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Park West Charitable Foundation

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.

$241k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$500kHealth$430kHuman Services$394kEducation$386kArts & Culture$228kReligion$138kInternational$107kYouth Development$64kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $96k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$645k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE KING'S TRUST USA$100,000
BEST BUDDIES$25,000
LES DEMERLE AMLIA ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INC$15,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$12,500
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$12,500
MICHIGAN EDUCATION TRUST-FOSTERING FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP$11,000
PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION OF SAN DIEGO$10,000
MONTHAVEN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER$10,000
CHABAD$9,000
PATRIOT PROMISE FOUNDATION$5,000
NATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION$5,000
SHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES$5,000
ARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER INC$3,000
BLUESTONE VOICES FOR AUTISM$3,000
MICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $147k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MICHIGAN ARMED FORCES HOSPITALITY CENTER: $3k → 9%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $10k → 14%WELCOMED INC: $10k → 15%HIS WILL HOMES INC: $25k → 6%COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $15k → 13%VIRIDIANE'S HOPE FOR CHILDRENS HEALTH & EDUCATION: $1k → 6%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $15k → 13%COMFORT CASES: $1k → 8%MICHIGAN ARMED FORCES HOSPITALITY CENTER: $3k → 9%COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $15k → 13%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION: $5k → 14%SHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION: $3k → 21%SHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%SHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION: $2k → 21%BRAVO PROGRAMS OF AMERICA INC: $1k → 10%FOR THE SEVENTH GENERATION: $2k → 21%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $1k → 8%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $1k → 8%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $1k → 8%ORCHARD'S CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1k → 8%ORCHARD'S CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1k → 8%DETROIT PHOENIX CENTER: $300 → 21%JUST BECAUSE WE CARE FOUNDATION: $2k → 21%FREEDOM HOUSE: $2k → 21%FREEDOM HOUSE: $2k → 21%FREEDOM HOUSE: $1k → 21%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $5k → 21%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $3k → 21%HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE: $3k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 60 repeat orgs$646k to everyone else

60 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
80

Total granted

$1.7M
$618k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+26%

Still filing today

60%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF FOSTER KIDS
    2× · 2019–2023 · $101k · revenue +10%
  • Best Buddies International Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +43%
  • NC
    National Congress of Parents & Teachers
    3× · 2017–2019 · $63k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +3%
  • THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +46%
  • HW
    HIS WILL HOMES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +33% · 33% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Michigan's Children

To ensure that policymakers prioritize the needs of the most challenged children from cradle to career.

Human Services
3
Friends of the Children - Detroit

Friends of the children - detroit has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Crime & Legal
4
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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5
Michigan Federation for Children and Families

To develop and promote programs, funding, etc. for children and families.

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6
Brilliant Detroit

Helping families and neighborhoods succeed by providing a place and support to assure kids ages 0-5 are school ready and families are healthy and stable.

Youth Development
7
Michigan League for Public Policy

The league's mission is to promote racial equity, economic security, health, and well being for all people in michigan through policy change.

Human Services
8
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
9
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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10
Association for Children's Mental Health

To ensure all michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.

Health
11
Michigan Advocacy Program

To advance the safety, independence, and economic stability of those most affected by poverty, racism, and other structurally oppressive systems by increasing access to justice and working for systemic solutions.

