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Kalamazoo Youth Development Network

To ensure that all kalamazoo county youth have access to high quality, you-drive, diverse, inclusive, and equitable out-of-school time programs that will prepare them to be college or career ready by early adulthood.

$682k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$140k
Largest
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01What it funds
01FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $322k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $360k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER$140,000
COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS$60,000
EL CONCILIO$55,000
SPEAK IT FORWARD$55,000
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP$50,000
HOLY TEMPLE CHURCH$43,134
BENT NOT BROKEN$40,000
STEPS TO VICTORY$35,000
EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION$30,000
HELEN L FOX MUSIC CENTER$30,000
NEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP$22,200
CONFIDENT SOLE$21,366
READ AND WRITE KALAMAZOO$20,000
OPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM$20,000
FIRE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ARTS$20,000
02The need
02

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, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%STEPS TO VICTORY: $35k → 12%CONFIDENT SOLE: $21k → 12%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
The Diatribe Inc

The diatribe uses restorative art to disrupt historical systems of oppression by reimagining education, holistically honoring the community by creating an unapologetic vision for liberation that is accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
2
Statement Arts Inc

Statement Arts believe in the power of an integrated arts education to cultivate the next generation of leaders who can inspire social and cultural change. Our holistic approach supports young people and offers the space for them to find…

Arts & Culture
3
Expression Educational and Cultural Center

Provide Education and resources for children in th

Human Services
4
Inspirational Workshops

We collaborate with youth of color in their learning and development journey providing experiences and resources for critical thinking, exploring voice, deepening brilliance, and contributing to the health and renewal of their…

Education
5
Heartstrings Counseling Inc

To provide high quality, affordable counseling and educational services toall members of the community. we strive to encourage positive change andpersonal growth that will brace and sustain the hearts and livesof individuals, couples,…

Health
6
Voices of Tomorrow

To provide culturally responsive, child-focused programs that support the growth, learning, and well-being of children and families. To strengthen community-based systems by empowering providers to deliver equitable........

Youth Development
7
Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective

The Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective creates a safe space for immigrant youth to express themselves and achieve their full potential and their identity that intersects with being undocumented. Through grassroots organizing, our…

Human Services
8
Teens Step Up Inc

After school enrichment program

Youth Development
9
A Leadership Journey

To empower and equip youth ages 13-18 from marginalized identities to serve and see themselves as global citizens.

Youth Development
10
Creative Change Counseling

Working together with families and communities for children to help keep them healthy safe and smart

Health
11
Bcai Cultural Arts and Humanities

Provides arts and cultural based education regardless of income

Arts & Culture
12
Intentional Learning for the Youth

Sharing information to equip communities

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hispanic American Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Confident Sole. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS: $60,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERSSPEAK IT FORWARD INC: $55,000 · OtherSPEAK IT FORWARD INCHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC: $55,000 · OtherHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INCCHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH INC: $43,134 · OtherCHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH INCNEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST: $22,200 · OtherNEW LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIS…MICHIGAN ASSOCITATION OF CIRCUIT COURT ADMINISTRATORS: $20,000 · OtherMICHIGAN ASSOCITATION OF CIRCUIT COURT ADM…ROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $140,000 · Arts & CultureROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTERThe Institute of Public Scholarship: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Institute of Public ScholarshipHELEN L FOX GOSPEL MUSIC CENTER: $30,000 · Arts & CultureHELEN L FOX GOSPEL MUSIC CENTERFire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative: $20,000 · Arts & CultureFire Historical and Cultural Arts Colla…Steps to Victory Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesSteps to …CONFIDENT SOLE: $21,366 · Human ServicesCONFIDENT…BENT NOT BROKEN BY H5: $40,000 · Crime & LegalEDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementGOTTAGETIT: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsOPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $20,000 · Education
Other$255,334Arts & Culture$240,000Human Services$56,366Crime & Legal$40,000Community Improvement$30,000Recreation & Sports$20,000Youth Development$20,000Education$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $140,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS: $60,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSPEAK IT FORWARD INC: $55,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC: $55,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Institute of Public Scholarship: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBENT NOT BROKEN BY H5: $40,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSteps to Victory Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHELEN L FOX GOSPEL MUSIC CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetEDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetCONFIDENT SOLE: $21,366 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative: $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetGOTTAGETIT: $20,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetOPEN ROADS BIKE PROGRAM: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $20,000 over 1y, 4.2% 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.

Kalamazoo Community F…The Ronda E Stryker a…Harold and Grace Upjo…Irving S Gilmore Foun…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…United Way of South C…Enna FoundationJohn E Fetzer Institu…Suzanne Upjohn Delano…WK Kellogg FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…
Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI34.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · United Way of South Central Michigan · Enna Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Pfizer 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 Kalamazoo Youth Development Network funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kalamazoo Youth Development Network. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Kalamazoo Youth Development Network?

    Find your warmest path to Kalamazoo Youth Development Network through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 17 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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