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Kalamazoo Community Foundation

KALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's mission is to mobilize people, resources, and expertise to advance racial, social, and economic justice.

$24M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
282
Itemized grants FY2024
215
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$21M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$31,900
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,275,426
Organizations funded a year
198 to 244
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$699M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Kalamazoo Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving276$21M20%
FY2023215$20M9%
FY2022244$19M18%
FY2021208$18M15%
FY2020229$22M23%
FY2019207$15M18%
FY2018198$16M24%
FY2017201$15Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$35MHuman Services$27MArts & Culture$19MHealth$12MYouth Development$9.9MPhilanthropy$8.1MCommunity Improvement$6.6MHousing & Shelter$6.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi$7,420,904820%
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency$5,613,1688n/a
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre$5,610,531837%
Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center$5,176,9318n/a
United Way of South Central Michigan$3,834,34685%
Pretty Lake Vacation Camp Inc$3,459,223840%
Senior Services Inc$3,459,11484%
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts$3,135,175816%
County of Kalamazoo$2,797,8798n/a
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s$2,784,793854%
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All grantees of Kalamazoo Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi$7,420,904820%
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency$5,613,1688n/a
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre$5,610,531837%
Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center$5,176,9318n/a
United Way of South Central Michigan$3,834,34685%
Pretty Lake Vacation Camp Inc$3,459,223840%
Senior Services Inc$3,459,11484%
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts$3,135,175816%
County of Kalamazoo$2,797,8798n/a
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s$2,784,793854%
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc$2,481,845812%
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra$2,356,317820%
Kalamazoo Nature Center$2,159,299812%
Kalamazoo College$1,880,17280%
Western Michigan University Foundation$1,767,61081%
Kalamazoo Public Library$1,764,9058n/a
Housing Resources Inc$1,698,768813%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,651,2158n/a
Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo$1,625,19088%
Family & Children Services Inc$1,583,24182%
Community Healing Centers$1,581,25984%
Kalamazoo Gay & Lesbian Resource Center$1,418,304858%
Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard$1,395,67087%
Stara Collaborative$1,377,100212%
Rural Futures International$1,321,530842%
Congregation of Moses$1,318,0078n/a
Open Doors Kalamazoo$1,311,577822%
Hispanic American Council Inc$1,299,450742%
Kalamazoo Center for Youth and Community$1,277,150868%
First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo$1,268,5528n/a
Douglass Community Association$1,257,747856%
Western Michigan University$1,121,0308n/a
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency Foundation$1,069,603686%
Disability Network Southwest Michigan$1,069,088822%
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative$1,044,7702n/a
The Arc Community Advocates$1,037,908866%
Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn$1,005,500229%
Kalamazoo Youth Development Network$996,350641%
Kalamazoo Literacy Council$991,814881%
Young Mens Christian Association of Kalamazoo$985,72182%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Kalamazoo Inc$974,56688%
City of Kalamazoo$961,7428n/a
Lifecare Inc$941,57981%
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo$939,136811%
Residential Opportunities Inc$936,35082%
Ministry With Community Inc$935,224854%
Michigan Advocacy Program$927,25071%
Planned Parenthood of Michigan$909,48982%
West Michigan Cancer Center$879,33881%
Vine Neighborhood Association$870,000670%
Northside Association for Community Development$854,178835%
Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community$817,700875%
Aacorn Farm Inc$784,341862%
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv$781,85085%
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker Md School of Medicine$774,08470%
Goodwill Industries of Sw Michigan$745,57982%
Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo$738,130849%
Michigan Organizing Project$713,81965%
Ecumenical Senior Center Inc$700,122862%
Gryphon Place$681,73684%
Rootead Enrichment Center$662,860774%
Kalamazoo County Defender Inc$657,36864%
Southwest Michigan Land Conservency Inc$624,185815%
Kalamazoo County Humane Society$597,94787%
Kalamazoo Friends of Recreation$555,700893%
Specialized Language Development Center Inc$503,662812%
Glass Art Kalamazoo$500,000434%
Helping Other People Exceed$495,000310%
Can-Do Kalamazoo$481,045829%
Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind Inc$480,000865%
Public Media Network$478,703513%
Kalamazoo Refugee Resource Collaborative Inc$473,000580%
Urban Alliance Inc$469,950816%
MRC Industries Inc$463,98083%
Ascension Borgess Foundation$463,96469%
Kalamazoo Christian School Fnd$458,011721%
Black Wall Street Kalamazoo$448,00057%
Community Homeworks Inc$444,60089%
Society for History and Racial Equity$444,150865%
Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan$427,26970%
Read and Write Kalamazoo$418,837825%
Prevention Works Inc$417,97385%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan$398,33884%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$391,77550%
Family Health Center Inc$387,40971%
St Lukes Episcopal Church$382,5005n/a
Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc$379,90586%
Portage Community Outreach Center Inc$379,815816%
Black Arts & Cultural Center$374,500845%
Vicksburg Community Schools Foundation$366,969882%
The Salvation Army$361,4518n/a
Calhoun County Guardian Dba Guardian Fin$355,50077%
First Presbyterin Church of Kalamazoo$349,1828n/a
Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative$331,950742%
Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center$327,18086%
Mothers of Hope$325,789811%
Portage Education Foundation$312,500783%
Kalamazoo Regional Catholic Schools Foundation$306,811816%
Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church$300,0001n/a
Immigration Law & Justice Michigan$297,00069%
Charlies PLACE$291,300355%
Intrepid Professional Women Network$272,310781%
Healthy House$270,510845%
Young Kings and Queens Inc$269,695640%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Sw Michigan$267,37285%
African Community Kalamazoo$264,634599%
Day Bible Church$263,0268n/a
Eracce$262,693619%
Clinton County Regional Education Agency$262,0008n/a
Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan$261,100613%
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services$260,7577n/a
Michigan Center for Youth Justice$260,000413%
Richland Area Community Center$259,978218%
Building Blocks of Kalamazoo$250,616821%
Vibrant Kalamazoo$249,500795%
Speak It Forward Inc$243,600723%
Southwest Michigan Classic Reformed Church in America$237,9763n/a
Open Roads Bike Program$231,000820%
Integrated Services of Kalamazoo$223,4631n/a
South County Community Services$219,435322%
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo$218,87634%
Confident Sole$216,650454%
The Constance Brown Hearing & Speech Center$215,17764%
Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools Foundation$214,162897%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$212,30070%
Friends of Portage Senior Center$210,232843%
Kalamazoo Eastside Neighborhood Association$207,000553%
First Presbyterian Church of Richland$203,0007n/a
The Crossing Inc$200,000315%
Helen L Fox Gospel Music Center$198,650652%
Community AIDS Resource & Education Services of Southwest Michigan$190,50083%
Kalamazoo Christian School Association$185,15251%
Lending Hands of Michigan Inc$184,487740%
Farmers Alley Theatre$183,34785%
Kalamazoo Gospel Mission$183,3058n/a
Equality Michigan$180,00027%
Cornell University$176,87820%
Christian Neighbors Se$176,00065%
Council of Michigan Foundations$175,10080%
Count Mi Vote Education Fund$172,50067%
Sand Lake Baptist Church$170,612573%
Kalamazoo Collective Housing$165,500418%
The Urban Arts Exploratory and Mediation Center$162,8533n/a
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition$157,135311%
General Council on Finance & Admins of the United$155,1545n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$150,27540%
Legal Aid of Western Michigan$148,62822%
Covenant Academies Foundation$146,00045%
Premier Athletics for Youth Development$141,950413%
First Day Shoe Fund$139,22568%
Edison Neighborhood Association Inc$138,750225%
Council on Foundations Inc$137,80080%
Marietta College$136,00030%
Vicksburg Historical Society$135,560880%
Playworks Education Energized$135,00050%
Denison University$135,00080%
Parchment School District$135,0004n/a
Kairos Dwelling$134,39977%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$132,00030%
Vicksburg District Library$128,6935n/a
Wellspring-Cori Terry and Dancers$128,165339%
Kids Moving & Thriving$127,100539%
Smile Savers$126,800455%
The Bethany Reformed Church of Kalamazoo Michigan$125,5687n/a
Comm Advocates for Parents & Students$123,430395%
East Main Church of Christ$121,5447n/a
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Foundation$120,42481%
