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Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness Inc

To serve as an inclusive statewide voice to improve systems and support communities to prevent and end homelessness in a way that leaves no one behind.

$167k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172021.

Human Services$386kHousing & Shelter$28kPhilanthropy$18kEmployment$10kOther$13k
02FY2021 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $141,385 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $166,994 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $25,609 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $123k
$10,546
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMM SERVICE AGENCY$28,300
TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES$27,628
NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$25,225
ALGER-MARQUETTE COMM ACTION BOARD$21,274
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF JACKSONHILLSDALE$10,546
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN$10,412
COMMUNITIES FIRST$6,000
HOMELESS ACTION NETWORK OF DETROIT$6,000
COMMUNITY AND HOME SUPPORTS$6,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $380k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $25k → 10%MONROE COUNTY OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM: $5k → 10%ALGER-MARQUETTE COMM ACTION BOARD: $21k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF JACKSONHILLSDALE: $11k → 13%TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $28k → 13%NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMM SERVICE AGENCY: $28k → 16%HOMELESS ACTION NETWORK OF DETROIT: $6k → 21%NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $23k → 10%ALGER-MARQUETTE COMM ACTION BOARD: $9k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF JACKSON: $5k → 13%TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 13%NE MICHIGAN COMM SERVICE AGENCY: $27k → 16%NW MICHIGAN COMM ACTION AGENCY: $19k → 10%ALGER-MARQUETTE COMM ACTION BOARD: $8k → 11%TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $19k → 13%NE MICHIGAN COMM SERVICE AGENCY: $25k → 16%NW MICHIGAN COMM ACTION AGENCY: $15k → 10%ALGER-MARQUETTE COMM ACTION BOARD: $5k → 11%TRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $18k → 13%NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMM SERVICE AGENCY: $23k → 16%NW MICHIGAN COMM ACTION AGENCY: $15k → 10%NE MICHIGAN COMM SERVICE AGENCY: $20k → 16%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF JACKSONHILLSDALE: $6k → 16%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$398k · 7 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against -6% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$398k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-6%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEmploymentOther

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

  • NM
    NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $123k · revenue +37%
  • NM
    NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $97k · revenue +35%
  • AM
    ALGER MARQUETTE COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD
    4× · 2018–2021 · $43k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MASON COUNTY
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue -19%
  • MC
    MONROE COUNTY OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +105%
  • ES
    EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -6%

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
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

2
Northern Homes Community Development Corporation

To create and preserve quality affordable housing options for northern michigan residents through education, development, and partnering with local communities.

Human Services
3
Northwest Michigan Supportive Housing

To provide housing and case management services for the homeless and mentally ill within the community.

Human Services
4
Gw Homeless Services of Northern Michigan Inc

The mission of gw homeless services of northern michigan, inc is to provide safe, supportive shelter to individuals experiencing homelessness.the 2023 990 was for 10/1-12/31/23 due to an accounting period change.

Human Services
5
Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership Inc

Through dedicated staff and community partnerships we provide services, resources, education and advocacy to improve the quality of life for all residents of muskegon and oceana counties.

6
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
7
Community Action Commission of Belmont County

Community assistance

Human Services
8
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waco

Building stronger neighborhoods through homeownership, quality rental housing and community building initiatives.

Housing & Shelter
9
Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama Inc

Providing low income individuals home energy assistance and providing emergency assitance as needed

10
211 Northeast Michigan

To provide Northeast Michigan with referrals and information to assist with essential needs.

Community Improvement
11
Northwest Michigan Rural Housing Partnership

To help provide safe, accessible, and affordable housing in Northwest Michigan.

Housing & Shelter
12
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation

CoAction envisions the people of Northwest Indiana flourishing regardless of income, ability or age. Thus, people experiencing financial hardship find opportunities, resources and respect at CoAction.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Michigan Community Action and the most unlike its peers is Homeless Action Network of Detroit. 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

14 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY INC — $122,543 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY INCNORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION — $96,991 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTIONTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES — $84,467 · Human ServicesTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICESALGER MARQUETTE COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD — $42,819 · Human ServicesALGER MARQUETTE COMMUNITY ACTION BOARDCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $21,546 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY+3 more — $17,400 · Human ServicesHOUSING SERVICES OF MID MICHIGAN — $16,797 · Housing & ShelterCommunities First Inc — $6,000 · Housing & ShelterEMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC — $5,400 · Housing & ShelterUNITED WAY OF MASON COUNTY — $18,365 · PhilanthropyCHANNEL HOUSING MINISTRIES INC — $12,884 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC — $10,412 · Employment
Human Services$385,766Housing & Shelter$28,197Philanthropy$18,365Other$12,884Employment$10,412

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY INC — $122,543 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION — $96,991 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRUENORTH COMMUNITY SERVICES — $84,467 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALGER MARQUETTE COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD — $42,819 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $21,546 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MASON COUNTY — $18,365 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHOUSING SERVICES OF MID MICHIGAN — $16,797 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHANNEL HOUSING MINISTRIES INC — $12,884 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC — $10,412 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomeless Action Network of Detroit — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities First Inc — $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY & HOME SUPPORTS INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONROE COUNTY OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM — $5,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES INC — $5,400 over 1y, 0.3% 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 tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dte Energy FoundationMI17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dte Energy Foundation · Michigan Community Action Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness Inc 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 14 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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