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Pontiac Community Foundation

Leveraging leadership, philanthropy, and collaboration to build a brighter future for pontiac.

$484k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$16k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
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 FY2021–2024.

Community Improvement$352kFood & Nutrition$300kHousing & Shelter$18kYouth Development$17kHuman Services$15k
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 26 grants below total $204,996 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $484,303 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $279,307 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $140k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$7,442
Median grant
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States reached
$633k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$16,250
T RAMSEY AND ASSOCIATES$16,250
CONSULT CHRIS LLC$12,500
E-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES$10,000
CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN$10,000
MAIN STREET PONTIAC$8,158
COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK$8,000
E-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES$7,500
E-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES$7,500
CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN$7,500
CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN$7,500
CHANCE FOR LIFE ORGANIZATION$7,500
ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$7,442
ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$7,442
ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$7,442
02The need
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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.

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Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $172k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $25k → 21%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25k → 8%HOSPITALITY HOUSE: $50k → 8%ROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 8%THE BALDWIN CENTER: $50k → 8%DREAM CENTERS OF MICHIGAN: $7k → 8%DREAM CENTERS OF MICHIGAN: $5k → 8%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.

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 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.

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Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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2
Community & Home Supports Inc

Community & home supports, inc. was founded to help people and communities address poverty and homelessness. we strive to fulfill our purpose by developing, leading, and participating in collaborative and innovative efforts that support…

Human Services
3
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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4
Detroit Food Policy Council

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 & Nutrition
5
Catholic Human Services Inc

Catholic human services inc. enhances the lives of those we serve by providing hope-filled social, emotional and spiritual support to all people.

Human Services
6
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
7
Michigan Center of Accountability for Republicans

Social welfare and issue advocacy

Civil Rights
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Community Pride Mi
Public Benefit
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St Johns Community Center

to provide food and shelter for the homeless of Detroit

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10
Midland's Open Door

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…

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11
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

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12
Detroit Central City Cmh Inc

Detroit central city community mental health's mission is to achieve wellness in the community by providing an integrated array of mental health, housing and substance abuse services with diginity and respect.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Affirmations Community Center and the most unlike its peers is Main Street Pontiac. 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

15 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. 15 of the 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REBRAND CITIES — $45,400 · OtherREBRAND CITIESACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY — $41,981 · OtherACCOUNTING AID SOCIETYMAIN STREET PONTIAC — $29,265 · OtherMAIN STREET PONTIACT Ramsey and Associates — $26,251 · OtherT Ramsey and AssociatesCENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN — $25,000 · OtherCENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA INE-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES — $25,000 · OtherE-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICESCHALDEAN AMERICAN LADIES OF CHARITY — $25,000 · OtherCHALDEAN AMERICAN LADIES OF CHARITYCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — $25,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGANCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK — $20,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORKT RAMSEY AND ASSOCIATES — $16,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $16,250 · OtherCONSULT CHRIS LLC — $12,500 · Other+4 more — $28,750 · Other+4 moreTHE BALDWIN CENTER INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE BALDWIN CENTER INCHOSPITALITY HOUSE — $50,000 · Human ServicesHOSPITALITY HOUSEJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $25,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICEYMCA of Metropolitan Detroit — $25,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metropolitan Detroi…Dream Centers of Michigan — $12,012 · Human ServicesDream Centers of MichiganROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $10,000 · Human ServicesROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD…Accounting Aid Society — $58,021 · Community ImprovementAccounting Aid …MICAH 6 COMMUNITY — $25,000 · Community ImprovementMICAH 6 COMMUNI…MAIN STREET PONTIAC — $10,288 · Community ImprovementMAIN STREET PON…Metro Food Rescue — $40,000 · Food & NutritionAFFIRMATIONS COMMUNITY CENTER — $25,000 · Civil RightsGIRLS MATTER — $20,065 · Youth DevelopmentCENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA INC — $15,027 · Arts & Culture
Other$336,647Human Services$172,012Community Improvement$93,309Food & Nutrition$40,000Civil Rights$25,000Youth Development$20,065Arts & Culture$15,027

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAccounting Aid Society — $58,021 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BALDWIN CENTER INC — $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE — $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMetro Food Rescue — $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAFFIRMATIONS COMMUNITY CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHALDEAN AMERICAN LADIES OF CHARITY — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Detroit — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS MATTER — $20,065 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetCENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA INC — $15,027 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDream Centers of Michigan — $12,012 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMAIN STREET PONTIAC — $10,288 over 1y, 29% of budgetROCHESTER AREA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

United Way for Southe…Community Foundation …Dte Energy FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…The Young FoundationPhillip and Elizabeth…Fca FoundationFlagstar Foundation I…Raymond James Charita…Thrivent Charitable I…Mightycause Charitabl…
United Way for Southeastern MichiganMI29.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Dte Energy Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · The Young Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · Fca Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Mightycause 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 Pontiac Community 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your 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
    6report 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

    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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pontiac Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pontiac Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 29 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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