Wild Swan Theater$120,000410%
Ufw Foundation$120,00020%
Portage United Church of Christ$119,7005n/a
Animal Rescue Project$118,25054%
American Heart Association Inc$117,25040%
Village of Vicksburg$113,4582n/a
Leader Dogs for the Blind$106,25070%
Gull Lake Community Schools Foundat$105,62778%
Men of Purpose Incorporated$105,50047%
Mothering Justice$105,00024%
Friends With Disabilities$105,000434%
Steps to Victory Inc$105,000372%
Kalamazoo Rotary Club Charities$103,227722%
Oshtemo Charter Township$101,9754n/a
Reach Sober Living Inc$101,300121%
Hospital Hospitality House of Southwest Michigan Inc$100,62054%
Kalamazoo Country Day School$100,28936%
Michigan Voices$100,00011%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$100,00010%
The Leelanau School$100,00081%
Christ Church Episcopal School$97,00060%
Kalamazoo Junior Girls Organization$95,611476%
Summits Education$94,265112%
The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated$93,5003n/a
Dream of Kalamazoo Foundation$92,500264%
Sw Michigan Miracle League$92,500313%
Kalamazoo County Public Housing Commission$91,6453n/a
Lift Foundation$90,00032%
Interact of Michigan Inc$88,50030%
Community Living Options$88,50070%
Audubon Society of Kalamazoo$88,0956n/a
Portage Public Schools$87,5443n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$82,61310%
Interfaith Homes of Kalamazoo a Non-Profit Housing Corporation$82,30032%
Michigan Maritime Museum Inc$81,07972%
PEO Foundation$80,00080%
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church$78,8006n/a
Watervliet Public Schools$76,6113n/a
Crescendo Academy of Music$76,55034%
Hoopsters Classic Association DBA Action Matters$76,260319%
Merze Tate Explorers$75,3904n/a
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$75,00014%
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation$75,00012%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$71,75120%
Haven Church$70,9968n/a
The United Church of Christ$70,0003n/a
St Columba Episcopal Church$70,0003n/a
Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Foundation$69,4505n/a
Zion Lutheran Church$68,0006n/a
Trenches Community Church$66,0002n/a
Michigan State University$65,7503n/a
Schoolcraft Community Schools$65,2125n/a
Cfleads$65,00061%
Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center$64,51172%
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Society$63,75069%
Iff$62,60010%
Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan$61,76733%
Friends of Yad LKashishLifeline for the Old$60,25026%
Lions of Michigan Service Foundation Inc$60,00053%
Kalamazoo Housing Advocates$60,000117%
Michigan Parents of the Visually Impaired$60,0003n/a
My Sisters Healing$60,0002n/a
Michigan Interfaith Power & Light Inc$60,00026%
Yad Ezra V'Shulamit$60,00021%
Kalamazoo Choral Arts Inc$58,449129%
Bent Not Broken by H5$58,00017%
Milwood United Methodist Church$58,0003n/a
Changes and Beyond$57,5003100%
Seeding Change$57,375422%
Care Collective of Southwest Michigan$56,86518%
American Friends of Meshi Inc$56,25033%
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America$56,20031%
The Second Reformed Church of Kalamazoo$56,2008n/a
Local Journalism Foundation$56,000224%
Northwood University$56,00060%
Al-Van Humane Society Inc$55,50027%
Center for Transformation$55,5003n/a
The Kirk H and Joann P Gibson Family Foundation for Parkinson's Research$55,00053%
Latter Rain Outreach Ministries$55,0001n/a
Bangtown Studio on the Go$55,000418%
United for the Unsheltered of Kalamazoo$55,0003n/a
Grand Valley State University$54,8305n/a
Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$54,47830%
Junior League of Kalamazoo Inc$54,059726%
Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Swmi$52,7503n/a
Vicksburg Cultural Arts Center$52,500340%
Kalamazoo Cultural Center$52,00025%
Portage Chapel Hill United Methodist Church$51,8004n/a
Inner City Youth for Change$50,500243%
Rende Progress Capital$50,00013%
Washtenaw Intermediate School District$50,0003n/a
Michigan League for Public Policy$50,00022%
Friends of Vicksburg Youth Inc$50,000178%
Michigan State Afl-Cio Workforce Development Institute$50,00012%
Cornerstone Alliance$50,00012%
Emgage Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Kalamazoo Islamic Center$50,0001n/a
Grand Rapids Community Foundation$50,0001n/a
Journey Faith Group Inc$50,0001n/a
Kalamazoo Children's Alliance$50,000334%
Lily of the Valley Church$48,9003n/a
New Life Church of Kalamazoo Inc$48,8501n/a
Julius & Esther Stulberg Competition Inc$47,95069%
Eversight$46,00040%
Michigan History Foundation Inc$45,74283%
Park Club Historic Foundation$45,00019%
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living Inc$45,00031%
League of Women Voters of the Kalamazoo Area Education Fund$44,2002n/a
Southwest Michigan First Corp$44,20050%
Animals Best Friend Fund Inc$42,582510%
Oshtemo Friends of the Parks$42,0001n/a
Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York Inc$42,00030%
Northside Ministerial Alliance$41,4392n/a
Parents for Transition$40,175312%
Vicksburg Community Schools$40,0001n/a
Van Buren District Library$40,0002n/a
New Direction Outreach Center$40,0001n/a
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$40,00040%
University of Colorado Foundation$40,00040%
Queer Theatre Inc$38,879448%
YMCA of Metuchen$38,50060%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$37,70610%
South Michigan Food Bank$37,00020%
Educating for Freedom in Schools$36,6751n/a
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$36,5072n/a
Bangor Public Schools$35,9183n/a
Michigan Blind Athletic Association$35,5004n/a
American Friends of Shalva Israel Inc$35,00020%
Downtown Kalamazoo Inc$35,00023%
Kalamazoo Black Male Association$35,000139%
Community Outreach and Prevention Network$35,00018%
Partners Worldwide$35,00011%
Colleagues International$34,000111%
Comstock Public Schools$34,0002n/a
University of Cincinnati$33,0451n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$33,00030%
Friends of the Richland Community Library$32,0983n/a
Boy Scout Troop #205$32,0414n/a
Lakeside for Children Foundation$32,000112%
Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan$32,00010%
Noble Network of Charter Schools$31,70040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$31,50030%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$30,25030%
Trauma Recovery Associates$30,234219%
Bread and Roses Child Care Center$30,200210%
Kalamazoo Abraham Lincoln Institute$30,1001n/a
Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan$30,00023%
Gull Lake Community Schools$30,0002n/a
Michigan Mountain Biking Association$30,000233%
Face Off Theatre Company$30,0001n/a
Diocese of Kalamazoo$30,0003n/a
Ort America Inc$30,00010%
The Human Element Foundation$30,000122%
Alongside Inc$29,25022%
Indiana Sailing Foundation Inc$29,000234%
Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center$27,60027%
Act Socially Kalamazoo Inc$27,5404n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$27,5003n/a
Ask Family Services$27,40021%
Bethel Baptist Church$27,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$27,00030%
City of Plainwell$27,0002n/a
Good News Powell$26,8003n/a
Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program$26,50010%
Renaissance Enterprises Co$26,500310%
Counterpunch Academy$26,300111%
Emmanuel Foundation$26,2001n/a
America Gives Inc$26,00010%
Portage Muskies Hockey Boosters Inc$25,800319%
William Crispe Community House Inc$25,09624%
Allies for Every Child Inc$25,00010%
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work Inc$25,00011%
Christian Global Medical Healthcare Incorporated$25,00019%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25,00010%
A Philip Randolph Institute Detroit Downriver$25,000112%
The Proactive Project Inc$25,00016%
International Fuller Woman Network$25,0001n/a
Bethany Christian Services$25,00010%
Michigan Nonprofit Association$25,00010%
Girls Build Kalamazoo Inc$25,000111%
S&D Pj Housing$25,000120%
Michigan Disability Rights Coalition$25,00011%
One Love Global$25,00016%
Ready Set Serve$25,0001n/a
American Arab Heritage Council$25,00018%
Texas Township Friends of Parks & Trails$25,0002n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$25,00010%
North Flint Neighborhood Action Council Inc$25,0001n/a
Comprehensive Senior Care Corporation$25,00010%
Kalamazoo Family Nonprofit Housing Corporation$25,0001n/a
Pirg New Voters Project Inc$25,000179%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan$25,00010%
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc$24,42120%
Fontana Chamber Arts$24,40933%
Parchment Community Library$24,3701n/a
Plainwell Music Society$24,0003n/a
Nettelhorst Parent Teacher Organization$24,00034%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$23,6003n/a
Peace Center Foundation$22,00030%
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission$22,00011%
The Barn Theatre School for Advanced Theatre Training$21,99712%
Kalamazoo Animal Rescue$21,94033%
Kalamazoo Poetry Festival$20,7502n/a
Agw Dance Angel Network$20,5002n/a
Bangor Area Community Foundation$20,0001n/a
Kalamazoo Garden Council Inc$20,000131%
Innovation Africa$20,00010%
Alden Volunteers$20,0002n/a
The Education Trust Inc$20,00010%
W E Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation$20,00010%
Gotham Early Music Scene Inc$20,00021%
Ann Arbor Public Schools$20,0001n/a
Kalamazoo Deacons Conference$19,57232%
Bangor Public Schools$19,1141n/a
Kalamazoo District of the United Methodist Church$19,0001n/a
Lutheran Church of the Savior$18,5001n/a
Michigan Association of Conservation Districts$18,40032%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$18,2502n/a
John F Kennedy Medical Center Foundation Inc$17,5002n/a
Kalamazoo Children's Chorus$17,50028%
Gottagetit$16,20017%