Crime & Legal
12
The New Foster Care

The new foster care will show the love of jesus christ by making a measurable, meaningful, and transformative change in the michigan foster care system and in the lives of those who have experienced foster care by: 1) providing direct…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alternatives for Girls and the most unlike its peers is Orthopedic Kneed Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Military Veterans SupportLocal History MuseumsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Women & Girls Leadership De…Environmental Conservation …Youth Sports ProgramsCommunity Food PantriesLgbtq+ Community Support
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%14%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%24%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%17%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/101
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,464

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

89 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 89 of the 149 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/89
Grantees still filing
60/89
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION — $263,300 · OtherTHE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATIONMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY — $210,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYTHE SHUL — $119,600 · OtherTHE SHUL4KIDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $56,000 · OtherAMELIA ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL — $45,000 · OtherMICHIGAN EDUCATION TRUST-FOSTERING FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP — $43,600 · Other+87 more — $327,758 · Other+87 moreTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC — $229,000 · PhilanthropyTHE KING'S TRUST US…FRIENDS OF FOSTER KIDS — $101,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF FOSTER K…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $55,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDAT…+3 more — $12,300 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $250,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $50,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…CLINICS CAN HELP INC — $22,500 · HealthCLINICS CAN HELP …+9 more — $32,150 · Health+9 moreTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $100,000 · Arts & CultureMONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER — $34,500 · Arts & CultureLES DEMERLE AMELIA ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INC — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $6,250 · Arts & CultureCommunity Home Health & Hospice — $45,000 · Human ServicesHIS WILL HOMES INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF PROVIDENCE — $13,000 · Human ServicesSHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES INC — $11,600 · Human ServicesSTARR COMMONWEALTH — $10,000 · Human ServicesWelcomed Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE — $10,000 · Human ServicesWE CARE FOSTER CARE INC — $5,500 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN ARMED FORCES HOSPITALITY CENTER — $5,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT — $5,000 · Human Services+6 more — $7,300 · Human ServicesBest Buddies International Inc — $75,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC — $15,000 · InternationalTHE LINGAP CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $10,500 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc — $4,500 · International+1 more — $2,000 · InternationalNational Congress of Parents & Teachers — $63,000 · EducationCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — $15,000 · EducationLOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Education+7 more — $8,800 · Education
Other$1,065,258Philanthropy$397,300Health$354,650Arts & Culture$170,750Human Services$147,400International$107,000Education$91,800

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE PRINCE OF WALES FOUNDATION — $263,300 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE KING'S TRUST USA INC — $229,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF FOSTER KIDS — $101,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Congress of Parents & Teachers — $63,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Home Health & Hospice — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMONTHAVEN ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER — $34,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetLES DEMERLE AMELIA ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INC — $30,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetHIS WILL HOMES INC — $25,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCLINICS CAN HELP INC — $22,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetARMED FORCES SERVICE CENTER INC — $13,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetHOUSE OF PROVIDENCE — $13,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Michigan — $12,500 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSHERIDAN HOUSE FAMILY MINISTRIES INC — $11,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOOST OAKLAND BUSINESS — $11,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE LINGAP CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $10,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTARR COMMONWEALTH — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDYSTONIA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWE CARE FOSTER CARE INC — $5,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetEQUALITY MICHIGAN — $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMICHIGAN YOUTH APPRECIATION FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetNATIONAL SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE DETROIT — $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMichigan Association of United Ways Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK UNITED FUND OF MICHIGAN INC — $4,800 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc — $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLUESTONE VOICES FOR AUTISM — $4,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BROOKSIE WAY — $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHuntington Woods Mens Club — $3,450 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetORTHOPEDIC KNEED FOUNDATION — $3,400 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUSHCART PLAYERS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Bar Association Foundation — $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELIVER THE DREAM INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dte Energy FoundationUnited Way for Southe…Community Foundation …Ford PhilanthropyComerica Charitable F…The Skillman Foundati…McGregor FundConsumers Energy Foun…The Batchelor Foundat…Michigan Health Endow…The Kresge FoundationWendell & Doris Roger…
Dte Energy FoundationMI33.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dte Energy Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ford Philanthropy · Comerica Charitable Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · McGregor Fund · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · The Kresge Foundation · Wendell & Doris Rogers Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Park West Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc — 48% of income from government
  • United Way of Broward County Inc — 27% of income from government
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Pushcart Players Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Guy Harvey Ocean Fund Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Comfort Cases Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
16report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 149 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines