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Mullick Foundation at a glance

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Mullick Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.8MYouth Development$2.7MHealth$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.0MHuman Services$405kReligion$196kCommunity Improvement$154kFood & Nutrition$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $209k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY$750,000
GIVE MERIT INC$450,000
RENAISSANCE OF HOPE$300,000
SALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICES$155,000
SALINE ROTARY FOUNDATION$54,467
KEEP GROWING DETROIT$25,000
CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK$21,660
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$5,000
MICHIGAN KALI BARI$3,500
BICHITRA INC$3,000
MICHIGAN RADIO$1,000
SWAJAN OF GREAT LAKES$1,000
U OF M MUSICAL SOCIETY$1,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$500
FOOD GATHERERS$500
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP KESEM: $3k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $25k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $1k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $22k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $20k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S LITERACY NETWORK: $5k → 14%DETROIT MALAYALEE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 8%OZONE HOUSE: $500 → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $500 → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $500 → 14%FOCUS HOPE: $10k → 21%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.1M · 34 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
29

Total granted

$9.1M
$394k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+24%

Still filing today

50%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionOther
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

  • GM
    GIVE MERIT INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +645% · 34% of their budget
  • RO
    RENAISSANCE OF HOPE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +205% · 68% of their budget
  • SA
    SALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $262k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +195%
  • HT
    HOT TEAM - HEROES OF TOMORROW
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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 Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
3
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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4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Edward W Sparrow Hospital

Improving the health of the people in our communities by providing quality, compassionate care to everyone, every time.

Health
6
African Collaborative Network

We are an african collaborative, purposely engaging in advocacy, dialogues and partnerships to provide access to resources and opportunities for the african community within west michigan. we want to see a united and engaged african…

Community Improvement
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

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.…

Community Improvement
9
Michigan Taal

We further our initiative of sharing the beauty of fusion dance styles across Michigan and the rest of the nation through national level dance competitions and performances. Our team works to keep the ancient classical dance styles of…

Recreation & Sports
10
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
11
Urology Care Foundation Inc

We support, through philanthropic efforts, the improvement of urological care globally by funding research, clinical education, patient education, and humanitarian programs.

Health
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Focushope; the most unlike its peers is Udayan. 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

31 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. 31 of the 66 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY: $3,585,000 · OtherDETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - CS MOTT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $776,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - CS MOTT CHILDREN'S HOSPITALSALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $261,500 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $250,000 · Other+43 more: $639,710 · Other+43 moreGIVE MERIT INC: $2,609,090 · Crime & LegalGIVE MERIT INCRENAISSANCE OF HOPE INC: $1,000,000 · Housing & ShelterRENAISSANCE …+1 more: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK: $126,470 · Human ServicesFOCUSHOPE: $10,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT MALAYALEE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOT TEAM - HEROES OF TOMORROW: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $50,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $10,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $1,250 · HealthFAMILY LEARNING INSTITUTE: $40,000 · EducationSankara Nethralaya OM Trust Inc: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $1,500 · Education
Other$5,512,210Crime & Legal$2,609,090Housing & Shelter$1,005,000Human Services$146,470Youth Development$77,000Health$63,750Education$61,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGIVE MERIT INC: $2,609,090 over 7y, 34% of budgetRENAISSANCE OF HOPE INC: $1,000,000 over 3y, 68% of budgetSALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $261,500 over 7y, 13% of budgetCHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK: $126,470 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY LEARNING INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetKEEP GROWING DETROIT: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSankara Nethralaya OM Trust Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $19,500 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetUDAYAN: $18,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWAJAN OF GREAT LAKES: $6,600 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetMAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL: $5,750 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDETROIT MALAYALEE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetInterfaith Hospitality Network of Washtenaw County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTAGORE BEYOND BOUNDARIES BANERJEE: $2,500 over 1y, 35% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAID IN MILAN: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL VETERAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Washtenaw: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 GIVE MERIT INC ↗
  • Who funds RENAISSANCE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS LITERACY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY LEARNING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds KEEP GROWING DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds Sankara Nethralaya OM Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds UDAYAN ↗
  • Who funds HOT TEAM - HEROES OF TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds THE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSHOPE ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SWAJAN OF GREAT LAKES ↗
  • Who funds MAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT MALAYALEE ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…Harry a and Margaret …Community Foundation …DTE Energy FoundationUnited Way of Washten…Edward F Redies Found…United Way for Southe…Rajput-Dasgupta Famil…The Buhr FoundationThe Skillman Foundati…United Jewish Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI25.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Edward F Redies Foundation Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Rajput-Dasgupta Family Charitable Foundation · The Buhr Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Mullick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mullick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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 66 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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