginaw Community FoundationMI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saginaw Community Foundation · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Boutell Memorial Fund · Morley Foundation · Yeo Family Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation · Consumers Energy 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Michael Jeffers Memorial Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 23 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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