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Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation

$1.1M
Granted FY2021
10
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

Education$3.4MCivil Rights$415kEnvironment$340kPublic Benefit$300kFood & Nutrition$275kCommunity Improvement$275kHousing & Shelter$200kArts & Culture$180kOther$0
02FY2021 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $540k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$89,650
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KETTERING UNIVERSITY$500,000
CORNERSTONE EDUCATION GROUP$150,000
WINNING FUTURES$100,000
FOCUS HOPE$100,000
CHANDLER PARK CONSERVANCY$89,650
RHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION$50,000
MARY'S MANTLE$50,000
WAYNE COUNTY ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION SUPPORT$25,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$25,000
AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS$25,000
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 (FY19–21, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%American Corporate Partners: $25k → 17%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $25k → 17%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $25k → 17%Starfish Family Services: $15k → 21%FOCUS HOPE: $100k → 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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 12 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
27

Total granted

$4.3M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
+15%

Still filing today

75%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • KU
    Kettering University
    4× · 2018–2021 · $2.0M · revenue +29%
  • TP
    THREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER
    4× · 2018–2021 · $600k · revenue +36%
  • WF
    WINNING FUTURES
    3× · 2019–2021 · $300k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $500k
  • DC
    DETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue -33%
  • MM
    Michigan Minority Purchasing Council
    one grant, 2019 · $300k
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
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
2
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
3
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
4
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit

—
5
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

—
6
Endeavor Detroit

Endeavor Detroit is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Michigan and the wider Great Lakes region, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in the…

Community Improvement
7
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program Detroit Metro

To inspire, motivate and empower at-risk young women to live up to their full potential through a unique mentoring program with highly accomplished professional women.

—
8
Michigan Chamber Foundation

1) to plan and conduct nonpartisan public education programs regarding free enterprise, productivity and basic economic issues affecting the state of michigan.2) to establish and operate a leadership institute designed to provide promising…

Arts & Culture
9
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
Detroit Athletic Club

To create life-enriching experiences that build meaningful relations, foster personal and professional growth, and celebrate culture in the heart of detroit.

—
11
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

—
12
Detroit Food Policy Council

The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Detroit Children's Fund; the most unlike its peers is Wayne County Sheriffs Reserve Officers 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

25 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. 25 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kettering University: $2,000,000 · EducationKettering UniversityWINNING FUTURES: $300,000 · EducationWINNING FUTURES+2 more: $25,000 · EducationTHREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER: $600,000 · OtherTHREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVID…Individual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMichigan Minority Purchasing Council: $300,000 · OtherMichigan Minority Purchasing CouncilKEEP MICHIGAN WORKING AND HEALTHY CAMPAIGN: $250,000 · OtherKEEP MICHIGAN WORKING AND HEALTHY CAMPAIGNMusic Center for Performing Arts: $100,000 · OtherNorthwood University Lear Endowed Scholarship: $100,000 · OtherRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION+18 more: $482,000 · Other+18 moreMARY'S MANTLE: $200,000 · Human ServicesFOCUSHOPE: $100,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $75,000 · Human ServicesSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHANDLER PARK CONSERVANCY: $339,650 · EnvironmentDETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Community ImprovementBELLE ISLE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · Community ImprovementMotor City Grounds Crew: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCHALLENGE DETROIT: $25,000 · Community ImprovementDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $300,000 · PhilanthropyFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $275,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$2,325,000Other$2,482,000Human Services$390,000Environment$339,650Community Improvement$325,000Philanthropy$300,000Food & Nutrition$275,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKettering University: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHREE PILLARS AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER: $600,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHANDLER PARK CONSERVANCY: $339,650 over 4y, 18% of budgetWINNING FUTURES: $300,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $300,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $275,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMARY'S MANTLE: $200,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetRHONDA WALKER FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetDETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELLE ISLE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $65,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMentors International: $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMotor City Grounds Crew: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCHALLENGE DETROIT: $25,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetHAVEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMERCY EDUCATION PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGLAAD INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Historical Society: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS RESERVE OFFICERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetIntercollegiate Tennis Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

DTE Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …Ford PhilanthropyThe Kresge FoundationUnited Way for Southe…Elizabeth Allan & War…Butzel Long Charitabl…William Davidson Foun…Fca FoundationThe Carls FoundationComerica Charitable F…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…
DTE Energy FoundationMI33.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ford Philanthropy · The Kresge Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Elizabeth Allan & Warren Shelden Fund · Butzel Long Charitable Trust · William Davidson Foundation · Fca Foundation · The Carls Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr 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 Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%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 · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lear Corporation Charitable Foundation 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 40 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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