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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $204,996, the rows itemized in this filing. The $484,303 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $279,307 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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
Individual grant recipient$8,158
Individual grant recipient$8,000
CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN$7,500
CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN$7,500
CHANCE FOR LIFE ORGANIZATION$7,500
E-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES$7,500
E-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES$7,500
ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$7,442
ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$7,442
ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY$7,442
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 (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. Its 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
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 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.

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Matrix Human Services

Inspired by its heritage since 1906, matrix human services advocates for and services the most vulnerable in the metropolitan detroit community and empowers individiuals and families to enhance the quality of their lives and achieve self…

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2
Community Pride Mi
Public Benefit
3
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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4
About Face Detroit
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5
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
6
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
7
Michigan Center of Accountability for Republicans

Social welfare and issue advocacy

Civil Rights
8
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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9
Covenant House Michigan

Covenant house michigan is a sanctuary for homeless and at-risk young people, ages 18-24 who have nowhere to go. it is our mission to serve these children with respect and love.covenant house michigan builds bridges to hope for young…

Human Services
10
Arab American and Chaldean Council

To coordinate and support the socio-economic, educational, health, and cultural needs of the arab-american and chaldean community and other communities in the greater metropolitan detroit area.

Human Services
11
United Community Housing Coalition

To help low-income residents in detroit and wayne county stay in their homes and strengthen their communities, through representation, support, and ownership. we believe that having a place to live is a basic human right, and are…

Housing & Shelter
12
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan

We exist to provide households with access to sufficient, nutritious food and related resources. we accomplish this through collaboration, efficient operations, education, and innovative solutions to achieve a hunger-free community in…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dream Centers of Michigan; 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REBRAND CITIES: $45,400 · OtherREBRAND CITIESACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY: $41,981 · OtherACCOUNTING AID SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $29,265 · OtherIndividual grant recipientT Ramsey and Associates: $26,251 · OtherT Ramsey and AssociatesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $25,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGANCHALDEAN AMERICAN LADIES OF CHARITY: $25,000 · OtherCHALDEAN AMERICAN LADIES OF CHARITYE-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES: $25,000 · OtherE-COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICESCENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA IN: $25,000 · OtherCENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA INIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientT RAMSEY AND ASSOCIATES: $16,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $16,250 · OtherCONSULT CHRIS LLC: $12,500 · Other+4 more: $28,750 · Other+4 moreHOSPITALITY HOUSE: $50,000 · Human ServicesHOSPITALITY HOUSETHE BALDWIN CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE BALDWIN CENTER INCJEWISH 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAccounting Aid Society: $58,021 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE BALDWIN CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMetro Food Rescue: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAFFIRMATIONS COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHALDEAN AMERICAN LADIES OF CHARITY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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
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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    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
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 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 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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