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Mitten Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$118kHealth$73kRecreation & Sports$63kHuman Services$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kEducation$10kAnimals$7kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $17k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,611
Median grant
1
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GR PARK PROJECTS - RICHMOND PARK$50,000
AUTISM SUPPORT OF KENT COUNTY$4,720
COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY CENTER$3,611
CATHERINE'S HEALTH CENTER$2,936
ARTS IN MOTION$2,711
EARLY BIRD BOOKS$2,686
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GRACE'S TABLE: $5k → 11%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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$187k · 9 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$187k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+13%

Still filing today

56%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationPublic Safety & DisasterCivil RightsOther
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

  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN
    5× · 2017–2023 · $103k · revenue +38%
  • AS
    AUTISM SUPPORT OF KENT COUNTY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +102%
  • CT
    COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY CENTER
    3× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • GC
    GILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +18%
  • GF
    GRFD FIRE PREVENTION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • KF
    KIDS' FOOD BASKET INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +44%
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
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
2
Metro Food Rescue

The mission of metro food rescue is simple; waste less, feed more. we rescue food that would otherwise be discarded and deliver it to a network of food partners. thereby, helping to feed individuals and families in need.

Food & Nutrition
3
Bird Center of Michigan Inc

Rescue, care for, and release abandoned and injured birds.

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4
Greater Lansing Food Bank

Partner to alleviate hunger one meal at a time, to create a future where everyone has access to nourishing food.

Food & Nutrition
5
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan's mission is to be the Food Source for people in need. Partnering with organizations to feed the hungry, we advocate and build a community solution to a community problem. By leveraging an abundance of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Bank Council of Michigan Inc

Alleviate and prevent hunger amongst Michigan residents.

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7
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan

Expressing God's love by reaching out to the hurting and homeless of the Great Lakes Bay Region by providing shelter and care, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and establishing Christian disciples among disadvantaged people.

Housing & Shelter
8
Meals On Wheels Western Michigan

To provide quality nutrition services in a supportive environment to promote the health and independence of older adults.

Food & Nutrition
9
Hope Medical Clinic Inc

Hope is a not-for-profit interdenominational christian medical, dental, and social service organization. hope's goal is to provide compassionate and practical help, ministering to the whole person with dignity and respect. this includes…

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10
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan

We exist to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious food and related resources. we accomplish this through collaboration, efficient operations, education, and innovative solutions to achieve a hunger-free community in…

Food & Nutrition
11
The Pantry

To provide a food pantry in southeast kent county, michigan serving some of the most impoverished communities in southeast kent county. to provide holistic aid to our neighbors in need, supplying them with the food and personal care items…

Food & Nutrition
12
The Comfort Home Mi

Provide no cost care and no cost room and board for the terminally ill.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc; the most unlike its peers is Early Bird Books. 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 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. 19 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $102,545 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGANGR PARK PROJECTS - RICHMOND PARK: $50,000 · OtherGR PARK PROJECTS - RICHMOND PARKFRIENDS OF HISTORIC HAMTRAMCK STADI: $8,449 · Other+16 more: $50,507 · Other+16 moreThe Well Being Foundation: $21,763 · HealthThe Well Being Fou…AUTISM SUPPORT OF KENT COUNTY INC: $14,721 · HealthAUTISM SUPPORT OF …COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY CENTER: $13,200 · HealthCOMPREHENSIVE THER…CATHERINES HEALTH CENTER: $2,936 · HealthCATHERINES HEALTH …GILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS: $20,100 · Civil RightsKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD HUGS: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $10,869 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY REBUILDERS: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterGRFD FIRE PREVENTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterGRACE'S TABLE: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$211,501Health$52,620Civil Rights$20,100Food & Nutrition$15,000Housing & Shelter$11,869Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Human Services$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $102,545 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB GRAND RAPIDS: $20,100 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAUTISM SUPPORT OF KENT COUNTY INC: $14,721 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE THERAPY CENTER: $13,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSAFE HAVEN MINISTRIES INC: $10,869 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD HUGS: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetGRACE'S TABLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWHITECAPS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,100 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetALL SPECIES KINSHIP: $4,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCAROL'S FERALS: $3,139 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCATHERINES HEALTH CENTER: $2,936 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarly Bird Books: $2,686 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Delta Project: $2,600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY REBUILDERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATTHEW 2540 HEARTSIDE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Grand Rapids Communit…Mojo FoundationSteelcase FoundationThe Sebastian Foundat…Heart of West Michiga…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Mojo Foundation · Steelcase Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Mitten Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mitten Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    2report 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 30 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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