Kalamazoo Chinese Academy$16,000111%
Covert Public Schools$15,8502n/a
The Brookside Care Foundation$15,7501n/a
Arcadia Information Network$15,000110%
Foundation for Inner Peace Inc$15,00011%
My Brothers Keeper Foundation$15,0001n/a
Samaritas Foundation$15,00010%
Midwest Camp Habonim aka Habonim Camp Tavor$15,00011%
University of Arizona Foundation$15,00010%
United Way of Southwest Michigan$15,00010%
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan$15,00010%
Hias Inc$15,00010%
Lake Michigan Junior Golf Association$15,00011%
Peace During War$15,0001n/a
Global Girls Inc$15,00017%
Association of Fundraising Professionals West Mi Chapter$15,000124%
The Howe School$15,00010%
Fair Food Matters$14,500257%
Saugatuck Yacht Club Sailing Program$14,500112%
Kazoo School$13,97611%
Pine Rest Foundation$13,80010%
Galesburg Augusta Community Schools$13,4012n/a
Township of Alamo$13,1202n/a
The Inter-American Restoration Corp$13,00021%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$13,00010%
Portage District Library$12,6152n/a
The Institute of Public Scholarship$12,50011%
National Federation of the Blind of Michigan$12,4001n/a
Northern Great Lakes Initiatives$12,40010%
The Cara Program$12,00020%
Mission Africa Inc$11,5001n/a
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan$11,50010%
International Love Elderly Care Incorporation$11,5001n/a
Lakeside for Children$11,50010%
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo Foundation Inc$11,47511%
Voces$11,40022%
Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Assoc$11,31811%
Gull Lake Dam Association$11,0001n/a
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$10,4002n/a
North Dakota State University Foundation$10,00010%
Literacy and Beyond Inc$10,00012%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$10,00010%
United Way of Indian River County Inc$10,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Cottey College$10,00010%
Mount Zion Baptist Church$10,0001n/a
Monroe-Brown Foundation$10,00011%
The John's Island Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Michigan Afterschool Association$10,00013%
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
Little League International$10,00010%
Chinese American Association of Greater Kalamazoo$10,0001n/a
Youth Advancement Academykresa$10,0001n/a
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$10,0001n/a
Hospitality House Youth Development$10,00011%
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children$10,00011%
Feeding America West Michigan$10,00010%
Kalamazoo Push for Learning$10,0001n/a
Givedirectly Inc$10,00010%
Lifecycles Bike 4 Life LLC$10,0001n/a
Bike Friendly Kalamazoo$10,0001n/a
Westminster Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund$10,000125%
Covert Township$9,7501n/a
Saturn Entertainment Group$8,5001n/a
Simpson United Methodist Church$8,4001n/a
Winnetka Public School Nursery$8,0001n/a
Feeding America$8,00010%
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center$8,00016%
Shepherd's Center of Greater Kalamazoo$7,50019%
St Barnabas Episcopal Church$7,5001n/a
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees$7,50010%
Four Township Water Resources Council Inc$7,2501n/a
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$7,09010%
Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan Inc$7,02512%
Bentley Village Foundation Inc$7,00011%
Americares Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Hope 4 Wildlife Inc$7,0001n/a
Kalamazoo River Watershed Public Advisory Council$7,00016%
Hope Reformed Church$6,5001n/a
Ilitch Charities Inc$6,5001n/a
SCORE Association$6,25010%
The Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum$6,10010%
Catholic Schools of Greater Kalamaz$6,0351n/a
Kalamazoo County Parks and Recreation Development Foundation$6,02313%
Van Buren Intermediate School District$6,0001n/a
Water 4 Mercy Inc$6,00011%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$6,00010%
Richland Bible Church$6,0001n/a
Alight$6,00010%
Fellowships Inc$6,0001n/a
Youth Ministry International Inc$6,00011%
Montessori Children's Center Inc$6,00010%
New Vic Theatricals Inc$5,98018%
American Guild of Organists$5,49010%
Alternatives of Kalamazoo Crisis Pregnancy Center$5,48110%
Unity of Kalamazoo$5,2001n/a
Geneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc$5,10010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kalamazoo Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 67 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi: $7,420,904 over 8y, 20% of budgetKalamazoo Civic Theatre: $5,610,531 over 8y, 37% of budgetUnited Way of South Central Michigan: $3,834,346 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetPretty Lake Vacation Camp Inc: $3,459,223 over 8y, 40% of budgetSenior Services Inc: $3,459,114 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetKalamazoo Institute of Arts: $3,135,175 over 8y, 16% of budgetKalamazoo County Ready 4s: $2,784,793 over 8y, 54% of budgetKalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Inc: $2,481,845 over 8y, 12% of budgetKalamazoo Symphony Orchestra: $2,356,317 over 8y, 20% of budgetKalamazoo Nature Center: $2,159,299 over 8y, 12% of budgetKalamazoo College: $1,880,172 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWestern Michigan University Foundation: $1,767,610 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetHousing Resources Inc: $1,698,768 over 8y, 13% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Kalamazoo: $1,625,190 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetFamily & Children Services Inc: $1,583,241 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCommunity Healing Centers: $1,581,259 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetKalamazoo Gay & Lesbian Resource Center: $1,418,304 over 8y, 58% of budgetIrving S Gilmore International Keyboard: $1,395,670 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetStara Collaborative: $1,377,100 over 2y, 12% of budgetRural Futures International: $1,321,530 over 8y, 42% of budgetOpen Doors Kalamazoo: $1,311,577 over 8y, 22% of budgetHispanic American Council Inc: $1,299,450 over 7y, 42% of budgetKalamazoo Center for Youth and Community: $1,277,150 over 8y, 68% of budgetDouglass Community Association: $1,257,747 over 8y, 56% of budgetKalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency Foundation: $1,069,603 over 6y, 86% of budgetDisability Network Southwest Michigan: $1,069,088 over 8y, 22% of budgetThe Arc Community Advocates: $1,037,908 over 8y, 66% of budgetGenevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn: $1,005,500 over 2y, 29% of budgetKalamazoo Youth Development Network: $996,350 over 6y, 41% of budgetKalamazoo Literacy Council: $991,814 over 8y, 81% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Kalamazoo: $985,721 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Kalamazoo Inc: $974,566 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetLifecare Inc: $941,579 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetArts Council of Greater Kalamazoo: $939,136 over 8y, 11% of budgetResidential Opportunities Inc: $936,350 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMinistry With Community Inc: $935,224 over 8y, 54% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $927,250 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Michigan: $909,489 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetWest Michigan Cancer Center: $879,338 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetVine Neighborhood Association: $870,000 over 6y, 70% of budgetNorthside Association for Community Development: $854,178 over 8y, 35% of budgetInterfaith Strategy for Advocacy and Action in the Community: $817,700 over 8y, 75% of budgetAacorn Farm Inc: $784,341 over 8y, 62% of budgetKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv: $781,850 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetWestern Michigan University Homer Stryker Md School of Medicine: $774,084 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Sw Michigan: $745,579 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo: $738,130 over 8y, 49% of budgetMichigan Organizing Project: $713,819 over 6y, 4.9% 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 200.

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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.

Harold and Grace Upjohn FoundationMI232.6× affinity122 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · The Burdick-Thorne Foundation · Jim Gilmore Jr Foundation · H P & Genevieve Connable Fund

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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About Kalamazoo Community Foundation

How much does Kalamazoo Community Foundation give?
Kalamazoo Community Foundation reported 282 itemized grants totaling $21,437,066, out of $24,386,647 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 198 and 244 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kalamazoo Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Kalamazoo Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi ($7.4M), Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency ($5.6M), Kalamazoo Civic Theatre ($5.6M).
Does Kalamazoo Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kalamazoo Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation, Irving S Gilmore Foundation, Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc.
Where is Kalamazoo Community Foundation based?
Kalamazoo Community Foundation 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 505 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 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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