· Public charity
Motown Soup Inc
Produce soup mixes and other items (27,976 annual volunteer hours) to be sold with profits being given to 501(c)(3) organizations which focus on serving thousands of homeless, distressed, and underprivileged.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH FOOD MINI | $24,000 |
| DETROIT RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES | $20,000 |
| MCREST | $11,000 |
| MANNA FOOD PANTRY | $10,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE FOOD BANK | $9,000 |
| MOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION | $8,000 |
| KID'S FOOD BASKET | $8,000 |
| WAVE PROJECT | $6,500 |
| HIDDEN HARVEST | $6,500 |
| GLEANERS FOOD BANK | $5,500 |
| FORGOTTEN HARVEST | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DRDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries8× · 2017–2025 · $156k · revenue +20%
- MCMACOMB COUNTY ROTATING EMERGENCY SHELTER TEAM8× · 2017–2025 · $112k · revenue +92%
- KFKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC8× · 2017–2025 · $69k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- RIREDFORD INTERFAITH RELIEFone grant, 2018 · $15k
GRACE CENTERS OF HOPEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +94%- QIQTMC INCone grant, 2022 · $6k
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
To operate a network of food pantries to provide food to those in need.
Midland's Open Door (MOD) operates two crisis shelters, one for women and children and one for men. MOD's programs are designed to meet the immediate needs of homeless individuals by providing a safe and loving environment where each…
The organization was founded by a group of concerned citizens, working in cooperation with the detroit city council, to shape food policy and to work for a more localized, more just, and environmentally friendly food system. the…
Food Pantry - to provide nutritious food to people in need. Also, to provide used clothing and backpacks for school children and to provide energy assistance outreach site.
The mission of the macomb food program is to provide food to hungry people in macomb county.
Friendship house meets the basic needs of low income residents of hamtramck, mi. this assistance includes food, clothing, baby supplies and school supplies.
Partner to alleviate hunger one meal at a time, to create a future where everyone has access to nourishing food.
Hungry for christ in hamilton, mi inspires to carry out god's good works by filling a need-in hamilton and the surrounding areas-for good food and good people to deliver it. the mission is: "for i was hungry and you gave me something to…
To provide quality nutrition services in a supportive environment to promote the health and independence of older adults.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ↗
- Who funds MACOMB COUNTY ROTATING EMERGENCY SHELTER TEAM ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds KIDS' FOOD BASKET INC ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT INC DBA - THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT ↗
- Who funds MOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION ↗
- Who funds HIDDEN HARVEST ↗
- Who funds MID CITY NUTRITION PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds WAVE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS OF MICHIGAN ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Motown Soup Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Motown Soup Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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