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McLaren Bay Region

Mclaren health care, through its subsidiaries, will be michigan's best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

$84k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$192kHealth$93kRecreation & Sports$34kArts & Culture$33kPhilanthropy$11kCivil Rights$5k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $67,796 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $83,661 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $15,865 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$409M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION INC$10,000
GREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY CENTERS INC$10,000
BAY FUTURE INC$10,000
BAY CITY FIREWORKS FESTIVAL$10,000
SAGINAW SPIRIT HOCKEY CLUB$9,976
MIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE$7,000
GREAT LAKES BAY PRIDE$5,450
WEST BRANCH AREA CHAMB OF COMMERCE$5,370
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$282k · 8 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against -14% for the ones you funded once.

8 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
8

Total granted

$282k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-14%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
Community ImprovementHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BF
    BAY FUTURE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $51k · revenue +577%
  • BA
    BAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $46k · revenue +51%
  • BC
    BAY CITY FIREWORKS FESTIVAL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $33k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -14%
  • TF
    TOLFREE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • MC
    MCLAREN CARO REGIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +49%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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2
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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

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3
Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Inc

To strengthen member businesses, enhance economic and workforce development, and improve the quality of life in our community and region.

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4
Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce

To promote business and economic development for eight towns in southwest michigan.

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5
Macomb County Chamber of Commerce

The organization's mission is to promote a healthy business climate for its members and all businesses in macomb county, michigan.

Unclassified
6
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.…

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7
Great Lakes Bay Health Centers

To provide high quality health care to individuals and community groups in Saginaw, Bay, and other nearby counties. Services are provided without regard to race, beliefs or ability to pay.

Health
8
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
9
Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce

The west coast chamber exists to be a catalyst for business growth and development, a convener of leaders and influencers, and a champion for a thriving community.

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10
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.

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11
Mclaren Bay Region

Mclaren health care, through its subsidiaries, will be michigan's best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
12
Mymichigan Medical Center Midland

Creating healthy communities - together

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Health Improvement Alliance and the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
9/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $46,217 · OtherBAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEBAY CITY FIREWORKS FESTIVAL — $32,500 · OtherBAY CITY FIREWORKS FESTIVALWEST BRANCH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $18,940 · OtherWEST BRANCH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY — $10,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTYTOLFREE FOUNDATION — $8,000 · OtherTOLFREE FOUNDATIONDOW BAY AREA FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · OtherHURON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 · OtherBAY FUTURE INC — $51,250 · Community ImprovementBAY FUTURE INCMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE FNDN — $21,990 · Community ImprovementMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE …MIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE — $7,000 · Community ImprovementMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCEGREAT LAKES BAY REGIONAL ALLIANCE — $6,000 · Community ImprovementGREAT LAKES BAY REGIONAL A…MICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ALLIANCE — $67,000 · HealthMICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEM…MCLAREN CARO REGION — $7,500 · HealthMCLAREN CARO REGIONAmerican Heart Association Inc — $5,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Associati…SAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION — $23,976 · Recreation & SportsSAGINAW SP…GREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY CTRS INC — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGREATER MI…BAY SAIL INC — $20,000 · Crime & LegalGREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesGREAT LAKES BAY PRIDE — $5,450 · Civil RightsCARO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$126,157Community Improvement$86,240Health$80,000Recreation & Sports$33,976Crime & Legal$20,000Human Services$10,000Civil Rights$5,450Philanthropy$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ALLIANCE — $67,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBAY FUTURE INC — $51,250 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetBAY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $46,217 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetBAY CITY FIREWORKS FESTIVAL — $32,500 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetSAGINAW SPIRIT FOUNDATION — $23,976 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE FNDN — $21,990 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBAY SAIL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetWEST BRANCH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $18,940 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY — $10,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER MIDLAND COMMUNITY CTRS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT LAKES BAY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMCLAREN CARO REGION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE — $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREAT LAKES BAY REGIONAL ALLIANCE — $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT LAKES BAY PRIDE — $5,450 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHURON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCARO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Amazonsmile Foundation
Amazonsmile FoundationWA1.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization McLaren Bay Region funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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