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Joseph J Laurencelle Memorial Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$142k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$419kEducation$126kHuman Services$29kReligion$6kArts & Culture$3kPhilanthropy$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KEVIN'S SONG$15,000
ROSE HILL FOUNDATION$15,000
BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL$14,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SE MICHIGAN$12,500
DE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT$7,500
MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION$7,500
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
DIVINE CHILD HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
SHRINE HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
MERCY HIGH SCHOOL$7,500
MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MI$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, 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.

area typical 11%WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES: $5k → 21%WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES: $3k → 21%WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES: $350 → 21%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$519k · 22 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
12

Total granted

$519k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+18%

Still filing today

36%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • KS
    KEVINS SONG A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON DEPRESSION & SUICIDE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +93%
  • MI
    MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $18k · revenue +61%
  • CG
    COMMON GROUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $14k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • S
    SAVE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TG
    THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • UM
    U-M MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT HEINZ C PRECHTER BIPOLAR RESEARCH PROGRAM
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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.

04Its 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
Milife

Mental health

Health
2
Institute for Mental Health & Wellness
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3
Mental Research Institute
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4
Our Mental Illness

Help people who suffer from a mental illness find and obtain the services they need while educating the public about the difficulties and warning signs of mental illness.

—
5
Interfaith Network On Mental Illness

To increase awareness and understanding of mental illness among clergy, staff, lay leaders and members of faith communities to help them more effectively develop and nurture supportive environments for persons dealing with mental illnesses…

Health
6
Mental Health Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania

To provide a consumer driven environment which supports and promotes recovery for all people with mental health needs including veterans, persons with criminal justice histories and regional state hospital residents.

Health
7
Mental Health America of East Central Florida Inc

The purpose and goal of the association are to prevent mental illness, promote mental health and improve the care and treatment of those suffering from mental illness.

—
8
Rise Above the Disorder

Rise Above The Disorder is a non-profit centered on making mental health care accessible and affordable to everyone. Our cause was founded in 2012 as a team of volunteers helping people find local therapists and crowd-funding the cost of…

Health
9
Key Point Health Services Inc

The mission of key point health services, inc. is to provide quality mental health care in an environment committed to continuous improvement.

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10
Mental Health America of Beaufort-Jasper

To work toward improved care and treatment of the mentally ill

Health
11
The Help Show

Mental health awareness

Human Services
12
Suffer Out Loud

We're committed to reducing montana suicide rates and shifting the stigma around mental health, one conversation - and one life - at a time. we envision a future where all montanans can safely and comfortably ask for and access mental…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Wiwd Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 36 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL: $56,500 · OtherBROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOLCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SE MICHIGAN: $52,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SE MICHIGANSHRINE HIGH SCHOOL: $24,500 · OtherSHRINE HIGH SCHOOLMARIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $22,000 · OtherMARIAN HIGH SCHOOLCATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: $22,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL: $22,000 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT: $22,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DETROITDE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL: $22,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOLDIVINE CHILD PARISH DEARBORN: $22,000 · OtherDIVINE CHILD PARISH DEARBORNMENTAL ILLNESS RESOURCE ASSOCIATION: $17,500 · OtherMENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $17,500 · OtherMERCY HIGH SCHOOL: $15,000 · Other+12 more: $72,350 · Other+12 moreKEVINS SONG A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON DEPRESSION & SUICIDE: $50,000 · HealthKEVINS SONG A NONP…COMMON GROUND: $13,500 · HealthCOMMON GROUNDTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE GIVE AN HOUR N…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $9,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATIO…MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $7,500 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH FOUN…+2 more: $5,500 · Health+2 moreROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $88,500 · PhilanthropyROSE HILL FOUNDA…WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES: $7,850 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $2,980 · Human ServicesWIWD FOUNDATION: $6,250 · EducationME2 ORCHESTRA INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$387,850Health$95,500Philanthropy$88,500Human Services$10,830Education$6,250Arts & Culture$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $88,500 over 6y, 19% of budgetKEVINS SONG A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON DEPRESSION & SUICIDE: $50,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetMENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $17,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetCOMMON GROUND: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES: $7,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWIWD FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetGARRETT'S SPACE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $2,980 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKNOWRESOLVE: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetME2 ORCHESTRA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

  • Who funds ROSE HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KEVINS SONG A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON DEPRESSION & SUICIDE ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND ↗
  • Who funds THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
  • Who funds WOLVERINE HUMAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds WIWD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GARRETT'S SPACE ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds KNOWRESOLVE ↗
  • Who funds ME2 ORCHESTRA 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.

Doris J & Donald L Du…Community Foundation …Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David FindlingMI15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Doris J & Donald L Duchene Foundation C/O David Findling · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Joseph J Laurencelle Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph J Laurencelle Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • ME2 Orchestra Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 36 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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