Colorado · Public charity
Making Change
MAKING CHANGE, formally known as ficah, was incorporated on july 23, 1985, for the purpose of soliciting contributions from corporate and private sources within the retail industry to fund self-help community development projects throughout the united states.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2019
- 202
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 187
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $4.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $254,204
- Organizations funded a year
- 160 to 188
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 9
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 5% of the organizations Making Change funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 187 | $4.0M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 188 | $5.8M | 19% |
| FY2017 | 160 | $5.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $1,028,276 | 3 | n/a |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $843,470 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding South Florida Inc | $675,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc | $499,576 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank of Central Alabama | $497,757 | 3 | 1% |
| Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Farm Share Inc | $365,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $338,705 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $291,670 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc | $272,500 | 3 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Making Change supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 158 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc · The Society of St Andrew Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Florida Panthers Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc
How this is measured
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About Making Change
- How much does Making Change give?
- Making Change reported 202 itemized grants totaling $3,973,481, out of $4,114,204 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 160 and 188 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Making Change fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (93%), Health (2%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Making Change's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: The Salvation Army ($1.0M), Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc ($843k), Feeding South Florida Inc ($675k).
- Does Making Change fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Making Change?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Publix Super Markets Charities Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of Broward Inc.
- Where is Making Change based?
- Making Change is based in CO.
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