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Orville & Helaine Lutz Memorial Tr at a glance

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Orville & Helaine Lutz Memorial Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$71k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$52k
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 2025.

Human Services$102kYouth Development$75kArts & Culture$62kPhilanthropy$53kEnvironment$45kFood & Nutrition$27kHousing & Shelter$20kEducation$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$848k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAGINAW MUSEUM (TEMPLE ARTS)$52,000
SAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$10,000
PRIDE IN SAGINAW INC$8,500
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 (FY17–23, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $15k → 16%SAMARITAS: $5k → 18%SAMARITAS: $5k → 18%SELF LOVE BEAUTY: $5k → 14%SAMARITAS: $5k → 18%HIDDEN HARVEST: $10k → 18%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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209k · 10 repeat orgs$199k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
17

Total granted

$209k
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+9%

Still filing today

60%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HH
    HIDDEN HARVEST
    3× · 2018–2021 · $27k · revenue +360%
  • UR
    UNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $24k · revenue +39%
  • S
    SAMARITAS
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -5%
  • OW
    Operation Warm Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +110%
  • BF
    BAY FUTURE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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2
Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy

Conserving land and water resources to promote sustainable communities and a higher quality of life in the saginaw bay watershed.

Environment
3
Saginaw County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Promotion of conventions & tourism in saginaw county

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4
Historical Society of Saginaw County

The historical society of saginaw county is committed to serve the community by telling the continuing story of the people of the saginaw region through exploration, preservation and presentation of their historical and cultural heritage.

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5
Say Detroit

Providing pathways to success for detroiters in need.

Housing & Shelter
6
Young Mens Christian Assoc-Saginaw

The YMCA of Saginaw is an association of all people united in a common effort to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that enrich the spirit mind and body for all.

Human Services
7
Saginaw Public Libraries Foundation

Support library activities through materials and services

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8
United Way of Southwest Michigan

United way of southwest michigan works in berrien, cass, and van buren counties to sustain a united community where everyone contributes, belongs, and thrives.

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Greater Central Michigan

United way provides leadership and resources to improve the quality of life in our community by generating revenue, creating awareness and engaging volunteers.

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10
United Way of Marquette County

Focusing community resources to meet community needs the United Way of Marquette County works to advance the common good by connecting people with health and human care issues they are concerned about and to provide the oversight the…

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11
Barry County United Way

None

Philanthropy
12
The Samaritan Well Inc

To provide charitable transitional housing for homeless adults and children

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saginaw Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Lions Visually Impaired Youth Camp. 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 32 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAGINAW MUSEUM (TEMPLE ARTS): $52,000 · OtherSAGINAW MUSEUM (TEMPLE ARTS)SAGINAW BASIN LAND CONSERVANCY: $40,000 · OtherSAGINAW BASIN LAND CONSERVANCYCOATS FOR KIDS: $15,000 · OtherCOATS FOR KIDSTOYS FOR TOTS: $15,000 · OtherTOYS FOR TOTSSALVATION ARMY: $15,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY: $12,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTYYMCA OF SAGINAW: $10,000 · OtherBETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · Other+7 more: $36,600 · Other+7 moreHIDDEN HARVEST: $27,000 · Human ServicesHIDDEN HARVESTUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $24,453 · Human ServicesUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INCYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $15,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN AS…SAMARITAS: $15,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITASOperation Warm Inc: $12,500 · Human ServicesOperation Warm IncSELF LOVE BEAUTY: $5,000 · Human ServicesSaginaw Community Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropySaginaw Co…UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUT…Saginaw S T E M: $9,999 · Youth DevelopmentSaginaw S …Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterBAY FUTURE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementPRIDE IN SAGINAW INC: $8,500 · Community ImprovementSAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBAY SAIL INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$215,100Human Services$98,953Philanthropy$40,000Youth Development$39,999Housing & Shelter$20,000Community Improvement$18,500Arts & Culture$10,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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 budgetGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSaginaw Community Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST: $27,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNDERGROUND RAILROAD INC: $24,453 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY FUTURE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAGINAW SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSaginaw S T E M: $9,999 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetPRIDE IN SAGINAW INC: $8,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetBAY SAIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEMMAUS HOUSE OF SAGINAW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFISH TALES: $4,800 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIONS VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH CAMP: $4,800 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Consumers Energy Foun…Bay Area Community Fo…Saginaw Community Fou…Allen E & Marie A Nic…Wm McNally Family Fou…Wickson-Link Memorial…Morley FoundationBierlein Companies Fo…Margaret Jane Stoker …Alice E Turner Memori…Frank N Andersen Foun…Midland Area Communit…
Consumers Energy FoundationMI27.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Consumers Energy Foundation · Bay Area Community Foundation · Saginaw Community Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Morley Foundation · Bierlein Companies Foundation · Margaret Jane Stoker Charitable Trust · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Midland Area Community 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 Orville & Helaine Lutz Memorial Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orville & Helaine Lutz Memorial Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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