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Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation

To inspire active lifestyles and healthy food choices through education, environmental change, community events, and policy leadership.

$8.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$900k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$31MHealth$15MHuman Services$6.6MFood & Nutrition$3.4MRecreation & Sports$3.3MCommunity Improvement$1.2MArts & Culture$709kEnvironment$256kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+13 grants · $6.3M
$149,356
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids$900,000
Genesee Intermediate School District$637,584
National Kidney Foundation of MI$631,686
Henry Ford Health System$626,695
Crim Fitness Foundation$590,531
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeast MI$454,493
Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities$428,317
Tuscola Intermediate School District$395,847
Saginaw Intermediate School District$392,173
Calhoun Intermediate School District$358,836
Washtenaw Intermediate School District$331,237
Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD$270,064
Detroit Public Schools Community District$263,799
Michigan State University$239,240
Project Healthy Community$193,611
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 (FY17–25, $7.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REFUGEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $72k → 9%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $16k → 11%NORTHWEST INITIATIVE: $132k → 16%REFUGEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $66k → 9%OAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $8k → 11%NORTHWEST INITIATIVE: $123k → 16%REFUGEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $60k → 9%Northwest Initiative: $119k → 16%NORTHWEST INITIATIVE: $116k → 16%NORTHWEST INITIATIVE: $114k → 16%NORTHWEST INITIATIVE: $25k → 16%The James and Grace Lee Boggs School: $5k → 21%YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids: $900k → 11%YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids: $898k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $748k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $748k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $708k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $681k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $674k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $673k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER GRAND RAPIDS: $666k → 11%CHILD AND FAMILY CHARITIES: $60k → 16%CHILD AND FAMILY CHARITIES: $48k → 16%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69M · 57 repeat orgs$885k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
20

Total granted

$69M
$716k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+57%

Still filing today

39%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.7M · revenue +84%
  • NK
    National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.5M · revenue +93%
  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.3M · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • MD
    MICHIGAN DEP OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • MT
    MICHIGAN TRAILS & GREENWAYS ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $72k · revenue ×26 · 41% of their budget
  • BH
    Beaumont Health
    one grant, 2019 · $65k · revenue +87%
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
The Greater Detroit Health Transition Company

Gdahc mission: together with our partners, we empower and improve the health and economic vitality of individuals, organizations and communities by catalyzing the power of collaboration. gdahc vision: healthy people. healthy community.…

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2
Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation

To inspire active lifestyles and healthy food choices through education, environmental change, community events, and policy leadership.

Health
3
Michigan Enviromental Council

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

Environment
4
Ascension Michigan

As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related organization of the filing entity, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…

Human Services
5
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
6
Holland Community Hospital

To continuously improve the health of the communities we serve in the spirit of hope, compassion, respect and dignity.

Health
7
Mclaren Greater Lansing

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

Health
8
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Corporation

Henry ford health macomb hospital (hfmh) is an affiliate of henry ford health system dba henry ford health ("hf health") serving the northeastern metropolitan detroit michigan communities. as an integrated component of one of the nation's…

Health
9
Oakland Integrated Healthcare Network

To provide for the health and wellness needs of the underserved of Oakland County through the provision of comprehensive, integrated primary, behavioral health, and dental care.

Health
10
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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11
Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation
Community Improvement
12
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Healthy Community; the most unlike its peers is The Chelsea Health and Wellness 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

32 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. 32 of the 83 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENESEE ISD: $6,329,096 · OtherGENESEE ISDTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $4,615,538 · OtherTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INCVAN BUREN ISD: $3,708,301 · OtherVAN BUREN ISDSaginaw Intermediate School District: $3,522,632 · OtherSaginaw Intermediate School DistrictCALHOUN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $2,771,763 · OtherCALHOUN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICTTuscola Intermediate School District: $2,460,234 · OtherTuscola Intermediate School DistrictMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,412,744 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYEASTERN UPPER PENINSULA ISD: $1,863,635 · OtherGRATIOT-ISABELLA RESD: $1,815,078 · OtherMARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY: $1,555,332 · OtherKENT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,481,456 · Other+50 more: $9,821,756 · Other+50 moreNational Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc: $6,514,782 · HealthNational Kidney Found…HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $5,320,364 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH SYS…Bronson Health Foundation: $453,870 · Health+6 more: $1,197,640 · Health+6 moreThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $6,696,741 · Human ServicesThe Young Me…NORTHWEST LANSING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE: $628,733 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST LA…+4 more: $335,277 · Human ServicesGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $3,432,839 · Food & NutritionLAHC - LEADERS ADVANCING AND HELPING COMMUNITIES: $1,932,342 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN TRAILS & GREENWAYS ALLIANCE: $72,083 · Arts & CultureGROWING HOPE INC: $453,252 · Youth DevelopmentNORTE YOUTH CYCLING: $141,159 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MUSKEGON LAKESHORE: $70,950 · Youth DevelopmentDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $656,554 · Education
Other$42,357,565Health$13,486,656Human Services$7,660,751Food & Nutrition$3,432,839Arts & Culture$2,004,425Youth Development$665,361Education$656,554

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 budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019): $6,696,741 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc: $6,514,782 over 9y, 12% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $5,320,364 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $4,615,538 over 9y, 16% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $3,432,839 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLAHC - LEADERS ADVANCING AND HELPING COMMUNITIES: $1,932,342 over 7y, 13% of budgetDETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $656,554 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetNORTHWEST LANSING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE: $628,733 over 6y, 29% of budgetBronson Health Foundation: $453,870 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetGROWING HOPE INC: $453,252 over 5y, 16% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN MI INC: $444,071 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetBronson South Haven Hospital: $426,027 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT HEALTHY COMMUNITY: $371,892 over 2y, 23% of budgetMICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF PLANNING: $369,165 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetGREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC: $298,906 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $255,433 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetREFUGEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $198,555 over 3y, 12% of budgetNORTE YOUTH CYCLING: $141,159 over 5y, 13% of budgetChild and Family Charities: $107,837 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOAKWOOD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $97,417 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMICHIGAN TRAILS & GREENWAYS ALLIANCE: $72,083 over 1y, 41% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE MUSKEGON LAKESHORE: $70,950 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGENESIS HARBOR OF OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTING EXCELLENCE: $67,183 over 2y, 14% of budgetBeaumont Health: $65,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIron Belle Trail Fund: $46,500 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetDETROIT GREENWAYS COALITION: $36,750 over 1y, 35% of budgetOAKDALE NEIGHBORS: $23,680 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST DETROIT ENVIRONMENTAL VISION: $19,007 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $9,280 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMICHIGAN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ALLIANCE: $8,491 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JAMES AND GRACE LEE BOGGS SCHOOL: $5,205 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) ↗
  • Who funds National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds THE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds LAHC - LEADERS ADVANCING AND HELPING COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST LANSING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Bronson Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GROWING HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEASTERN MI INC ↗
  • Who funds Bronson South Haven Hospital ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HEALTHY COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF PLANNING ↗
  • Who funds GREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds BATTLE CREEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗

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 Endow…Michigan Elementary a…Michigan College Acce…Community Foundation …United Way for Southe…WK Kellogg FoundationDTE Energy FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Carls FoundationUnited Way of South C…Charles Stewart Mott …Comerica Charitable F…
Michigan Health Endowment FundMI46.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association Inc · Michigan College Access Network · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · WK Kellogg Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Carls Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Comerica Charitable 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 Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's 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
    9report 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, 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.

    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 83 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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