Michigan · Community foundation
Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd
To enhance the quality of life for all citizens of Isabella County, now and for generations to come, by attracting and holding permanent, endowed funds from a wide range of donors, addressing the needs through grant making, and providing leadership on key community issues.
- $726k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $327k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $109,609
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $33M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $327k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $673k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $556k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $444k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $754k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $1.3M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $291k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $288k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William and Janet Strickler Nonprofit Center | $1,170,177 | 5 | 91% |
| Mymichigan Health Foundation | $808,123 | 7 | 3% |
| Issue Media Group LLC | $372,900 | 7 | n/a |
| Cultural and Recreational Commission of Isabella County | $287,805 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Central Michigan | $142,500 | 4 | 8% |
| City of Mt Pleasant | $126,374 | 4 | n/a |
| Isabella County Restoration House | $108,359 | 6 | 5% |
| Central Michigan University | $107,943 | 5 | n/a |
| Life Choices of Central Michigan | $105,177 | 6 | 9% |
| Chippewa Watershed Conservancy Inc | $92,667 | 6 | 7% |
Show all 58 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William and Janet Strickler Nonprofit Center | $1,170,177 | 5 | 91% |
| Mymichigan Health Foundation | $808,123 | 7 | 3% |
| Issue Media Group LLC | $372,900 | 7 | n/a |
| Cultural and Recreational Commission of Isabella County | $287,805 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Central Michigan | $142,500 | 4 | 8% |
| City of Mt Pleasant | $126,374 | 4 | n/a |
| Isabella County Restoration House | $108,359 | 6 | 5% |
| Central Michigan University | $107,943 | 5 | n/a |
| Life Choices of Central Michigan | $105,177 | 6 | 9% |
| Chippewa Watershed Conservancy Inc | $92,667 | 6 | 7% |
| Village of Shepherd | $91,867 | 3 | n/a |
| Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum | $88,285 | 2 | 15% |
| Isabella Community Soup Kitchen | $87,693 | 5 | 6% |
| Crisis Center Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Women's Aid Service Inc | $68,677 | 3 | 4% |
| McLaren Central Michigan | $68,164 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Counseling of Mid Michigan | $67,886 | 3 | 22% |
| The Care Store | $56,900 | 4 | 19% |
| Great Lakes Bay Mi Michigan Works Administration | $48,844 | 4 | n/a |
| Christmas Outreach of Isabella County | $46,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Friends of the Broadway Inc | $38,000 | 2 | 30% |
| Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation | $37,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Clothing Inc | $35,500 | 3 | 24% |
| Humane Animal Treatment Society Inc | $31,077 | 3 | 2% |
| Fremont Township of Isabella Count | $28,666 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Mental Health for Central Michigan | $28,358 | 3 | n/a |
| Isabella County Youth & Farm Fair Society | $25,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Isabella County Child Advocacy Center | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Community Compassion Network | $23,434 | 2 | 3% |
| Hopewell Ranch Inc | $20,195 | 2 | 7% |
| Community Cancer Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Renaissance Public School Academy | $17,890 | 2 | n/a |
| Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | $16,353 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Pleasant Community Church | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Potter's House Family Worship Cente | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mid-Michigan Industries Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salvation Army Social Services of Kent County | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Lansing Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montabella Community Schools | $14,717 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Pleasant Public Schools | $14,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Gratiot-Isabella Resd | $12,026 | 1 | n/a |
| People Helping People of Isabella County | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| St Johns Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Masonic Home | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Western Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shepherd Public Schools | $8,637 | 1 | n/a |
| Sleepy Dog Books Foundation Inc | $7,723 | 1 | 13% |
| Art Reach of Mid Michigan | $7,215 | 1 | 3% |
| John H Goodrow Fund | $7,158 | 1 | 9% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Weidman | $6,669 | 1 | 9% |
| Deerfield Township | $6,201 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,137 | 1 | 0% |
| West Midland Family Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beal City Public Schools | $5,616 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: United Way of Greater Central Michigan · Midland Area Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The We Martin Foundation · The Morey Foundation · Fabiano Foundation · Gratiot County Community Foundation · The Herbert H & Grace a Dow Foundation · Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Jx Gives Back Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd
- How much does Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd give?
- Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd reported 19 itemized grants totaling $327,329, out of $726,454 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Health (24%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: William and Janet Strickler Nonprofit Center ($1.2M), Mymichigan Health Foundation ($808k), Issue Media Group LLC ($373k).
- Does Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Central Michigan, Midland Area Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd based?
- Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd is based in MI.
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