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Michigan Center for Rural Health

The purpose of the corporation is to develop a coordinated rural health program, to conduct research regarding rural health issues, to assist rural communities in health related areas, and such other purposes as the board shall determine from time to time, in general conformance with the statute authorizing the creation of the…

$2.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
82
Itemized grants FY2025
77
Organizations funded FY2024
5%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$11,765
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 81
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Michigan Center for Rural Health funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving80$2.2M4%
FY202477$2.0M5%
FY202381$1.6M10%
FY202279$13M27%
FY202155$8.6M0%
FY202062$6.4M18%
FY201949$1.1M2%
FY201854$1.6M7%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$35MEducation$545kReligion$512kPublic Benefit$368kCommunity Improvement$328kPublic Safety & Disaster$245kEnvironment$24kHuman Services$12kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Beaver Island Rural Health Center$2,000,685928%
Mackinac Island Medical Center$2,000,000943%
Drummond Island Medical Center Inc$1,404,114997%
Mid-Michigan District Health Dept$977,694410%
Corewell Health$962,3036n/a
Mackinac Straits Health System Inc$690,99491%
Dhd #10$610,1954n/a
Mymichigan Medical Center Sault$590,21580%
Helen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center$542,31290%
Osf St Francis$511,6789n/a
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All grantees of Michigan Center for Rural Health by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Beaver Island Rural Health Center$2,000,685928%
Mackinac Island Medical Center$2,000,000943%
Drummond Island Medical Center Inc$1,404,114997%
Mid-Michigan District Health Dept$977,694410%
Corewell Health$962,3036n/a
Mackinac Straits Health System Inc$690,99491%
Dhd #10$610,1954n/a
Mymichigan Medical Center Sault$590,21580%
Helen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center$542,31290%
Osf St Francis$511,6789n/a
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital$492,19491%
Hillsdale Community Health Center$485,39490%
Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital$471,49490%
Sheridan Community Hospital$466,69492%
Munising Memorial Hospital Association$466,69492%
Grand View Hospital Workers Compensation Trust$466,494924%
Barry Eaton Dhd$442,8284n/a
McKenzie Memorial Hospital McKenzie Health System$442,69491%
Scheurer Hospital$442,69491%
Eaton Rapids Medical Center$442,19491%
Sparrow Eaton Hospital$442,09490%
Deckerville Community Hospital$442,09493%
Aspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics Inc$442,09491%
McLaren Caro Region$442,09491%
Harbor Beach Community Hospital$441,59491%
Marlette Regional Hospital$441,59491%
Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital$441,4949n/a
Baraga County Memorial Hospital$440,9949n/a
Sparrow Clinton Hospital$437,39490%
Ascension Borgess-Lee Hospital$437,39491%
Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital$437,39490%
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin$437,39490%
Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital$437,39491%
Munson Healthcare Grayling$437,39490%
Kalkaska Hospital$437,3949n/a
Sparrow Carson Hospital$437,39491%
Sparrow Ionia Hospital$437,39490%
Mymichigan Medical Center Clare$437,39490%
Branch Hillsdale St Joseph Cha$435,0104n/a
Munson Healthcare$429,86940%
Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital$428,63480%
Bronson Lakeview Hospital$427,59480%
Bronson South Haven Hospital$427,59481%
McLaren Thumb Region$426,99491%
Mymichigan Medical Center Standish$426,99491%
Hills & Dales General Hospital Inc$419,12571%
Three Rivers Health System Inc$413,8237n/a
Portage Health Auxiliary$410,215674%
Mymichigan Medical Center Tawas$410,21560%
Ascension Borgess Allegan Foundation$410,215661%
Bmh-Wind Down$409,615749%
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital$406,56080%
Mymichigan Medical Center West Branch$389,18150%
Mymichigan Medical Center Alma$377,50250%
McLaren Central Michigan$377,28140%
Dickinson Hospitals Foundation$376,246482%
Sturgis Hospital Inc$370,85240%
Community Health Center of Branch County$365,60240%
Emma L Bixby Medical Center$364,34630%
Allegan Dhd$359,1024n/a
Lenawee County Department on Aging$335,4004n/a
Health Department of Northwest Michigan$328,2614n/a
Dhd #4$310,5244n/a
Dhd #2$310,1394n/a
Western Upper Penisula Dhd$300,0794n/a
Ionia County Hd$298,2744n/a
Public Health Delta and Menominee Counties$279,3134n/a
Sanilac County Health Department$265,4194n/a
Shiawassee County Dhd$261,2874n/a
Grand Traverse County Dhd$249,5374n/a
Lmas District Health Dept$248,2434n/a
Macomb Community Action$242,0694n/a
Chippewa County Dhd$240,1644n/a
West Mackinac Health Association$233,1099n/a
Benzie Leelanau Dhd$221,9584n/a
Huron County Health Department$218,0064n/a
Mercy Health Partners Lakeshore$155,9727n/a
Community Emergency Service Inc D/B/A Medic 1 Ambulance$152,47311%
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan$141,41420%
Herrick Memorial Hospital Inc$115,94030%
Lake Superior State University Foundation$85,30590%
Township of Burt Alger County$69,4179n/a
Alcona Citizens for Health Inc$50,00010%
Ten Sixteen Recovery Network$44,04311%
Munson Healthcare Cadillac$44,00840%
Promedica Health System Inc$35,46930%
Ascension Borgess Allegan Hospital$31,97930%
St Joseph Health System$27,1773n/a
Trinity Health - Michigan$23,56920%
Aspirus Ironwood Hospital & Clinics Inc$23,56920%
Marshfield Clinic Health System Inc$23,56920%
Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Program$19,33212%
Portage Legacy Inc F/K/A Portage Health Inc$17,37921%
Munson Healthcare Foundations$16,00010%
Michigan State University$15,0002n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Corewell Health$11,9001n/a
Michigan State University Research Foundation$10,00010%
Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital Foundation$8,76012%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Michigan Center for Rural Health supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBeaver Island Rural Health Center: $2,000,685 over 9y, 28% of budgetMackinac Island Medical Center: $2,000,000 over 9y, 43% of budgetDrummond Island Medical Center Inc: $1,404,114 over 9y, 97% of budgetMid-Michigan District Health Dept: $977,694 over 4y, 10% of budgetMackinac Straits Health System Inc: $690,994 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center Sault: $590,215 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHelen Newberry Joy Hospital & Healthcare Center: $542,312 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSchoolcraft Memorial Hospital: $492,194 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHillsdale Community Health Center: $485,394 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAspirus Keweenaw Hospital: $471,494 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSheridan Community Hospital: $466,694 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetMunising Memorial Hospital Association: $466,694 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetGrand View Hospital Workers Compensation Trust: $466,494 over 9y, 24% of budgetMcKenzie Memorial Hospital McKenzie Health System: $442,694 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetScheurer Hospital: $442,694 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetEaton Rapids Medical Center: $442,194 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSparrow Eaton Hospital: $442,094 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetDeckerville Community Hospital: $442,094 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetAspirus Iron River Hospital & Clinics Inc: $442,094 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetMcLaren Caro Region: $442,094 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetHarbor Beach Community Hospital: $441,594 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetMarlette Regional Hospital: $441,594 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSparrow Clinton Hospital: $437,394 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAscension Borgess-Lee Hospital: $437,394 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMunson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital: $437,394 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center Gladwin: $437,394 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPaul Oliver Memorial Hospital: $437,394 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetMunson Healthcare Grayling: $437,394 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSparrow Carson Hospital: $437,394 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSparrow Ionia Hospital: $437,394 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center Clare: $437,394 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMunson Healthcare: $429,869 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMunson Healthcare Manistee Hospital: $428,634 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBronson Lakeview Hospital: $427,594 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBronson South Haven Hospital: $427,594 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMcLaren Thumb Region: $426,994 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center Standish: $426,994 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHills & Dales General Hospital Inc: $419,125 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPortage Health Auxiliary: $410,215 over 6y, 74% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center Tawas: $410,215 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAscension Borgess Allegan Foundation: $410,215 over 6y, 61% of budgetBmh-Wind Down: $409,615 over 7y, 49% of budgetMunson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital: $406,560 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center West Branch: $389,181 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMymichigan Medical Center Alma: $377,502 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMcLaren Central Michigan: $377,281 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDickinson Hospitals Foundation: $376,246 over 4y, 82% of budgetSturgis Hospital Inc: $370,852 over 4y, 0.0% 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 67.

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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.

Michigan Health & Hospital Association Dba MhaMI74.5× affinity34 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Michigan Health & Hospital Association Dba Mha · West Michigan Regional Medical Consortium · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Superior Health Foundation · Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan · Tri-County Emergency Medical Control Authority · Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation · Delta Dental Fund · Detroit & Wayne County Tuberculosis Foundation · Prevention Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Carls 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.

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How do I get to Michigan Center for Rural Health?

Find your warmest path to Michigan Center for Rural Health 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.

About Michigan Center for Rural Health

How much does Michigan Center for Rural Health give?
Michigan Center for Rural Health reported 82 itemized grants totaling $2,212,402, out of $2,582,920 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 81 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Michigan Center for Rural Health fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (94%), Education (1%), Religion (1%).
Who are Michigan Center for Rural Health's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Beaver Island Rural Health Center ($2.0M), Mackinac Island Medical Center ($2.0M), Drummond Island Medical Center Inc ($1.4M).
Does Michigan Center for Rural Health fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Michigan Center for Rural Health?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Michigan Health & Hospital Association Dba Mha, West Michigan Regional Medical Consortium, Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
Where is Michigan Center for Rural Health based?
Michigan Center for Rural Health 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 107 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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